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This page allows authors to publish any technical
papers that are associated with Primavera software.
Please email your papers to us in pdf or any other commonly
used format including a title, author and description
and we will load them on to the site.
The following technical papers are presented in Acrobat
Portable Document Format (PDF), you will need a copy
of Acrobat Reader. You may download the software for
free at www.adobe.com.
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DATE
PICKER BOX ENHANCEMENT -ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 VERSION 21 NEW FUNCTION -
In P6 Version 20 and earlier users could not see the
time when setting a date when the User Preferences were
set not to show the time. Often when setting an Actual
Start of Finish date, Suspend or Resume date, constraints
dates etc. P6 would pick an irrelevant time such as
midnight. This is because P6 does not have the feature
of Default Start time or Default Finish time found in
other products like Microsoft Project. P6 Version 21
introduced a function titled Users may See and Set Activity
Start and Finish Times in the Date Picker box when the
User Preferences are set only to show the date. This
function allows the user to see the time when setting
a date even when the User Preferences are not set to
show the time. To download this paper and understand
this function please click
on this link>>> |
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MAINTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL PROJECTS WHEN IMPORTING
FROM PRIMAVERA XML FILE -ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 VERSION 21 NEW FUNCTION -
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 21 introduced a new function
titled Maintain Relationships with External
Projects When Importing from Primavera XML Files.
When you import projects from a Primavera XML file,
you can choose whether to retain relationships between
activities in the project and those in external projects.
To download this paper and understand this function
please click
on this link>>>. |
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ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 ACTIVITY CRITICAL PATH
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 21 introduced a new toolbar
titled Activity Critical Path. The
help file does not explain how the option operates and
some of the options are not very intuitative. I have
documented this toolbar functions in my new Version
21 book and this paper is an extract from this book.
click
on this link>>>. |
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ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 RETAINED LAG
When an activity is deleted then a chain of logical
activities is broken. The P6 Edit,
Dissolve command and the right-click
Dissolve command will delete an activity and joins the
predecessors and successors with a Finish-to-Start relationship.
P6 Version 19 introduced the ability to retain lag when
dissolving activities and this paper which is a extract
from my P6 book explains how the P6 Retained Lag function
operates, To download this paper, click
on this link>>>. |
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UNDERSTANDING
ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 DURATION TYPE CALCULATIONS
The P6 Duration Type works in conjunction with options
set in the User Preferences, Calculations, Resource
Assignments tab and becomes effective after a resource
has been assigned to an activity. The aim of this paper
is to explain how the P6 Duration Type and the options
set in the User Preferences, Calculations, Resource
Assignments tab affect the resource assignment process
and task resource calculations. These options are useful
to understand so when you change the duration of an
activity you know if the crew size will remain the same
if the work assigned to an activity will remain the
same, click
on this link>>>. |
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WHAT'S
NEW IN ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 VERSION 21
Oracle released Primavera P6 Version 21 PPM for download
from their eDelivery
web site in late 2021. I have written a document
that expands on the documents published by Oracle and
outlines the changes a PPM user will see in the software
and add some comments on the usability of the features
click
on this link>>>. |
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WHAT'S
NEW IN MICROSOFT PROJECT 2021
There are very few changes in the software but if you
wish to read a short article titled What’s New
In Microsoft Project 2021 listing the functional changes
found by the author then click
on this link>>>. |
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ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 RESOURCE LEVELLING FUNCTIONS
Many contractors like to level a resourced project schedule
for a number of reasons, but usually to reduce resource
demand to the available resources or due to site limitations
such as accommodation availability. P6 has some Resource
Leveling functions and this paper which is a extract
from my P6 book explains how the P6 leveling functions
operate : click
on this link>>>. |
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ELECOSOFT
POWER PROJECT CRITICAL PATH CALCULATION
M any building and construction contracts specify that
a delay may only be claimed when it impacts activities
on the Critical Path but in turn leave it up to the
contractor to decide what scheduling options they may
use in their scheduling software, thus allowing the
contractor to determine how the Critical Path is calculated.
Therefore an understanding how the Elecosoft Powerproject
Reschedule Options may assist a contractor to set up
their programs to put more activities on the Critical
Path and to be able to substantiate more claims than
a program with the default Reschedule Options is an
important subject.
