I'd like to hear how other Schedule Managers or Project Controls Manager handle getting timely schedule updates from those responsible in performing the updates. Currently I'm charged with maintaining a portfolio of 15 projects. There are 13 Projec...
Hey All! I was wondering if someone can help me. I am trying to neck an activity that is critical. the calendar attached to the activity already has the non work period into consideration. When i go to the bar setting and checked the calendar non wor...
I am trying to show a histogram at the bottom of the bar chart, to show the amount of concrete that we will be pouring on site each day. However the bar chart calendar is a mixture of 5 day, 6 day and 7 day working. The histogram does not show the ...
Hi All,I am allocating material quantities to certain activities on the bar chart in order to produce a histogram. I am putting the total material quantity total in the correct column, however in the histogram it is picking up the total quantity in ...
Dear Friends,For a long duration of Project , we should perfom some activities which can start at data date but compeletion of these activies at the start of Projct is useless let me give an example;Around 3 years later we should paint the building a...
Hi guys, Given below are list of interview questions faced by Planning Engineer , other than their personal and Experience. if anyone like to add more u are welcome pls .............I would appericiate if some has brief answer of the questions listed...
Hi there, I am using MSP 2010 prof. I have a file with over 90 projects. In the Gantt view I want to create a custom field named PM that only shows the assigned PM and not all the other assigned resources. Not all projects have a PM assigned. Any ide...
Hi all,I have recently been made aware that the schedule should have most of the activities with FS links to make out a sensible (delay) analysis.So, I have tried to prepare a schedule in line with the above philosophy.I have observed the following ...
CRC Press’s Handbook of Emergency Response: A Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach was released last week. Edited by Adedeji Badiru and Major Leeann Racz, both of the faculty of the US Air Force Institute of Technology, it is a most interes...
Hi, In our company various versions (V7, R8.1 and R8.3) of Primavera being used in various locations. To bring all the location to a common platform, management has decided to implement / upgrade Primavera EPPM P6 R8.3 and also planned to integrate ...
Hi, Please share your experience and thoughts about the Primavera R8.3 release. Is R8.3 a stable release like R8.1 or 8.2?. Is there any major technology or UI changes or mainly talking about additional capabilities within the same framework as R8.2...
Hi Guys - Here are 7 steps that every program/project plan should follow http://ow.ly/oCZgW
Hi people Hope you can help, something that has just started happening in my version of P6 ver 7I create a schedule, with logic links in etc when I hit F9 to schedlue all the tasks come backto start on the data date therefore destroying the schedule ...
I hope every one will be fine. I need some help form u guys , I am planning engineer in a plant services department which deals with oil and gas , petrochemical plant turnarounds. We do turnarounds which merely have 15 to 20 days. My organization is ...
Hello Every one, I tried to import from MSP 2010 ( I save .Mpp file to .XML.)to Primavera v6.8.2 I got following Error. import aborted and following message appeared. Event code:CNFFC-3955-A Could not find file C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java....
Is it possible to automatically distribute the work to date I want?Example: We have a deviation from the target plane. We are solely responsible for all the work to finish on 30 December (approximately 4% per week). But it do not really. Now I need t...
Hi,I am a planning engineer for a small-medium size contractor in England. I started as a "Junior Planner" a year ago which I thought involved having guidance from a Planner or someone more senior than me. However when joined I was the only one in th...
HI Everyone, How do you anylyze the delay and what mitigation should be done by the planner.
For those of you that don't know much about Primavera Risk Analysis, here's a write up of what it is and it's main capabilities http://ow.ly/oJE2I
Hi, I am having problems updating a baseline in P6 and I need it completed urgently!! I have a project, which has links to other projects and it is currently baselined. It has been recognised that some Engineering activities within the project were...