The simple fact ignored by most accountants, general management and project managers is that cost is an output from the management process, and pretending cost is a manageable input is a recipe for disaster.Profit is the difference between the price ...
All, In case you haven't seen them in the wiki section, please follow the below link to the updated forum posting rules. -It's important that everyone understands them. Headline points: 1) The Dos & Don'ts are broadly similar to before, though mo...
Hi - does anyone know of any JIRA interfaces that allow for JIRA data to be pulled into PM6 in real time?
I made programme and added the mandatory finish to last activity. Each activity in the programme link to each other I updated the programme with BL finish showing 31st Aug13 and Finish column showing 10th Jan'14. Still I unable to get the total float...
Although I do not find much value in the modeling of negative float it is frequently a requirement on our schedule specifications. Therefore I am looking for the best way to do so. At the moment I am using a comparison schedule similar to current sch...
When I calculate my schedule I get this message:“You have opened the current project(s) in Shared mode. Other users currently have the project(s) open as well. Performing this process may overwrite the changes made by others. Are you sure that you ...
Here's an in-depth article on tuning the Primavera P6 Background Jobs http://ow.ly/kBkHC
I met a lovely old guy last week at a Fleetwood Mac concert at Madison Square Gardens who was an Attendant there. We got talking while I was getting a beer and he told me he'd worked there for forty years, he remembered when Fleetwood Mac first pla...
Hi,Im trying to convert a large programme from P6 to MP 2010. The Programme has over 3000 activities. Anyone shed any light on the quickest way to convert the programme? Thanks
Dear All,Our Contact is a Item rate Contract.Scope includes Structure ,Finishing & MEP.Preliminaries cost is provided in the contract only for structures which is 5% of Structure Contract Value.Now we made a claim for preliminaries for MEP & Finishi...
Hi,Im trying to convert a large programme from P6 to MP 2010. The Programme has over 3000 activities. Anyone shed any light on the quickest way to convert the programme? Thanks
Hi,Does anyone know if it is possible to show the day of the week associated with a date in P6V7 preferably in a separate column to the date ?ThanksBob
hai friends i'm new to this site. please help me with your advices i'm a beginner in mep planning. but i have no experience in the whole mep systems. the only experience i have is in sprinkler systems. but now i'm forced to study and do the planning ...
7 scheduling mistakes to avoid http://ow.ly/kFT2h
How to make a fragnet of activities in primavera P6? What exactly does the word "fragnet" mean in this context? The fragnet is supposed to consist of subset of activities in the project schedule directly related to the schedule. Fewest number of ac...
I guess I'm getting impatient in my old age. I'm used to the very intuitive way MSP allows you to insert tasks, and then insert subtasks by indenting. And being able to drag things around. From the P6 manual and the web, I cannot figure out how to di...
Dear All,I am faced with a problem.I have created a programs and have given the cost for each activity as a Resource "Cost". The cost values was given in "Budget cost" column. It was all fine when I did the programs and the "Budgeted Total Cost" was ...
There is some topic regarding changing the start/finish date with in the programme with global change, but I can`t find. Programme has actual and keep all information regarding previous baseline (P6-programme is without attached baseline) I need to r...
Hi Asta Management In a recent discussion Stephen Devaux wrote this sentence: I know you are very active with Asta, and in light of your remark above, I feel I must ask: if Asta wants to incorporate modern technology and metrics, why doesn't it inclu...
If an early warning/compensation event delays contractor A to the extent that it will delay contractor B is contractor B entitled to a compensation event. If contractor b has not started on site I assume he can not claim an extension to his contract ...