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Planned&Actual %complete

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Dear All Planners,   I know the Actual % Complete in P6 = Physical % complete... But what I don't know how we can calculculate the Planned % complete for the same schedule? What is the procedure.. Thank you for any help..   Hanson

May 1, 2012

Problems assigning specific calendar to only a few tasks?

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Hello!I am trying to assign a 7 day week calendar to 2 tasks on my project. The remaining 100 or so are the standard 5-day 8 hour calendar. However when I drag the '7 day week, Bank Hols & Xmas' to the tasks and release it all of the other tasks chan...

May 1, 2012

Baseline Labour Units

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Gents I have been using a backup of the project as the baseline but found a problem.  The baseline has changed after 8 months of work being completed and tasks and durations changing. This would be considered a re-baselining of the project.     If I ...

May 1, 2012

Scheduled Cost Value

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Hi everybody, How can I gain scheduled cost value for an activity (for example in a column in activity table view), if I have assigened resource curve to activity   Thanks

May 2, 2012

Link task to other projects

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Dears,How can i link tasks between projects on MS Project 2010 Prefessional. I mean, how can i link on "Project A" that 1.2.1 task of "Project A" should start 5 days after 2.2.3 task of "Project B". or do i wish impossible thing ;)Anyone know about t...

May 2, 2012

Planned Start

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I would like to know how to switch on Planned Start and Planned finish date when baselining the projects.

May 3, 2012

MS Project & Sharepoint

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We have multiple project listings (from Sharepoint), spreadsheets and project plans that we are trying to combine into a master project plan. Realizing that SQL Server and data mapping might be required, does anyone have an idea how we can reduce the...

May 3, 2012

Whats Cost % Complete?

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Dear All Planners,I just need to know what is the equation P6 use to calculate the Cost % Complete? Thank you,

May 3, 2012

Whats Cost % Complete?

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Dear All Planners,I just need to know what is the equation P6 use to calculate the Cost % Complete? Thank you,

May 3, 2012

Constructive [overtime] acceleration - Opinions?

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Hi All A topic im sure has been discussed many times before but as new judgments are provided in court and the industry evoles maybe opinions/outlooks change. In terms of constructive accleration such as performing overtime without an official reques...

May 3, 2012

Use of Steps

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All  I have inherited a project where the tasks are very high level.  I have a number of pipes listed under one task and I know the number of metres or feet to be installed in each.   This is relatable to a budget labour unit so I have: pipe 101 - 10...

May 3, 2012

Relationships and the Critical Path. Confused

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Hello!I am new to planning (6 weeks). It is my first job in the construction industry also.I have been taken on as a planning engineer for a small-medium sized main contractor in the UK. I am the only planner currently and I have taken over from an e...

May 4, 2012

Schedule submission

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TFIF everyone! :-) Quick one for those of you with both hats on....... For those of you working for a 'client' do you insist / stipulate that the contractor submit the schedule source files, be it .xer, mpp etc.. at the reporting period?Is this puere...

May 4, 2012

closing out schedule

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Hi friends,what should be thre primary concerns when we are making a closing out schedule for an industrial project.Your views are most welcome.RegardsSunil

May 4, 2012

Multiple resources in P6

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Hi, I'm looking for some help with resourcing in P6 v5 please. We have one activity with multiple resources stretching over a perdio of 10 working days.  I'd like to schedule one resource so he/she works 2 full days at the start of the activity and 3...

May 6, 2012