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Restore PRX file using SureTrak

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Hi,I'm trying to decompress a PRX file using the restore option in SureTrak. Whenever I click restore the software froze and has a message saying it is not responding. I tried to wait and not close the software but nothing seems to happen. Does anyon...

Feb 17, 2018

predecessor completion date and successor start date are the same

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The predecessor completion date and successor start date are the same. For Example, if predecessor finishes on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM the successor start on 04th Feb-18, 04:00 PM instead of 05th Feb-18, 08:00 AM with 0 days lag. Kindly Help me to figu...

Feb 19, 2018

Planning Planet Community Gathering: Johannesburg, SA

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Good day everybody...Our South Africa Kick-Off Meeting is now scheduled and available for like-minded Project Controls Professionals in our industry. If you are interested to network, share knowledge and truly learn the SCIENCE of ART of Project Cont...

Feb 20, 2018

Planning Planet Community Gathering: Midlands, UK

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LISTEN, LEARN, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION - DISCUSSPlanning Planet and the Guild of Project Controls organise community events around the world on behalf of Members and Partners. With the largest online community of Project Control practitioners in the worl...

Feb 21, 2018

Planning Planet Community Gathering: London, UK

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Good day everybody...As we are attending Project Challenge on 6th and 7th March in London our London Kick-Off Meeting is now scheduled and available for like-minded Project Controls practitioners in our industry.   If you are interested to network, s...

Feb 22, 2018

4 Bad (Planning) Habits to Kick this Year

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4 Bad (Planning) Habits to Kick this Year February 15, 2018 | By Dr. Dan Patterson, Guild Fellow of Planning & Scheduling, PMP  After being on the road these last two weeks presenting at project planning conferences and talking to hundreds of project...

Feb 23, 2018

MPX to MPP

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I am having trouple converting a file from MPX to MPP. Could someone help me out with a converter or something.  Under pressure. 

Feb 23, 2018

MPX to MPP

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I am having trouple converting a file from MPX to MPP. Could someone help me out with a converter or something.  Under pressure. 

Feb 23, 2018

Management, Project Planning and Control

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This is my first note. Actually I have a Persian blog to share my opinion about: Project Management, Project Planning and Control, Strategic Planning and thier softwares. The Latest part of my note is to introduce PowerBI software that is published b...

Feb 26, 2018

Cost Centre Help

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Hi there, new user in need of a bit of help.  I have set up a few Cost Centres which I would like to allocate to tasks.  Asta seems to set these Cost Centres up with a value of £0.62 as standard.  This means when I enter 100 into the allocation part ...

Feb 26, 2018

Learning to Love the PMBOK®--It Wasn’t Easy

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Years ago, I begrudgingly took my project management certification (PMP®)exam.  I passed.  Almost a decade later, I now teach PMP® preparation classes and see the value of the Project Management Book of Knowledge® Guide (PMBOK®)and the rigors of the ...

Feb 27, 2018

Asta Natural Order Hierarchy & WBS

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I have a schedule file for Asta that needs to be imported into P6.The problem that I am having is that the schedule was created using the "Natural Order Hierarchy" instead of WBS.Is there a function that copies the "Natural Order Hierarchy" into a WB...

Feb 28, 2018

Schedule Narrative

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Dear All, I received these comments regarding program narrative from client."The Narrative shall define the strategy of how the Supplier will execute/implement the project including but not limited to; logic used in programme, calendar to be used, in...

Feb 28, 2018

% complete Type for Milestones in P6

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Good EveningI use P6V8. The schedule I inherited has activties using "physical % complete" as most common way to status progress. So are milestones.  As "activity percent complete based on activity steps" is checked at the project level, whenever I c...

Mar 1, 2018

Budgeted cost extends beyond the project finish date.

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Hi everybody         I have a problem with one of my program (Updated Program), I want to use it as a revised baseline.  The issue is project finish date is 24-Jan-2019, but when i check the activity usage spreadsheet, Cost loaded in the Preliminarie...

Mar 1, 2018

Interactive Planning Session Question

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A few times a month, I facilitate interactive planning sessions between owners and subcontracted engineers and constructors. Normally ill print out a big paper timeline, hadwrite activity descriptions on post it notes and positon them on the timeline...

Mar 1, 2018

Role of “Daily Diary” in Construction Projects

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Often neglected, the subject document is an important piece of paper for construction projects. The document can be used in a variety of ways to improve the project performance and dispute resolutions. I have often seen that the project team believes...

Mar 1, 2018