Hi All Welding Experts I am putting together a baseline programme for a large industrial plant where the pipeline contractor is telling me that his planned sequence of work for each section of piperack was: Start loading out prefab pipes - biggest / ...
Hi all. When i copy a project within the same EPS in P6, the new project turns up with all filters empty (they are there with the filter names, but conditions are empty). All filters I use are under the "user defined" tab. Is this fixable? Cheers ...
Dear all,I noticed, that Spider ignores the activity priority for all leveling algorithms, except Standard. I understand, this is a deliberate decision.See example below:Question: how do I address the following task then:In project I have sometimes 2...
Distributed contingencies are normal in most aspects of project management but often result in sub-optimal use of resources. Typical examples include allowing some safety margin in each CPM duration estimate (eg, setting the durations at an 80% proba...
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Dear,What is the implication if I tick or not tick the Caculate Multiple Critical Paths box in the Options, Calculation tab in MS Project 2007.I find that a lot of tasks become critical if I tick the box. Gary Lo
By the Introduction to P6 R8.1, we mean the basic understanding and procedures required to start up a new project in P6 R8.1. As we know that the P6 is one of the leading softwares in the world in the field of Project Planning and COntrol; it has som...
Greetings, We all know that when it comes to construction, it never ends of how many items of work it contains, how many construction methodologies it does have. A successful planner is a one who puts his schedule explaining the sequence of activitie...
Hai All To link Primavera SdK & Crystal Report i did the below option 1.File -New - Report Expert -OK 2.Standand-Ok-Database-ODBC-Primavera P6 SDK-Admin-Admin (database Connected) 3.I want to create Tabular & Graphical Report for manpower histogram...
Vladimir, Rafael,In one of my questions about MSP, Vladimir answered, that it is very easy to implement Excel-like features in Spider.But so far I could not find how to do it.How would I achieve the following: say I have several Project-level paramet...
Afternoon, More and more contractors programmes submitted are expenses loaded as opposed to costs loaded. Could someone give me a summary of pros and cons for doing so from both a contractor and an employer perspective? Thanks a lot.
Dear Planners...a simple question. A site established Piping Fab shop has to do 300,000 ID in 12 months with peak of 40,000 ID per month. What amount of piping mateterial (in Inch Dia) should be available in peak month:30% above target40% above targe...
What i am needing to know how to do is create a report with the P6 report wizard that compares the early cost/early start versus late costs/Late finish directly from the P6 reports section. Can this be done? Im sorry, i am not the best person at exp...
First of all,thank you Vladimir, Rafael for your help with my material ref-book problem, I managed to create ref-books and corporate ref-books for activities, material and resource assignments - very useful. Unfortunately today I got stuck on somethi...
Probably the most common action undertaken by project planners everywhere is assigning a duration to a task; most of us do this almost automatically. Generally it is only when a dispute arises that the complex interaction of the factors discussed in...
Hi there; my 1st ever post. I have a customer managing large project with multiple workstreams (or sub-projects) each with it's own manager. I'd normally recommend using Primavera P6 for this but the client wanted to use MS Project so that the manage...
I'm reviewing an MSP programme for a colleague. He is concerned that he can't see a critical path running through the project schedule. The "critical" filter shows the back end of the path, but not any activities upstream of a critical SS + lag relat...
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