The aim of this paper is to explain how the some of
Reschedule Options affect the calculation of the Critical
Path of a Elecosoft Powerproject schedule and identify
which options may be useful for contractors to increase
the number of client delays they may be able to substantiate
with their schedule click
on this link>>>. |
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MICROSOFT
PROJECT CRITICAL PATH CALCULATION
Many building and construction contracts specify that
a delay may only be claimed when it impacts activities
on the Critical Path but in turn leave it up to the
contractor to decide what scheduling options they may
use in their scheduling software, thus allowing the
contractor to determine how the Critical Path is calculated.
Therefore an understanding how the Microsoft Project
Options may assist a contractor to set up their programs
to put more activities on the Critical Path and to be
able to substantiate more claims than a program with
the Microsoft Project Default Schedule Options is an
important subject.
The aim of this paper is to explain how the Microsoft
Project Options affect the calculation of the Critical
Path of a Microsoft Project schedule and identify which
options may be useful for contractors to increase the
number of client delays they may be able to substantiate
with their schedule: click
on this link>>>. |
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ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6CRITICAL PATH CALCULATION
Many building and construction contracts specify that
a delay may only be claimed when it impacts activities
on the Critical Path but in turn leave it up to the
contractor to decide what scheduling options they may
use in their scheduling software, thus allowing the
contractor to determine how the Critical Path is calculated.
Therefore an understanding how the P6 Schedule Options
may assist a contractor to set up their programs to
put more activities on the Critical Path and to be able
to substantiate more claims than a program with the
P6 Default Schedule Options is an important subject.
The aim of this paper is to explain how the P6 Schedule
Options affect the calculation of the Critical Path
of a P6 schedule and identify which options may be useful
for contractors to increase the number of client delays
they may be able to substantiate with their schedule,
click
on this link>>>. |
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IMPORTED
P6 PROJECTS CALCULATING INCORRECT COSTS
I was recently contacted by a client who was finding
imported projects were not calculating the project costs
correctly and had different values to the original project
in the database that it was exported from. This article
explains why imported projects may have different costs
to the original project: click
on this link>>>. |
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PRIMAVERA
P6 PPM ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW
The Activity Network, also known as the Program (or
Project) Evaluation and Review Technique - PERT View,
displays activities as boxes connected by the relationship
lines. Activities may be added, deleted and linked in
this view in the same way as in the Gantt Chart View.
This article is an extract from the book 99 Tricks and
Traps for Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional explaining
how to use the the Activity Network View. click
on this link>>>. |
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TASK
SPLITTING IN MICROSOFT PROJECT
Task Splitting is normally switched on in Microsoft
Project and users end up with splits at the start of
a task which is quite difficult to sort out. If you
wish to understand how Task Splitting in Microsoft Project
works then this article is an extract from the books
written by Paul Harris,click
on this link>>>. |
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MODELLING
EARTHWORKS OPERATIONS WITH ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6
Many civil construction companies use P6 as their primary
scheduling software and they run into a number of issues
when trying to model earthmoving operations with P6.
This paper looks at the issues of using P6 resources
for mobile equipment and/or earthworks quantities and
suggests some possible solutions click
on this link>>>. |
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ASSIGNING
MULTIPLE ACTIVITY CODE VALUES TO SINGLE ACTIVITIES IN
P6
Some scheduling products like Powerproject allow Multiple
Code Values to be assigned to an activity. This is useful
for example when you have two people responsible for
an activity but in P6 you may only assign one person
who would be represented as a single code value. If
you wish to know some workarounds to this issue then
click
on this link>>>. |
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RENUMBERING
ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 ACTIVITY IDS
After completing a schedule, the P6 Activity IDs are
usually not in order from top to bottom. To make it
simpler to find activities when checking the relationships
it is useful to renumber the task from top to bottom.
If you wish to learn how to renumber a P6 schedule from
top to bottom in Excel then please read this article
I have written by click
on this link>>>. |
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DELAY
ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES USING ELECOSOFT POWERPROJECT
Many construction contracts specify that a delay must
be calculated from the critical path of a program. Often
project programs are completed Elecosoft Powerproject
and therefore to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs
to add delays to the program to evaluate the delay.
If you wish to understand the various techniques of
assigning delays to activities in Elecosoft Powerproject
click on this link>>>. |
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SETTING
PRIMAVERA P6 INDICATOR COLUMNS TO SHOW GOOD OR BAD VARIANCES
P6 Used Defined Fields has an Indicator option that
allows four indicators to be displayed. These may be
used in conjunction with a Global Change to indicate
the status of an activity in respect to a Baseline.
If you wish to learn how to create a P6 Indicator column
and set with a Global Change then please read this article
I have written by click
on this link>>>.
