Hi all,I was just asked to cost load P6 for a project that has been running already for 3 years..30,000+ activities..I started by assigning in a cash resource the remaining $ (Contract BOQ $ - Actual to Date $) for each activity and the % is calculat...
Hi all,I have a query relating to load levelling resources within multiple projects with differing priorities.I know a project has a "Project Levelling Priority" function within P6, so you can level using "Level Resources" that way; however, my sched...
Here we describe how to plot activity labels either on the right or left of the activity, respectively, to support timescale compression efforts often required for printing the P6 Gantt chart http://ow.ly/zy4t304qhF7
If I am running a cost loading report out of a status project, for the purposes to inform my customer what unfinished work is remaining on the project, and how it is time phased, I am only seeing BCWS. The remaining work of the in progress activitie...
Dear all,sorry i am newbie in P6 and just doing some self study.i am having some prblems with regards displaying the actual resouces used in my project. i have assigned the planned and actual resources on each activity but when looking ant the resour...
Hi,Am currently working as a junior planning engineer in UAE, I plan to immigrate canada. I just went through the job bank of canada, I could not find the job posts for planning engineer.I need to know is there any other name for planning engineer?
Hi,Am currently working as a junior planning engineer in UAE, I plan to immigrate canada. I just went through the job bank of canada, I could not find the job posts for planning engineer.I need to know is there any other name for planning engineer?
Hello planners,Where could I find some comprehensive documentation about the nudge and resource leveling process in Primavera Risk Analysis?Having tried to level the same project in P6, MS Project, Spider and finally PRA, I find that PRA does not res...
Hi every onecan Actrivitiy Has a delay in days more than the Updating interval ex.: if th update Int.=30daysafter update can the activity has more than 30 days delay greater than the previous delay ???
I work with a P6 Portfolio that has over 36000 activities in it. What I am struggling to do is determine if activity "A" is associated with activity "Z" because there are sometimes 500+ predecessor/successor activities and the Trace Logic tool is cum...
I work with a P6 Portfolio that has over 36000 activities in it. What I am struggling to do is determine if activity "A" is associated with activity "Z" because there are sometimes 500+ predecessor/successor activities and the Trace Logic tool is cum...
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT The provision of an Experience Profile to show ~ 1 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 2,000 hours). Project Controls (as opposed to Planning or Cost or Claims) applicants will need to demonstrate an appropri...
Hi all, I need to know is there any scope for planning engineer in Canada?
You might be wondering why we’re focusing on annual objectives right now, when typically you’ll see articles about goal setting at the start of the year. It’s because now is a great time to be reflecting on objectives and making sure that you and the...
The SDK (Software Development Kit) is an awesome tool that allow P6 database to connect to excel and exchange information in order to create the schedule using excel. But sometimes the SDK is not installed on the Primavera machine and the scheduler d...
Hello,I was trying to check an activity's resource distribution from Resource Assignments tab but eventually I realised that eventhough I increased the remaining time of that activity, the distribution of resource doesn't change. It only shows exact ...
HELLO EVERYONE, I have recently comleted B.TECH IN INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING in India. Would it be wise to start off my career as Planning engineer?? Do planning engineers in instrumentation field have good scope for career advancement?
Has your project been delayed by bad weather? Contractors are an eternally optimistic bunch and never seem to allow for any weather related impacts on construction projects. What, - are you really going to work on a twelve month long project and thin...
This article examines why the DCMA lead criteria forbids the use of negative lag and looks at possible alternative scheduling approaches http://ow.ly/N5wq304yUBo
When I import a plan from MSP to P6, the work shown in budgeted labour units increases by approximately 1500hrs. I've tried changing the importing settings as well as the calculation settings on the project but it doesn't seem to make any difference....