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Project Change impacts on KPIs

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I have a project which is around 4 months old. The budget was set very early on and I now have KPIs (Planned, Earned, Actuals, SPI / CPI etc) set up which are measured against the baseline of the project. We have identified a number of changes to the...

May 23, 2017

Resource creation & assignment

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I would like to know what is the criteria for creating resources in terms of maximum units per time. If I set a resource for 1h/d it means that I am going to load it based on manhours required for the activity (Not sure if this method is correct or n...

May 24, 2017

Make a Report based on Manhours and Material allocated into Projects

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The requirement of my one year project is to prepare a report based upon the manhours and Materials. The progresss should be shown based on that only. I have assigned Manhours of and Non material resource into each activity of the project. I need the...

May 24, 2017

Resource Levelling easy method help needed

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I have created a resource, say labor with 8/day as Default units per time. His Max allocated time is also 8/day While allocating him on 4 activities simultaneously over same duration and same start and finish date. Now the budgeted time become four t...

May 24, 2017

Resource Levelling easy method

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I have created a resource, say labor with 8/day as Default units per time. His Max allocated time is also 8/day While allocating him on 4 activities simultaneously over same duration and same start and finish date. Now the budgeted time become four t...

May 24, 2017

Creating a New SQLite Database in Primavera P6 Professional

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Sometimes it’s useful, or even necessary to create a sandbox database to play around in for your P6 Professional client software. Here's how to create a new SQLite Database in Primavera P6 Professional http://ow.ly/3wJa30c27P7

May 25, 2017

Creating a Report to Show Open Ends

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Hello,I'm wondering if there's any way to filter or create a report for activities that have an open end. By open end I mean it doesn't have an activitiy tied to its start and/or its finish. I'm not just looking for activities that are missing a pred...

May 25, 2017

Does anyone use metrics for software development projects?

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Hi,I am looking for other project managers that use metrics for software development metrics - to discuss what metrics they use, how they use them etc...Examples of metrics are bugs-found vs. bugs-fixed over time, bug-severity-breakdown over the past...

May 26, 2017

How do you resolve project team conflicts?

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When project team members are at each other's throats, the Project Manager must act fast to resolve. Onboarding new team members is a costly way to go, so communication and resolution is best. I've come up with a logical, 4 step process with a fun ac...

May 27, 2017

Planning and Scheduling - Stage 1

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Conception bring us to a time before any recorded execution plan and schedule. It is the zero point in time where the fate of the project is most uncertain. From this origin comes initiation or Stage 1.A feasibility study and a business case becomes ...

May 27, 2017

Resources for labor in project

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Hi planners >>>Can I add resources per day?For example : I want to add 2 Engineers for every day , not for every activity , only for day and don't want to see how many of activities in this day.

May 28, 2017

Full Time Equivalent

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Some time ago I was involved in the beginnings of a discussion here about “Full Time Equivalent” (FTE) with Vladimir and Rafael. I thought I would “complete” my thinking about this.P6 is basically unequipped for this, and we have to fudge it.I live i...

May 28, 2017

online Questionnaire for Research

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 Dear Sirs,I am undertaking an online questionnaire for research entitled, “Study and analysis of barriers in BIM scheduling adoption for High-rise Buildings." It will not take more than 05 minutes of your time to fill this questionnaire. Your answer...

May 29, 2017

Life is a Project, you are Project Manager.

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A topic that has never been explored in past with such details.Sharing with you a philosophy of life, project Management.How project management concepts are linked with various processes of life?How important are stakeholders and what part they play ...

May 29, 2017

Activity status in Spider

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Dear all,I just noticed, that there is no such activity field as activity status in Spider. Such field is normally available in other tools.E.g: In MS Project:·         Complete·         Future Task·         On schedule·         Late In Primavera·   ...

May 29, 2017