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Microsoft
Project Delay Analysis Techniques
any construction contracts specify that a delay must
be calculated from the critical path of a program.
Often project programs are completed Microsoft and therefore
to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs to add delays
to the program to evaluate the delay.If you wish to
understand why this happens and how to resolve this
issue please read this article I have written by, click
on this link>>>.
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Oracle
Primavera P6 P6 Resource Cost Calculations for LOE and
WBS Task
It was brought to my attention recently that when LOE
and WBS Summary tasks have progress, then the resource
units are updated but the resource costs are not. If
you wish to understand the issues and work around then,
click
on this link>>>.
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UPDATING
A MICROSOFT PROJECT SCHEDULE PROPERLY
A properly updated a schedule is very important if you
wish to manage a project or substantiate delays with
the schedule. It is very simple to update a Microsoft
Project schedule incorrectly and end up with completed
work in the future or incomplete work in the past, both
of which are totally illogical. Download this article,
which is an extract from my book Planning and Control
Using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 & 2019, that
explains how a program is properly in Microsoft Project
by click
on this link>>>.
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What’s
New in Oracle Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM Professional
Oracle released Primavera P6 Version 20 PPM for download
from their eDelivery web site in late 2020.
I have written a document that expands on the documents
published by Oracle and outlines the changes a PPM user
will see in the software and add some comments on the
usability of the features, click
on this link>>>.
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ORACLE
PRIMAVERA P6 DELAY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES|
Many construction contracts specify that a delay must
be calculated from the critical path of a program. Often
project programs are completed in Oracle Primavera P6
and therefore to demonstrate a delay the scheduler needs
to add delays to the program to demonstrate and calculate
the delay. If you wish to understand the various techniques
of assigning delays to activities in an Oracle Primavera
P6 program, click
on this link>>> |
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WHAT
ARE P6EXTERNAL DATES?
P6 has dates that are called External Dates. Do
you know that they are a constraint, they may significantly
change your program and may be created without you knowing?
External Dates can be career shortening if you do not
know how they are created, how to find them, delete
them or turn them off! If you wish to understand about
External Dates then look at this paper with is an extract
from my Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera
P6 PPM book by clicking
on this link>>>
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CREATING
ELAPSED DURATION ACTIVITIES IN P6.
Activities like “concrete curing” and
“process testing” that take place 24 hours
per day may be modeled using a 24 hour per day calendar.
The disadvantage of this option is that if the predecessor
ends at 17:00 then a 5-day curing activity will start
and finish at 17:00 and will have float when the successor
starts the following morning. If you wish to understand
another way of creating Elapsed Duration activities
in P6 then down load an extract of my 99 Tricks and
Traps book by clicking
on this link>>>
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MICROSOFT
PROJECT TASKS WILL ALWAYS HONOR THEIR CONSTRAINT DATE.
Microsoft Project has a function titled Tasks will
always honor their constraint date. This option is by
default switched on and a schedule with this option
on will not calculate in the way a Critical Path schedule
should. If you wish to understand how Tasks will always
honor their constraint date works and how to avoid this
issue then download this article, which is an extract
from the authors book 99 Tricks and Traps Microsoft
Project 2013, 2016 & 2019, by clicking
on this link>>>
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MICROSOFT
PROJECT TASK SPLITTING.
Microsoft Project has a function that allows multiple
splits in tasks which is not available in Oracle Primavera
P6. It is a useful function that may also get you into
trouble. If you wish to understand how task splitting
works then download this article, which is an extract
from the authors book 99 Tricks and Traps Microsoft
Project 2013, 2016 & 2019, by clicking
on this link>>>
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ISSUES
WHEN P6 TASKS HAVE MIXED CALENDARS.
There are a number of issues when there are mixed
calendars in a schedule, such as when some tasks have
an 8 hour per day calendar and some with a 12 hour per
day calendar. To read a short article which is an extract
from this book on the issues and solutions to this issue,
please click
on this link>>>
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UNDERSTANDING
PRIMAVERA P6 DATE FIELDS.
Primavera P6 has many more date fields than any
competitor and the descriptions of these fields are
sometimes misleading. If you wish to understand how
the current schedule dates calculate then down load
an extract of my 99 Tricks and Traps book by
clicking on this link>>>
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Displaying
Primavera P6 Baseline Critical Bars.
When analyzing project delays it is often useful
to know where the Baseline Critical Path was. Click
on this link>>> to read an article, which
is an extract from the author’s book 99 Tricks
and Traps for Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional,
on how to display the baseline critical path on baseline
bars.
