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Reports on logic

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New to powerproject, have mainly used MS Project previously and am not a very advanced user. I have found myself in a position where I have four tender programmes submitted in powerproject that need a high level review done of their logic. For two of...

Dec 6, 2020

SAP Task List Operations

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Hi there,I've been tasked with reviewing what our requirements are for the creation of new operations within a task list. The below requirements are what we have in our documentation but this has resulted in some tasks having over 100 operations to f...

Dec 7, 2020

Further Claim on an already mitigated schedule

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If you have time to consider this I would appreciate you thoughts :-)The SCENARIO:1: A baseline schedule was produced and during the course of the works it was used by way of an Impacted As-Planned analysis to demonstrate delay to the Works and claim...

Dec 10, 2020

Negative and High Total float in P6 Schedule

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I have a schedule in P6, with Negative floats (-20d)and High Total Float (in 3 digits). There are only 2 constrainsts I have applied.  As per Fuse score, the high float and negative float is impacting the most. The constraint score is green. Its almo...

Dec 14, 2020

Float at WBS Level / How Float is Calculated at WBS Level

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How in all of the God's names is the 'Total Float' value shown at the WBS level calculated ?For some WBS levels, the float appears to be the lowest (most critical) float value of the activities contained underthat WBS level.However for other WBS leve...

Dec 16, 2020

Extra time put in developing schedules

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Is it just me, or do others put in quite a bit of extra time for Baseline P6 Schedule & other P6 Schedule Submittals.  Never had a position where you get overtime, I think maybe I figured if I was more efficient maybe I could have go it done in regul...

Dec 18, 2020

Importing Period Performance $ Values from Excel

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Hi, I am trying to export Period Performance $ Values from Excel from one project and import to anothe rporject in same database. (common Periods) basically trying to import for all activities but whichever I import it does not update; I exported and...

Dec 19, 2020

Subcontracted Works

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Hi. Is it a good practice to create a separate WBS for each subcontracted work? 

Dec 21, 2020

Anyone here use Microsoft Project? I’m having some trouble with it.

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To explain, I’m currently working on an assignment for class. And every time I click the file tab to go to the print option, it always crashes. Which on the file name it would say ”(not responding)” beside it. I have tried so many times to open this ...

Dec 21, 2020

Importing a Resource Assignment Excel File to P6 Schedule

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Gents,After making an excel file export from the schedule, I have tried to import again to the same schedule.However, when I reached the step at which I should select the project to import for, the screen was empty and didn't give any project to sele...

Dec 30, 2020

Construction Resource Management Software alternative to MS Project?

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Hi! The company I'm working for has been using MS Project for the longest time and they're looking to switch over to either Bridgit or Procore, they're leaning more towards Bridgit though. I also read some articles about the benefits of these softwar...

Dec 31, 2020

Report Writer oddities

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This report writer is very tricky.  When you try to save a copy to make changes, the copy is not the same - very odd.  Also, I am trying to do is modifying the detail pred succ report so sort by WBS, then early finish.  When I add a top row & tell it...

Dec 31, 2020

A Personal Retrospective

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This year was like living through a 500-year storm.   COVID has infected 1 in 20 Americans, and 1 in 1,000 have died of the disease.  Nearly 15 million people are still out of work.  Thirty-three million have been remote for 9-months and are not like...

Jan 3, 2021

Deltek Acumen Suite of Applications

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I want to take this opportunity to let you know how to qualify your project schedule more comfortably without spending numerous hours and even days to make conclusions and recommendations.Do you want to make your project schedule better, more reliabl...

Jan 5, 2021