How Responsive Are You To Change?
Forum TopicHere's a look at the opportunites and challenges of change http://ow.ly/sGo3i
Jan 17, 2014
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The Accidental Scheduler - Questions
Forum TopicHello All,I've been a project engineer for several years on the mechanical end of oil/gas and HVAC projects. Consequently I've been exposed to Project Management basics such as MTO, cost estimating, deliverables, milestones, Gantt charts, dependenci...
Jan 18, 2014
s-curve doesnt show reality
Forum Topichi guys first of all sorry for my bad english i hope u understand.in my schedule i have more than 2000 activities.i added wbs summary activity for each wbs.then i assigned budgeted (contrac price) and actual cost.some activities finished and some act...
Jan 20, 2014
why my Baseline & Actual units showing different after assigning the current project as a baseline ?
Forum Topicdear all,i encountered with the problem which seems something unrealistic : means u update my schedule & than i made a copy the current schedule as a my baseline.here when i am looking @ my units its showing different for past month. whereas it shoul...
Jan 20, 2014
why my Baseline & Actual units showing different after assigning the current project as a baseline ?
Forum Topicdear all,i encountered with the problem which seems something unrealistic : means u update my schedule & than i made a copy the current schedule as a my baseline.here when i am looking @ my units its showing different for past month. whereas it shoul...
Jan 20, 2014
Baseline budgeted units update
Forum TopicDear all, I have to create a second baseline (BL2) with updated BL1 Labor units but I want to keep same dates & durations as in BL1. In short : BL2 Labor units = Budgeted Labor units of the current project and BL2 dates & Durations = same as BL1 Does...
Jan 20, 2014
Methodology
Forum TopicHas anyone heard of an As-Is Methodology.Using progress only update data, with an option to modify when (as built) dates do not match( progress update ) critical activities dates.I try and stick to the guidelines a reference with the SCL protocol, an...
Jan 21, 2014
Methodology
Forum TopicHas anyone heard of an As-Is Methodology.Using progress only update data, with an option to modify when (as built) dates do not match( progress update ) critical activities dates.I try and stick to the guidelines a reference with the SCL protocol, an...
Jan 21, 2014
Claim for EOT and Out of Sequence
Forum TopicDear PP,Good day to all. I am having some ambiguity regarding the proper way in analyzing the claims for EOT. I just want to know your opinion if we need to correct the out of sequence activities prior to window analysis?Your expertise with this matt...
Jan 21, 2014
How to Avoid Using Schedule Leads
Forum TopicHere's an article on avoiding using Schedule Leads http://ow.ly/sNcYa
Jan 21, 2014
P6 resource assignments
Forum TopicIm having some trouble. I have task scheduled for lets say Oct 24 2013-June 15 2013. In the resource asssignments its showing dates like January 6 2014-Jul 2016? I have checked the resources and they are scheduled Oct 24 2013-June 15 2013 as well. ...
Jan 21, 2014
Project Management Humor
Forum Topic"The Great Office War" is my favorite!!http://www.pmconnection.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=search&query=humor
Jan 23, 2014
Ms project - Actual cost column
Forum TopicHi all planners, I am using ms project-2007 for my scheduling works. I have created a schedule with work resource,cost resource and did save baseline. Now i want to change the values in actual cost column of cost resource based on the site progress b...
Jan 23, 2014
DELAY ANALYSIS
Forum TopicHi Guys, May I request an assesment on this; Given: Phase 1 (unit rate) Phase 2 (provisional sum) Both phases are in one contract with the duration of 20 months commencing 1 Jan 2009 - 1Aug 2010. Now, there is approved program which the Phase 1 will ...
Jan 23, 2014
Rejuvenating Planning Career
Forum TopicHello, I have recently returned to the UK after travelling Australia for the past 12 months. Prior to my travels I had worked as a project planner for 3 years on various industrial projects. During my 12 months in Australia, I worked the first 6 as a...
Jan 23, 2014
Disappearing Activity Codes in Primavera P6 Professional
Forum TopicThis blog explains why you may experience disappearing Activity Codes in Primavera P6 Professional http://ow.ly/sSbsa
Jan 23, 2014
Survey: Construction management techniques applicable to IT projects.
Forum TopicHello and happy 2014 to everyone. Have you ever watched television programs such as "Megastructures" on NatGeo? Ever wondered how it would be to manage construction projects, and why they are more successful than IT projects? I would greatly apprecia...
Jan 24, 2014
Baseline for MSP 2010
Forum TopicHi Expert I had ceated a schedule in MSP 2007 , In that i have set baseline, Baseline1, baseline2, baseline3. after some time my MSP 2007 has been updated with MSP 2010. In 2010 it shows that baseline has set (0,1,2,3) om different dates. but when i ...
Jan 24, 2014
PRIMAVERA v6.7 Completing Tasks When Performing Updates with Data Line
Forum TopicHi,I have been experiencing this problem for a while now and have not found the solution. When I perform the updates to the schedule: Select New "Data Date", and then ApplySome activities that should still be in progress seems to have been completed ...
Jan 24, 2014
100% complete task problem in highlights
Forum TopicHi group,I have two concern that I want to ask for help;1. I'm using MS project 2010, when I try choose to highlights all the tasks that are 100% complete, it's seem not all has been highlighted. There are still items that don't have highlights event...
Jan 24, 2014