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Microsoft
Project Ribbon Toolbar Issues & Solutions.
The Microsoft Project Ribbon Toolbar
has a few issues including:
• It consumes a large area of the screen,
• The commands are not in logical groups, and
• Some commonly used commands, such as the Manual
Page Break, are not on it at all.
It is often better to hide the Ribbon Toolbar,
display the Quick Access Toolbar below
the Ribbon Toolbar and import the Eastwood
Harris Quick Access Toolbar which has the commonly
used commands grouped into logical groups. This may
be downloaded from the Eastwood Harris Website Software
and Downloads page.
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Microsoft
Project Template Issues & Solutions.
It is natural to create a new project with Microsoft
Project using the File, New,
Blank Project command which will create
a project with the Global.mpt file,
but this template has a lot of short comings.
It is far better to use a Personal Microsoft
Project Template with these issues resolved
such as the Eastwood Harris template that may be downloaded
from the Eastwood Harris website Software
and Downloads page.
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Ladder
Scheduling with Microsoft Project.
Ladder scheduling is where series of tasks may take
place in parallel with a short delay their start dates.
This situation occurs in linear operations such as pipelaying,
tunnel and railway construction.
Ladder scheduling is normally achieved in products like
P6 and Powerproject by linking two tasks with both a
Start-to-Start plus a Lag and a Finish-to-Finish plus
a Lag relationship.
Microsoft Project only allows one relationship between
two tasks making Ladder Scheduling difficult, but there
is a technique that allows Ladder Scheduling with Microsoft
Project. This article is an extract from the book Planning
and Control Using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 &
2019 by Paul E Harris and explains how Ladder
Scheduling may be achieved with Microsoft Project,
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Oracle
Primavera P6 Database Setup.
When you have created a new P6 database the Database
Default Settings are often not the best and it is my
opinion that they should always reviewed and some changed.
Read this article on P6 Database Settings that you should
consider changing.
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Oracle
Primavera P6 User Settings.
When you created as a new user in a P6 database the
User Settings are often not the best and it is my opinion
that they should always reviewed and some changed. Read
this article on P6 User Settings that you should consider
changing.
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Oracle
Primavera P6 Percent Complete Types.
When you create a new project in P6 the default Percent
Complete Type is Duration.
Is this the best option and do you understand the difference
between Duration, Physical
and Units Percent Complete?
It is my opinion the this should always be changed to
Physical for several reasons. Read
this article on P6 percent Complete Types
and how they calculate.
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The
Importance of Summarizing Projects and Understanding
the Tracking Window.
I often review P6 databases and I am horrified that
users do not Summarize their database, nor understand
the importance of this function, or understand the P6
functions that affect how Summarized data is calculated
or where Summarized data is viewed. This approach can
be a career shortening step that should be avoided at
all costs.
In summary when Projects are not Summarized then the
information from unopened P6 projects seen in the Projects,
Activities and Tracking windows will be blank when the
project has never been Summarized or out of date if
the project has been updated since it was last Summarized.
Read this article article on the importance of Summarizing
P6 projects.
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What’s
New in Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional Version
19.
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 19 PPM Professional was
released in December 2018 and introduced some new functions,
including:
- Dissolve Activities with Lag using Retain Lag
- Project Code Maximum Length Increase
- Details, User Defined Fields tab
- Data Date Default for Apply Actuals
- Allow or Restrict Access to Resources from Multiple
Parent Resources
- Activity Details, Task tab
Read this article on these new functions. |
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Calculate
The Non Work Durations Of P6 Activities.
I was recently asked how if it was possible to calculate
the non work duration of a P6 activities.
I found it was not as simple as I thought it would be
but I have created a Global Change that will achieve
this. .
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Importing
Activity Codes into Oracle Primavera P6 using an XER
file and Excel .
The process outlined in this paper shows how you may
simply edit an XER with Excel and import the Activity
Codes,
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Microsoft
Project Zoom Slider And Timescale Formatting.
The use of the Microsoft Project Zoom Slider
may results in some very strange Timescale formatting
results, as per the picture on the right, which are
at times difficult to reverse. This article is an extract
from the book Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project
2013, 2016 & 2019 by Paul E Harris and explains
how the timescale should be formatted.
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Primavera
P6 Project Must Finish By Date .
The P6 Project Must Finish By Date
must be used with caution as it may not operate in the
way you think it should. Read this article on this topic.,
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Scheduling
with Shifts in Primavera P6 .
