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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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I will be teaching a course (for a non-project management audience) in the fall titled: "Profiles of Leadership in Classic Films". One of the films we'll be exploring is The Bridge on the River Kwai. Great flick, which I first watched 55 years ago, h...

Apr 28, 2021

Resource Assignment

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Hi All,Need to report 'resource limit' allocated to activities and show on a spread sheet or report. I set up the resources limits as per below, the 'resource usage spreadsheet' still shows the default 8h/d. There are multiple resources (diffrent set...

Apr 30, 2021

Optics: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

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The traditional definition of optics is the scientific study of sight or light.  An alternative description relates to politics and refers to the perception of a situation.  The political origin dates back to the Carter Administration when a Wall Str...

May 3, 2021

How to show Baseline Execution Index (BEI) in Microsoft Project

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The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-Point Assessment is a set of metrics used to evaluate the quality of a project schedule to ensure that the schedule is fit for purpose. And one of the 14 metrics is the Baseline Execution Index (BEI) w...

May 5, 2021

Resource Dependant

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Hi all,When setting up  'resource dependant' activity with a duration of 5 days, then assigning 5 resources to the activity with a shared resource calendar of 4h/d (0800-1200).Can one still get the activities start, finish & duration to not change as...

May 6, 2021

RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION WHEN UPDATING

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Hi all,I allocated revenues in a non labor resource assigned to activities. Now, we manually input the monthly revenues we forecast so that the curve for the remaining units (money) is not calculated by the software, maybe applying a resources curve,...

May 7, 2021

Primavera Contractor

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I'm trying to find out if its still possible to purchase a copy of Primavera Contractor.Can anybody help?

May 8, 2021

Collapse completed summary tasks only

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Hi  Is there any way to collapse summary tasks where OPC = 100% only?My schedule contains a lot completed summary tasks so I don't want to show them in the view with entire content. I can do this manually but looking for more convienient way. Summary...

May 12, 2021

Loss of Productivity

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Dear All, We're EPC, and our Subcontractor issued claim for loss of productivity. What substantiation to prove and what particular account items are they entitled, if its our default. Thanks

May 14, 2021

How to modify "Note to ressource" field

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Hi everybody,my organisation recently moved from P6V7 to P6V19. We have a concern regarding field "Note to ressource".On our previous version, we were able to modify or delete content. Now on V19, this field is locked with no possibility to modify it...

May 14, 2021

How to show Baseline 2 Duration column in primavera

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I am Comparing Initial Stage Baseline Schedule (Baseline 1) with Management Sign off baseline (Baseline 2) in Primavera.Can anyone advise me how to show Baseline 2 Duration column in primavera.

May 15, 2021

Cost Control Course - Dubai ?

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Hi Everyone, Need a help. I am Planning to do a Cost Control Course, please give me your recommendation and would like to do the course direct (Not Online) I work in Oil and Gas Sector in Dubai. Stay Safe RegardsJithin 

May 17, 2021

Team Usage - EPPM

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Hi There,Currently using EPPM vs19When viewing the resources at  'Team Usuage' the chart defaults to Two years (Q3 2021 to Q2 2023)?Current project im working on has duration of 5years, looking to download team usage for this time.When viewing the sa...

May 19, 2021

Import the BOQ with its prices to Primavera directly. (It’s free)

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This video illustrates step by step how you can use the BOQ Magic Tool to: It can export the BOQ with its prices to Primavera directly.It can facilitate the task of listing the activities of the schedule.You can modify the descriptions and prices bef...

May 24, 2021

WBS schedule % is not showing

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Hi everyonemy problem is simply: I have created a project & added the resources with labor/nonlabor units without cost as per client standardhowever when started updating porgress, I notice that only the activities is shoawing the schedule % & the wb...

May 25, 2021