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Steps in P6

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Hi,   Can we link the start and finish dates of different steps in an activity to the start and finish dates of the activity itself.   Thanks for your reply to this.   Blessan

Sep 14, 2012

Material held up in port, Is contractor eligible for EOT

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Dear allI have received an EOT request from one of my contractor due to delay in delivery of material due to heavy traffic in duabi jabal ali port.All materil has been now delivered at site which resulted 30 day in project completion. The document sh...

Sep 16, 2012

How to Handle Diif Calendar in EPCm Schedule

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Dear All, I have created an EPC Schedule which consists of Eng,Proc and Cont Activities.Since this is a Turaorund Project During the construction phase the work will be done 24 hrs. I have following settings in my project. Project calendar is Standar...

Sep 17, 2012

Reference for previous forecasts???

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Hello All, Would really appreciate a prompt response for this one...   While it is expected of a Project Manager to change his At completion units to forecast and then baseline it keeping the budgeted units as they were, my understanding is that the ...

Sep 18, 2012

Project Control Method Statement

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Fellows, Anyone can share their narrative statement on how the project control method statement develops in general. The process comprise of 3 major disciplines which is ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.Thank you, appriaciate your response.

Sep 18, 2012

Actual Date of an activity

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Hello friends, I have assigned the Actual Date of an activity as 10-july-2012 Now i came to know the activity has not yet started. When i click the Actual Check box in status. The report comes as, "Cannot set status to Not Started if activity has act...

Sep 18, 2012

Level of Effort % Complete

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Hey Guys, I have a question about Level of Effort. I am using P6 v8.2. I am trying to get the level of effort to update the % complete as the linked activities are updated but can't seem to get it to work. I have reviewed the forum for similar topics...

Sep 18, 2012

How to highlight activity

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Hello Planners,A small doubt in P6I have 5 activities which i need to get highlight to show to my manager when i creat a pdf file. How can i highlight this activities in Primavera?Thank you in advanceregardsRajesh.

Sep 18, 2012

Pertmaster/risk analysis training in Scotland??

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Hello, Can anyone tell me if there are any pertmaster/risk analysis courses being held in Scotland over the next few months? I'm in Aberdeen but willing to travel.   Thanks!

Sep 18, 2012

Stacked Histogram with Different Calendars in P6

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I have been trying to get an output for the stacked histogram which shows 1 man working 1 shift in a day. The only problem is that I am using both standard 10 hour working days and 3.5 hour night shift. The resources that I have use the correct calen...

Sep 18, 2012

P6 8.2 print preview is taking too much time.

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HiI am experiancing a problem using P6 8.2. when i click print preview, it takes 1-2 minutes and also same thing happens while changing hadder and footer. P6, 6.2 was very smooth.Please help Regards

Sep 18, 2012

Displaying Duration In Phase Title Bar

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On my project I have all the activities organized by phase.  Is there a way to automatically display the total duration of the phase in the title?   For example, if I had a phase 1A, and all the activites in phase 1A would take 30 days to complete, i...

Sep 19, 2012

How do I export my project from P6 to MSP??

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I did try exporting the file from P6 and savin it in.mpp format and then open it MSP, but then not all the linkages, dates match exactly? Can anybody help me on this??

Sep 20, 2012

Change Stacked Histogram Scale - P6

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Have not had too much success of late with any response so fingers crossed for this one.Trying to get a more suitable scale for my Stacked Histogram, the scale goes up to 100 hours whereas the highest value is only about 65 hours. Is there any method...

Sep 20, 2012

Report Editor

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 Hi Experts Can anyone share manuals about the report editor. Since i am struggling to design a new report as required.  Thanks in advanceRams

Sep 20, 2012

Staircase Construction- RCC

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Dear all, When can I start Staircase work 1.Ground floor slab 2 .Columns 3 .beams 4. RCC walls 5. First Floor Slab ------------------------------ 6 .Columns 7.Beams 8. RCC walls 9.Roof Slab From where i can start  RCC staircase construction Thanks

Sep 22, 2012

Cannot update baseline for in progress activities

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Hello PPlanners,I do have a problem with successive baselines: while updating a project, I create a new baseline every month after updating the projectNow some activities are late; say, they will start 2 weeks after the Original Start Date, or finish...

Sep 22, 2012

Forecasting and Trending

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I currently am running projects that are fairly short in duration (3 months).  I progress daily and progress using Physical % Complete since I can measure units completed.  Since the duration of each project is short my CPI seems to be manic.  Up one...

Sep 22, 2012