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Importing Multple XER files

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As a forensic programmer, I go to many different companies - I am often sent multiple xer files to analyse. Is there any way of importing more than one xer file at a time? I understand that you can export multiple file as one xer, but often we don't ...

Nov 9, 2011

P6 - Resource Usage Spreadsheet - First 6 months are gray???

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I have printed the Resourse Usage Spreadsheet several times and each time the first 5 months have a gray background on the paper print (also in print preview). But it is not consistant.  Sometimes the gray area is 8 months, sometimes 13 months! Help ...

Nov 9, 2011

Posting P6 8.1 EPPM data to PRA 8.7.2

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Does anyone have experience moving data from P6 8.1 EPPM (web) to PRA 8.7.2?  Currently with P6 8.1 Pro (standalone), it is a fairly trivial exercise to send P6 data to PRA via the TOOLS link.  I am wondering if the same link/mechanism exists in P6 8...

Nov 9, 2011

AACE 29r-03 - What is a 'Discrete Delay Event'?

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 Page 81 of AACE Recommended Practice 29r-03 "Forensic Schedule Analysis" reads: 2. Cause of Delay vs. Effect of Delay[last paragraph]The best practice that incorporates the best features of both theories is to use the cause theory where discrete del...

Nov 10, 2011

Singapore Authority Approval

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Good morning guys, I would like to take this opportunity to ask if any of the more experienced planners on our group, specially those who have worked with Singapore Projects. I am making a plan intended to be constructed in Singapore, I would like to...

Nov 10, 2011

EVA terminology - useful info

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Hi guys - See below, which might assist in understanding EVA terminology.    TERMINOLOGY VALUE DESCRIPTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION Budget at Completion (BAC) Contract budget The total budget for each activity Contract schedule Earned Value (EV) Contrac...

Nov 10, 2011

Working in Italy - Planners

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Hi, I am aBritish planner with over 12 years International expereince looking to move to Italy. Does anyone know of planning positions in Italy or any recruitment agents for contract work? My email is use private message service  Regards

Nov 10, 2011

How do i work with the MS-project full days?

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Friends, I'm not able to configure MS-Project to work with only whole days. It's putting activities to begin in the middle of the day. I need activities or start one day earlier or later, not in the middle of a day. Do anyone know how to configure th...

Nov 10, 2011

The Guild of Project Controls Launch Presentation

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Dear Members,Well, the long wait appears to be over.We have been asked by the Guild Team to share their Guild Launch Presentation with you all. This presentation (link below) explains the work that they have done to date, how we can start along the r...

Nov 11, 2011

Guild Sponsors

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THIRD PARTY COLLABORATION / CORPORATE GUILD SPONSORS:We have companies such as BP, Mott Macdonald, Parsons Brinkerhoff, AMEC etc currently supporting the initiative.There are 60 other companies who are currently in discussions with us over formally s...

Nov 12, 2011

Guild How to Get Involved

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Here are ways that you can get involved with the initiative:Apply to join a Committee Help with Good Practice Standards Become an Industry Expert Run or support a Regional Meeting Run or support a Special Interest Group Become a Guild OfficerFor any ...

Nov 12, 2011

Guild Officers

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The Purpose of a Regional Guild Officer?The Regional Guild Officer’s (RGO) principal role is to act as an ambassador for the International Guild of Project Controls (GPC) membership in their region.  They will assist in the continual development of t...

Nov 12, 2011

Multiple Critical Path and Task Drivers in MS 2007

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Dear, I have the following questions: If I have a project that have several phases each have its own contractual completion dates, but each phases are inter-related. How could I develop each phase with its own critical path, while the overall project...

Nov 12, 2011

P6web Research

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Some opinions required from you for the following areas if you have use P6 web before, please kindly give me as much details as you can and also let me know how often do/did you use P6 web.   Integrity Type of information you can publish, i.e. what t...

Nov 12, 2011

Tracking Critical Path

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Hi:1) Is there any way tracking forward or backward activities on critical path one by one? and 2) Is there any way to make a non-critical activity a critical activity?

Nov 13, 2011

Hard Linked Activities

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Hi Planners, I just moved to a an existing project (consultant) and the program has already been approved. Actually, 35% of the time has already elapsed. My concerns are the following: 1) The activities in the project were hard linked causing the sch...

Nov 13, 2011