Hi Barry

One option is to use stack histogram in P6 full client where you can select individual resource and group them together and stack them. However, this will not give you the short fall in each type of resources.

Another approach to give you the limitation of each type of role is to use ROLE in P6, this involve classify your resource into various role then give the role a limit.

HTH

Alex

There are many different type of usage in P3.

You can monitore the work with earned analysis or planned/actual or combined. But the most important thing is that knowing the items (resource items especially) well enough to produce reports and graphs. Custom data items, global change and report writer will help you to create amazing informative reports with only just one click.

The most annoying part I encounter is with store period performance. In order to keep a accurate histograms you need to store every period you scheduled. Some minor mistakes could be annoying if you missed in 2 or more periods. Only return is the reschedule all the periods again.(It is so easy to miss if you are reporting an earned value progress report)

PPlanet is a holy information source. But First of all I am always pressing F1 and open help. Help files are much more better than the manuals.

Thanks all planners,

Regards,

To the original Q: Can someone tell me where I can find more about Front Loading, Back Loading and Uniform Loading of resources?

Missionaties Style=Front Loading
Doggy Style=Back Loading
On top=Uniform Loading

Alex Wong,

I have been seeing you provide correct answers re: P3 and PE. And I suspect that you’ve been providing Primavera training and have had actual Primavera experience. Also, I am inclined to think that you’re a PAR if not direct from Primavera because you’re so knowledgable about the product.

By the way, I’m a PAR (Primavera Authorized Representative), too.

Regards,

Jorge

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Good that you ask.

Firstly, you will have a baseline target project (After the client approved of course)

Say, you plan to have average 10 welder per month working on the job.
Activity - Construction, Resource Welder with
BQ = 120 man months
Start 1-1-04 finish 31-12-04
Data date 1-1-04

Then after the first month you updated you project by changing the following
Data Date 1-2-04
resource welder BQ = 120 Man Months
Actual = said "5 Man Month"
Start = Actual "15-1-04" Finish 31-12-04

then you schedule your project and save period performance
the 5 man months is saved in Jan-04 and your resource will shows Quantity this Period 0 Quantity Last period = 5

Then came next report period you may have 25 welder working on the job then your update will be as follow
Data date = 1-3-04
Resource welder = 120 Man months
Actual = 30
Start & finish = Same
then you schedule your project and save period performance
the 25 man months is saved in Feb-04 and your resource will shows Quantity this Period 0 Quantity Last period = 30

Cont. monthly update then you have have a plan curve of 10 welder per month and a actual curve of 5 in the first month started on 15-1-04 and 25 in Feb ....

Its simple.

Try and let me know any issue.

The only thing that I am not address is if you dont what your client know... well you will need to run two schedule if you want to display a different story to your client.

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P3 do have the platform to enter the actual quantity of labor in each single activity. Not a calculated one....

All you need is load the activity with planned resource and when the activity is perform record each period of actual quantity of workers is used in Man Hrs of Man Days. P3 will calculate the plan curve againist the Actual hrs use.

Alex

HA HA HA HA... After all that’s been said, no one came up with the correct answer to the original question.

*****Before the answer...
a) Steven Oliver is correct in his posting.
b) Forum Guest should not dabble in EVM.

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NOW FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE ORIGINAL QUERRY
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THE QUESTION: Do you know how to create histogram using P3 for the actual vs target for manpower & machinery?

THE SHORT ANSWER: YES

THE LONG ANSWER: Try this on Project APEX
1. From the menu, select:
Tools, Graphical Reports, Resource and Cost

2. Run RC-04: Area Profile - Current vs. Target

You may what to go to the Content Tab and change the Histogram Format from Area to Bar.

Try running this from the APEX project. if this is what you want, then define it under your project.

This will work if you made use of Cost Categories or proper resource coding structures to identify your manpower from your machineries. If not, you’re in trouble.

Good luck.

If you are talking about finding these resource types(linear/back end/front end etc...) to introduce in P3, follow these steps.........

1. Open your p3 schedule
2. Select an Acitivity
3. Click Activity Form
4. Click "Res" button
5. Select the resource you want to introduce the Resource Curve(remember you must create resources first in the resource dictionary)
6. Click the Field against the "Curve" option and right click your mouse to choose the resource curve you want to use.

If you would allow me to share my opinion with you, i think that you can plot the actual vs. target on a P3 graph, if you have the resources or the machinery usge assigned to the activity as a resource and if you update the quantity to date while updating your schedule.

thanks,

Hani

ODBC connection is a good idea. If the project is a ’big’ one, ie many activities, it always time out and fail to have the result.

Excel is best for plotting Histogram with respect to plotting and modifications

wyswyg = what you see is what you get...am I right or wrong

You have to do it outside for example in excel.