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NOAA weather spec - always mentioned, how often really used?

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If a contractor asks for an interpretation of this, what do you say?  (other than - just do it) Contractor must calculate the number of weather days using NOAA data set for the most recent 10 year period.  Put on your lawyer hat and answer them when ...

Jan 26, 2022

activity duration 4.4d instead of 5d

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Hi,When I add a new activity, duration is not 5 but 4.4days. This issue is obviously coming from the calendar because it has been modify to 8h/day instead of 7h.This is not a global but a project Calendar. I checked my Project settings calendar for n...

Jan 28, 2022

Task Percentiles in Pertmaster

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Anyone knowing how to deal with this warning (i.e. risk data is out of date) in Pertmaster?Thank you so much.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:8046:]]

Jan 31, 2022

P6 menu items popup delay

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Hi,I am operating in the following corporate environment:P6 Professional v20.12; Citrix hosted; SQL database; don't know database size but projects add up to 4.5 million activities.The issue I have is that when I select certain menu items in the Acti...

Feb 1, 2022

Improve Your Project Schedule

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Let’s be honest, most project schedules disappoint.  They are unrealistic, complicated, and do not help guide execution.  For decades, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and the critical path method have been the standard practices.  Even with these pow...

Feb 3, 2022

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Feb 9, 2022

How can we make a copy from Oracle Database?

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Primavera version 20.12Is there a method to make a copy from Oracle Database (Schema) and reconfigure it in case of any issues in the original database (Schema) ?

Feb 9, 2022

Actual Units of previous updates changes after every new updates

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Hello Great Minds,Thank you in advance for your assistance.I observed that after every new progress update in P6, the [[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]actual units of past progress update changes. Please find below an example. In January update, the actual u...

Feb 10, 2022

Project Constraints

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There are a number of project constraints that project managers talk about. However, are there any significant constraints that can't be overlooked? If yes, what are they and how to manage them?

Feb 11, 2022

Workforce Optimization

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Project managers often fail to upkeep their team's productivity and notice a gradual decline in its performance. What should be the right optimization techniques to enhance the workforce's productivity and ensure the project's success?

Feb 11, 2022

Resource Leveling

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Hello everyone, I am facing a problem in resource leveling. After completion the scheduling, I faced with overallocation. As a result, i defined priority and used leveling, but unfortunately no change is happened. anybody has idea what could be the r...

Feb 12, 2022

Easy CPM launched

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Easy CPMis a self-paced course-in-a-book, supported by Mosaic Project Services Pty Ltd, focused on developing and using an effective schedule in almost any software tool. For projects using EVM, Easy CPM acts as a companion to our Easy EVM focusing o...

Feb 19, 2022

Basic Principles of Delay Analalysi

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Basic Principles of Delay AnalysisThere are a considerable number of my contacts who are skilled planners and who know about construction methods but want to know how to become delay analysts.Of course there are any number of textbooks that will tell...

Feb 19, 2022

Quick Tip: How to trace out of sequence activities in Primavera P6

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If your Primavera P6 schedule is set to use the Retained Logic for out of sequence activities and you notice that despite all the predecessors of an activity being 100% complete, the activity’s Start Date is not on the Data Date as one would expect o...

Feb 21, 2022

Thoughts on AI/Machine learning for Project planning and scheduling?

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Hi PP members, I thought I'd ask a general question, and one that no doubt we'll all have to deal with in the near future one way or another. We are seeing an increasing number of AI/Machine Learning applications for project scheduling, I'm keen to h...

Feb 23, 2022

Format the Relationships Lines in Primavera P6 Version 8.2

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By default in Primavera P6 8.2 -The color of the relationship represents:Ø  Red – Critical and therefore a Driving relationship,Ø  Solid Black – Non-Critical Driving relationship and therefore has Free Float,Ø  Dotted Black – Non-Critical Non-Driving...

Jan 16, 2021