The P6 inbuilt shift function is difficult to use and
this article explains a simpler way to schedule with
shifts in P6. ,
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Microsoft
Project Project Information form.
The Project Start date of a Microsoft
Project schedule may be changed in the Project
Information form, which is opened from the
ribbon by selecting Project, Properties
group, Project Information.
This article is an extract from the book Planning and
Control Using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 & 2019
by Paul E Harris and explains how these dates and fields
operate, ,
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Oracle
Primavera P6 “Project Must Finish by Date”.
An absolute finish date may be imposed on the project
using the Project Window, Dates
tab. Imposing a Must Finish By date
makes Primavera calculate the late dates from the Must
Finish By date rather than the calculated early
finish date. Click on this link to see an article on
how this P6 operates.,
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How
Microsoft Project Calculates Durations in Days.
Microsoft Project effectively records task durations
in hours and the value of the duration in days is calculated
using the parameter entered in the Hours per day: field
in the File, Options,
Schedule tab, Calendar options
for this project: section.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that all users understand that
the durations in days are calculated using ONLY the
one parameter and this parameter is used with EVERY
calendar. This makes Microsoft Project difficult to
use when calendars with a different number of hours
per day are being used. ,
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Understanding
the P6 Scheduling Options“When scheduling activities
use, Retained Logic, Progress Override or Actual Dates”.
The Oracle Primavera P6 Scheduling Options “When
scheduling activities use” are usually not understood
and this paper outlines how these options operate and
demonstrate the issues with some of the options. These
options are similar the Microsoft Project Schedule option
“Split in-progress tasks” and Asta Power
Project “Relink around completed tasks”.
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Comparison
of Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject.
The three mains scheduling and control software
packages used in Australia in the building, construction
and resources industries (BCRCs) are:
- Microsoft Project
- Oracle Primavera P6 and
- Asta Powerproject.
This document will discuss the similarities and differences
amongst the products with the
objective of assisting:
- People to understand the capabilities and disadvantages
of each product and
- Companies to select the most appropriate product for
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Understanding
the Techniques to Update a Schedule. Microsoft Project,
Oracle Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject are three
commonly used software packages in the building and
construction industry.
There are many techniques used to update a schedule
and the selected technique is influenced by many factors
including:
• The contract specification requirements
• The software package being used
• The users’ knowledge and skill in the
software package
This paper identifies and introduces three different
principal techniques used in the building and construction
industry to update a schedule.
The aim of this document is to outline:
1. Three techniques that are currently used to update
a schedule,
2. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique,
and
3. How Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6 and Asta
Powerproject support these three techniques.
Professional schedulers are usually familiar with Microsoft
Project and/or Oracle Primavera P6, but many are unfamiliar
with Asta Powerproject due to the lower market penetration
of this software. This paper will give people who are
unfamiliar with Asta Powerproject an insight into some
the capabilities of this software.
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How
to Colour P6 Bars Based on Activity Codes. Many
people would like to color P6 Gantt chart bars based
on an Activity Code. This is not a built in feature
of the P6 Activity Window like other scheduling products
such as Asta Powerproject. This may be achieved in P6
in two ways..... |
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Understanding
Why the P6 Update Progress Function Changes Actual Dates.
The aim of this paper is to explain why the P6 “Update
Progress” function changes “Actual Dates”
and offer suggestions to prevent this occurring. |
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How
P6 Resource Driven Activities Calculate. The aim
of this presentation shows how a P6 Resources Driven
Activities calculate, it explores the interaction of
the Resource and Task calendars and demonstrates that
P6 calculates differently to other software scheduling
software. |
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Notes
for importing a Microsoft Project File into a P6 Database.
This paper lists a number of points that users should
be aware off when importing a Microsoft Project file
into a P6 database. Please contact the Eastwood Harris
if there are some points that you consider should be
added to this paper.
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Primavera
P6 PPM Bars formatting presentation. The P6 bar
defaults may be misleading. For example the Baseline
bars and the Negative Float bar have the same colour
and are on the same line, the Level of Effort bars are
not displayed and completed activities show Total Float.
This presentation outlines changes to the Primavera
default bar formatting that should be considered and
as a result your schedule should be clearer.
If you want to save a lot of time formatting your own
P6 Layout then you may wish to click here and download
the primavera .com.au created by P6 Version 18 layout
by clicking here>>> www.primavera.com.au_Layout.plf.
