Tips for Creating Effective Gantt Charts
3 days 12 hours agoGantt charts are widely used by project management teams to recognize the current status and plan the upcoming activities of the project. Activities are represented as horizontal bars and the length of the bar shows the activity duration.
- Make a Task List at an Appropriate Level of Detail
Task lists should be created at an appropriate level of detail in
Highlight individual activities in Primavera P6 report
1 week 4 days agoIn primavera P6 report, they do not support to highlight individual activity which we want, such as activity behind schedule. Now, I will share with you one way to do this. And in this demo, I want to highlight activity has Total Float (TF) and Variance -BL Project Finish Date (Variance) to red if their value is less than or equal zero to alert for Project Manager and Contractor,
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Have your say at Planning Planet's community gathering
2 weeks 2 days agoThe Planning Planet Midlands Kick-Off Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 18 April 2018 from 18:30 onwards and is available for like-minded Project Controls practitioners in our industry. If you are interested in networking, sharing knowledge and truly learning more about Project Controls then this is most certainly
The Lean Restaurant
2 weeks 6 days agoGo to Boston. In the Beacon Hill neighborhood, you will find the Paramount Restaurant. The Paramount is both a great eating experience and a fine example of Lean production. The restaurant was opened in 1937. Its unusual service policy that is prominently
How to use Activity Duration Type in Primavera P6
2 weeks 6 days ago(If the image is too big, you can read the original article at this link : https://doduykhuong.com/2018/03/25/how-to-use-activity-duration-type-in-primavera-p6/ )
In Primavera P6, when we assign resource to activity there is a equation:
Original Duration x Units/Time =
Best Practices for Resource Management
4 weeks 7 hours agoThe best sports managers in history have all been those who had an intuitive grasp of the resources they had available to them. They had a deep understanding of what each team member could do and who could make a difference at crucial
What Are Some Good Risk Management Techniques?
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What is the difference between Activity type: Task Dependent and Resource Dependent in Primavera P6
5 weeks 17 hours agoIn Primavera P6, there are 2 popular activity type: Task Dependent and Resource Dependent.
So what is the difference?
By choosing Task Dependent or Resource Dependent, P6 will choose what calendar it will use for the activity:
- Choose Task Dependent: P6 use Activity calendar for the activity
- Choose Resource Dependent: P6 use Resource calendar for the
Reinventing the Wheel with Spreadsheets
6 weeks 7 hours agoFor a long time, too long in fact, spreadsheets have been the primary tool that organizations use for budgeting, planning and forecasting. It has become ingrained in the DNA of how organizations function, the foundation of everyday reporting and transmission of vital information. Some teams
Role of “Daily Diary” in Construction Projects
7 weeks 1 day agoOften 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 the document as a burden and useless effort and thus the document is either not maintained properly or in some worse cases the document even
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