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Must Start on

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Hi Planners,A baseline schedule showing that the start date of the project "milestone task" is not critical "9 days float", some of the succesor tasks has a constraint "start no earlier than". I changed the constraint of those successors to "Must sta...

May 15, 2017

PMI-SP Exam

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Hi everyone,I plan to take the PMI-SP exam in the near future and i have a few questions.Did anyone else here took the test recently? How much time did you dedicated to studying?What other materials did you used besides PMBOK and the Practice Standar...

May 15, 2017

Planned Value Cost is not matching with spread sheet value

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Dear friends, I found very pecular problem. I am using P6v7, in my baseline schduele (resouce loaded, fixed budget) Planned value is showing as 122,757,666 for the DD is 22.apr.2017 but for the same date if you see cum.BL project total cost in Activi...

May 16, 2017

EV Calculation in p6

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Hi all,There is any way in p6, to calculate EV based on EAC rather than BAC? Thanks

May 17, 2017

Fixed Salary for the team of the project

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Hi Planners,I have a baseline schedule and I am filling the resources in the resource sheet but I faced an obstacles that I have human resources "Project Manager" that is working on the project since starting until closing out with a fixed salary, ho...

May 17, 2017

S Curve From P6 Cost Integration

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I am aware there is ample information out there to create an S Curve via P6 without entering total manpower for each task (I do not know how to currently do this, but will do the research to save people from having to post informaiton that is already...

May 17, 2017

Rebaselines - BL and Actuals different

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I have rebaselined a project, but for the tasks in progress, the Cum BL Project units are different from Cum Actual Units. Why is this?  Have I got a setting set incorrect, or can I not rebasline when I have tasks which are in progress? Thanks in adv...

May 17, 2017

Planning & Scheduling through the Gates

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Project planning and scheduling processes follow a management framework called the Project Implementation Model (PIM). Such model divides the project into sub-boundaries called stages, gates, or checkpoints.Does not really matter what proprietary ter...

May 17, 2017

Updating over 7000 Activities in p6

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Hello Everyone,I'v created baseling schedule contains over 7000 activities. I have to update them now by activity % complete. Is there and fast way to update them by excel if I have the data already in excel?

May 18, 2017

My First Book Signing @ Indigo-Signal Hills, Calgary

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20-May-2017 My first book signing event went well today at Indigo Signal Hill. I met a lot of interesting, intelligent people and was able to introduce the book to them. Had some lively discussion with a few who said that the book was timely. Some pr...

May 21, 2017

Step By Step Procedure for Recovery Schedule - Reg

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Dear All,This is Umashankar Presenting greetings of the season!I am currently involved in producing a revised schedule.  The Project has a contract duration of 3 years; of which 1 1/2 years is already elapsed.  The client issued a Variation Order for...

May 21, 2017

Help me complete a project

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Hi everyone, I'm new here and need help in preparing time chainage diagram as this is new to me and I don't have any idea how to complete this. I need to prepare and complete the project by 26th and any kind of help will be highly appreciated. Thanks...

May 21, 2017

Wishing to interview project co-ordinators in capital works projects

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Hi all. Im conducting some research and hoping there may be some project co ordinators involved in capital works type projects willing to have a 20min phone chat/interview with me? Im not involved in the industry and trying to gather an understanding...

May 22, 2017