THIS IS A ZIP FILE AND WILL NEED UNZIPPING. The bars
have been sorted out and minor changes have been made
to the Page Setup so the header displays project information
such as dates, project name and page numbers are seen
on every page and the footer only contains information
required on the first page such as the Gantt Chart legend
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What
Primavera P6 Baseline Bars am I Displaying? The
aim of this presentation is to explain the different
types of project schedule Baselines, how the Planned
Dates are calculated, why the Planned Dates often display
irrelevant data, the issues with the Planned Dates,
what functions control the display of the Planned Dates
as Baseline Dates, and how to ensure you have the Baseline
dates and not the Planned Dates displayed as Baseline
Bars.
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A
Step-By-Step Guide Using Software Development Kit(SDK)
for Primavera Version 6.X Schedule Preparation By: Jeoffrey
B. Reyes Sr.Planning Engineer Building Works / Road
& Infrastructure Jubail Industrial City, K.S.
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Importing
Microsoft Project 2003 – 2010 files into Oracle
Primavera P6 Version 7. - Microsoft Project and
Oracle Primavera P6 Version 7 calculate differently.
It is unlikely that a schedule will calculate the same
dates and other values such as durations and resource
data in both packages unless the schedules are very
simple or a large amount of manual manipulation is applied
after conversion, down load and read on...............Presented
by Paul E Harris at several meetings in Australia in
October and November 2010.
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Cash flowing with Expenses in P6 by importing from an
excel spread sheet. - Presented by Paul E Harris
at the Insync10 conference in Melbourne August 2010
and updated in September 2011.
Download
associated files.
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Primavera P6 Bars Tricks and Traps. - The defaults
setting for the display of bars in Primavera P6 can
be greatly improved with some formatting, this presentation
outlines the issues and solutions. Presented by Paul
E Harris at the Primavera User Group in Melbourne June
2010.
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Issues
and Solutions facing Construction Contractors Implementing
Primavera P6. Presented by Paul E Harris at the my
PRIMAVERA09 Peak Project Performance conference in Melbourne.
(633KB - June 2009 ) |
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Asta Power Project to Primavera Version 5.0 Import and
Export - Some notes written by Paul E Harris on the
process of exporting schedules from Asta PowerProject
to Primavera Version 5.0 (449 KB - July 2007) |
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Theta
Planning - This document has been compiled by Andrew
Dick to assist in setting up a Primavera Enterprise project
to enable resource scheduling to be achieved. (4,966 KB
- July 2007). Click
here to download associated XER files. |
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Asta
Power Project - an introduction - This document is
designed to assist people who are using SureTrak, P3,
Primavera Enterprise or Microsoft Project to learn the
basics of PowerProject to create an unresourced schedule.
(1,525 KB - Updated July 2009) |
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Comparison
of EVM Standards - The comparison of AS4817 Project
performance using Earned Value 2006, ANSI/EIA-748-A-1998
Earned Value Management Systems and PMI Practice Standard
for Earned Value Management (163 KB - 3 July 2006) |
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Guidelines
for training people in using Planning and & Scheduling
software - The aim of this paper is to outline some
guidelines for organizations to structure their training
as part of implementation of Planning and Scheduling software
for the planning and control of projects. (151 KB - May
2005) |
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Guidelines
for Implementing P&S Software - The aim of this
paper is to outline some guidelines for organizations
to use when looking at implementing a corporate project
planning and scheduling system. Many of these guidelines
equally apply to the implementation of a stand alone planning
and scheduling system. ( 314 KB - April 2004) |
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Practical
Application of Earned Value Performance Measurement Using
P3 - The aims of this presentation is to review practical
methods that may be used for managing projects using Earned
Value Performance Measurement methods.((307 KB) |
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Book
Review Guide - A guide for people writing books reviews
(158 KB - September 2003) |
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Techniques
for Managing Complex Projects with Planning and Scheduling
Software - This paper will discuss techniques that
may be used for developing and managing schedules that
have a large number of activities and a number of complex
relationships. (246 KB) |
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Selecting
Project Management Software - This article is aimed
at assisting companies in the process of selecting new
project management software but could be applied to the
selection of many other types of software. (28 KB) |
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NT
Pajero Back Door Not Unlocking, Issue and Solution- This
articleexplains why you NT Pajero back door may not be
unlocking. Some people say it is dust, but my experience
is that it is a design and manufacture tolerance issue. |
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NT
Pajero Gearbox Breather Tube Installation - This articleexplains
how to fit a gearbox breather tube on a Generation 4 manual
Pajero and specially a NT Pajero. |
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