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Mandatory Finish Constraint

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Dears,I know I should avoid mandatory constraints, but the client forces the team to use a mandatory finish milestone (Project Finish Date) that leads to negative lag. Our mandatory finish constraint on “Project Finish Date” caused a network logic vi...

Jun 29, 2024

Project Management Essentials

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I authored my first project management article 10 years ago.  A mentor recommended I start writing to launch my transition from managing project organizations to teaching. Writing those early articles was challenging.  Reducing complex ideas into wri...

Jul 3, 2024

Truck flow estimate with guardhouse bottlenecks

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Hi friends,I hope that everyone are healthy.I'm trying to model a truck flow to a new estimate to a bid.In a construction, I have many trucks with many materials to be delivered ( gravel, sand, concrete, asphalt and so on) coming and going every day ...

Aug 1, 2024

Hybrid Project Management: Part 3, Picking the Approach

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A project manager’s first major decision is selecting the approach and lifecycle.  Historically, this was a non-issue.  The default option was preordained based on the project type, organizational preferences, and inertia.  Construction and engineeri...

Aug 3, 2024

Resource Allocation issue

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Hi, I am using V23.12.I have a fairly small schedule which is fully resource loaded. All dates etc. are correct folowing update.However, on one activiy in particular, the resource loading has been spread way beond the activity completion date.Activit...

Aug 9, 2024

Project controls do not determine the future

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No one can determine what will happen in the future – the future is always uncertain.  But over the last 50 years the view of many seems to have shifted to believing a schedule or cost plan is a precise statement of what will happen months or years i...

Aug 10, 2024

How to filter some WBS only in same level

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Hello I want to view only some wbs by using filter, all wbs in the same level.i want to view only the wbs metioned in the shot below, could some one help[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8808:]]

Aug 10, 2024

Actual Units vs Actual Regular Units?

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Hello, What is the difference between Actual Units vs Actual Regular Units. This is the first time I stumble upon Actual Regular Units and I'm unsure what it means. The hint feature isn't very helpful and neither does Google.When I apply actual units...

Aug 14, 2024

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nPlan - automatic schedule integrity and AI-powered risk tools for Planners nPlan builds tools that give planners superpowers, like the ability to:  Take the bias out of estimating activity durationsAutomatically (and accurately) quantify activity un...

Aug 19, 2024

Prioritization when leveling with P6

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Hello guys,I am currently leveling resources in a oil refinery turnaround project.I have about 40 heat exchangers that need to be disassembled, cleaned, inspected and reassembled.The customer wants to reassemble every heat exchanger as soon as the in...

Aug 19, 2024

Progress curve - Early Vs Late and somewhere in between

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I like to see the usage of different progress curves other than early curves, and when used, what kind of irrational was used and who agreed with it, meaning agreement between the PCMs or the PMs.  If the subject was already discussed, let me know wh...

Aug 23, 2024

P6 trace logic

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dear all, I understand the "trace logic" option in P6 - is there a way to extract the full path in excel ? especially if the Activity sucessor is then a predecessor to another activty and  then a sucessor to another predecessor follow on etc etc 

Aug 29, 2024

Distribution by change in Date - Excel

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Hello Team,Need your support in solving a proble. I have made a table with start date (A) and Finish date (B), The total Quantity (C) is divided by the durtation to give the per day quantity (D). Now I have per month cut of date (E, F, G, H).Can anyo...

Sep 1, 2024

Issue with Schedule % Complete of WBS Showing as 0

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My goal is to compare the Planned % and Actual % side by side in the Primavera P6 schedule and ensure that users can see both the Planned % and Actual %. I'm able to display the Actual % using the Duration % Complete without any issues. However, I wa...

Sep 2, 2024

Asta Powerproject Macro Library

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Hi,I am a new Powerproject user and I was wondering if anyone may know where is the Macro Object library document specifically for PowerProject? The Object Library document is needed to develop Macro's and Automation and I hope it is similar to the o...

Sep 6, 2024

Hammock, LOE, summary difference

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Can someone please clarify the difference between these three types of activities because I think they are representing the same goal. I have read alot but couldn't differ.

Sep 7, 2024

Hybrid Project Management: Part 4, Picking the Practices

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Hybrid projects are not constrained by a single methodology or well-defined framework.  By definition, they are a melding melding of practices.  A huge responsibility accompanies this unbounded freedom of choice.  Project managers must clearly descri...

Sep 8, 2024

Baseline percent complete with RAG indicator

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Hi Experts, I like to understand that is it possible to do RAG indicator based on project progress. This is to RAG a work activity that is tracked against the predicated workload at time of observation (baseline estimate at that time), against the ac...

Sep 10, 2024

Baseline percent complete with RAG indicator

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Hi Experts, I like to understand that is it possible to do RAG indicator based on project progress. This is to RAG a work activity that is tracked against the predicated workload at time of observation (baseline estimate at that time), against the ac...

Sep 10, 2024