I was born and raised with Primavera but recenlty started using Asta as well to broden my knowledgebase. The addaptaion has not been smoth and i struggle with the idea that Asta is somehow superior to P6. But maybe it's just my way of thinking that i...
Here's a quick tip on how to assign graphical indicators to custom fields to support schedule review analysis http://ed.gr/f36
Dear All,I need your help, could you share with me a sample WBS for a conventional hydropower generated dam facility? Kindly email it to. Thank you in advance !
Dear All,I have an issue of exporting a spreadhsheet from an existing schedule, when i try to export spreadsheet (for resource import) its showing "An application event has been intercepted, plz note the event "UEFED-1505-1". Note: I noticed this pro...
Hi All,Badly need your advise.I am trying to copy the updates from 'X' program onto another program 'Y'. X has Y+150 activities. I did the exporting to excel and imported the relevant activities in to X program. All is find except for a few hundred a...
Hi, If you are a project manager, I would be grateful if you would take the time to follow the link below and fill in a short questionnaire concerning project management priorities when a project is in distress. This is for academic research purposes...
Hi All,i have a project has five WBS and each one of them has a duration and cost, and i need to determine weigth factor for each wbs based on time and cost, is there any method to do that, or there is another method to determine the weight factor?be...
What is your practie to show temporary items in the schedule, such as setting or dismantling a crane, or formwork, or scaffolding etc.. I mean these are not part of the main project. So you can not assign them any resource or allocate time to them fo...
Dear Professional,Hope every one is fine. Let me first put up my case, I have updated schedule up to August 2017 (Schedule % 17.5 & Performance % 15.2) at that time.I received an approved EOT of 40 days from a consultant I revised my schedule with re...
Im using primavera p6 8.2 standalone and all of a sudden my buttons like print preview,projects,layouts ,filldown and many others are visible or grayed but not highlighted hence i cannot use them .Can anyone please give me a solutionLikeComment
Hi All,I'm in the process of building a fully resource loaded schedule and have recently been advised that I need to apply a 6% internal inventory charge to all materials to recoup internal stores costs.The obvious answer is to adjust the price / uni...
Hi all, I am setting up monthly mitigation meetings with our Subcontractor and was wondering if anyone had a typical agenda they use? Our Subcontractor is very difficult so want to make sure im not missing anything that would come in handy Thanks for...
Hi All, Do you know why it is that when I copy a project within the database and paste it within the database, the filters in the new file have lost the conditions that relate to activity codes?They are user defined filters.The activity codes are pro...
Formula editor shows error with correct formula Greetings. I am writing for the following reason, my copy of MS Project fails when trying to add a formula in a numeric custom field specifically the "Number 2". I tried several times without achieving ...
We recently moved to P6 R18 from R8. Does anyone know of an available revision summary document that would list the significant changes with each rev ... from an end user standpoint?Much thanks for any help.
We recently moved to P6 R18 from R8. In R8, the combination of Alt + V + F + Enter would open the filter list. It no longer does. Alt + V + F will show the filter option in the left side menu but hitting Enter no longer opens the filter list.Does any...
Hi Guys,A good and a blessed day to all and it's been a while that i post.Question:We would to know if any of you have experienced to add manpower resources to an on-going project, wherein it is around 82% complete (and a lot of activities are 100% c...
Hi All,I have a question regarding a non-labour resource as per the screenshot below:Resource ID: WAGON BAL 1 represents the ballast wagons that are used to freight the ballast to the rail project site. The price unit for this resource is set at a da...
A Practical approach to Baseline Programme Maintenance (Revised Baseline) under a NEC ECC Framework ContractIntroductionThis article aims to discuss the concept of the ‘Accepted Programme’ in the Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and the Ne...
Dear all, it has long been on my to do list to learn about Forensic schedule Claims / Delays Analysis. So, I have the following questions: 1) Is there any broadly accepted and well documentd methodology on the Forensic schedule Claims / Delays Anal...