A Statistical Approach to Estimating
Forum TopicHere we look at the principles and approaches to aid the project manager’s attempt to accurately estimate the duration and/or cost of a project http://ow.ly/SW2hK
Oct 2, 2015
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measuring against the baseline
Forum TopicI am trying to get a formula that acts as a "early warning" spot light in the number field against the finish variance e.g. if my base line finish is 40 days. What I want help with is the IF formulaif the finish is 40 days away or greater then the sy...
Oct 4, 2015
Liquidity Damage (LD)
Forum TopicHi Everyone,I would like to learn about LD. In one of the contract we have it is written as,Liquidity Damage will start after 15th Sep if the project is not complete . " The production would be only started upon completion of the project" which gives...
Oct 4, 2015
Basing Activity Progress on a Unit Measurement In Primavera P6
Forum TopicHere's a guide on how to base activity progress using a Unit Measurement In Primavera P6 http://ow.ly/T1qn9
Oct 5, 2015
PMP Questions – getting a second opinion.
BlogMost people when faced with a painful decision such as having a leg amputated seek a valid second opinion! Sitting for the PMP exam is no different – regardless of whose course you have completed testing your knowledge against a different set of rep...
Oct 6, 2015
Importing actual progress in a schedule
Forum TopicDear All,Due to a variation order, the approved baseline programme has been revised with the incorporation of the variation item and few changes in the logic as mitigation.In the last updated programme (without variation), out of 11,000 activities ne...
Oct 6, 2015
FEED - Front End Design
Forum TopicHello Everyone,I have been on the EPC projects from Contractors side till now for O & G company. I would like to learn when a engineering company is awarded FEED Study (Basis of Design & Statement of requirement is given by the Client) who from the e...
Oct 7, 2015
Revised Baseline and Revised S-Curve
Forum TopicDear All,Kindly share your input/thoughts for the following situation.After the baseline programme is approved.At the middle of the project a variation was issued by the Client and the Contractor issued an EOT notification for the delay in permit for...
Oct 7, 2015
CPM and PDM methods
Forum TopicHello to everyone, i'm running a dissertation about project management and i would like to ask about those two methos.I want to know if we run the same project with CPM and then with MPM do i expect always the same resuls? Are there any articles abou...
Oct 7, 2015
Technical query about Pertmaster and Low Memory
Forum TopicAs the subject indicates, I have encountered an issue whereby Pertmaster "runs out of memory" and will crash. There is no loss of data, but after several attempts to continue is has slowed to a crawl. Does anyone, or has anyone encountered this issu...
Oct 8, 2015
Unforeseen Obstruction at Site
Forum TopicHi All,1. In a sewergae line laying project, in a particular path there was enough float, say 60 days in the baseline programme.2. The Contractor started the works 30 days later than the plan date. At the time of investigation he found an underground...
Oct 8, 2015
Problem to make Recovery Plan as a new Baseline
Forum TopicHi Guys,I prepare a recovery plan from last updated program, i was monitoring the progress based on total Budgeted Cost and all activities were Phisical % type. My project was in delay due to our mistake so i adjust the remaining duration by increasi...
Oct 10, 2015
Future Bucket Planning Information - Export / Import using excel
Forum TopicHi All,I am currently working on a schedule that requires us to do a monthly future bucket planning. We are looking at about 50 distinct resources and would like to find out what is the best way to do the loading, apart from manually keying the hours...
Oct 12, 2015
Is Earned Value Going Away?
Forum TopicThere has been a lot of talk recently about the decision by DCMA to raise the threshold for contracts requiring compliance reviews from $50 Million to $100 Million. On face value this might seem like the government is taking its foot off of the EVM p...
Oct 12, 2015
New Tasks With '0' Float Throughout the Schedule
Forum TopicI am trying to create a test schedule in MS Project 2010. The problem is that with every new task that I create, there is no float associated with the tasks being entered. I have tried the following:1. Moved the Project Start date out six months or...
Oct 12, 2015
Is there a way to show the first Driving activity in the a column
Forum TopicHi, I would like to display a column that shows which predecessor activity is the main driver. Have tried a few things but no luck. Is there a way to do this? Thanks very much Dave
Oct 13, 2015
Spanish Speaking Planners
Forum TopicHi All Pinoy PlannersI have a contact who is seaking two Spanish speaking planners for a long term contract in the Carribean.Permantent or contract.Send me a private message with your email and I will put you in touch.Best regardsMike Testro
Oct 13, 2015
REPORT ENGINEER
Forum TopicHi all,Please I am invited for an interview as a reporting engineer in BOQ department, can someone tell me expected interview questionsThanks
Oct 13, 2015
Primavera P6 EPPM Scheduling Privileges with Limited Project Data Privileges
Forum TopicHere's a great explanation which helps understand Primavera P6 EPPM scheduling privileges with limited project data privileges http://ow.ly/TnYO5
Oct 14, 2015
Filtering Formula Columns
Forum TopicHi Guys,I have created a formula column called ductwork, which simply outputs a 1 if the task name contains the word ductwork and 0 if not. My formula works great, however I would now like to create a filter to hide all 0's in a column, I have tried ...
Oct 14, 2015