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Delay Start-up Insurance to cover Anticipated Profit, Revenue in a Delayed Project

3 years 38 weeks ago

1. What is Delay Start-up Insurance (DSU)?

Delay in start-up (DSU) cover is designed to secure the portion of revenue which the owner:

  • Requires to service debt; and
  • Realize anticipated profit.

It provides protection against delays arising from physical damage caused by any type of peril included in the relevant

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Primavera P6 export to Excel. How to color WBS level automatically

5 years 22 weeks ago

After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it’s very hard to distinguish WBS level.

 

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Primavera P6 export to Excel. How to identify WBS level for activity

5 years 36 weeks ago

After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it's very hard to tell this activity belong to what WBS.

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How to use Activity Duration Type in Primavera P6

6 years 3 weeks 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 =

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What is the difference between Activity type: Task Dependent and Resource Dependent in Primavera P6

6 years 6 weeks ago

In 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
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How does Primavera P6 calculate Planned Value Cost for Activities without linear distribution (using Resource Curves or Manual plan) in Earned Value Management

6 years 9 weeks ago

When we use Earned Value Management technique, we focus on:

  • Planned Value Cost (PV) = Budget At Completion * Schedule % Complete
  • Earned Value Cost (EV) = Budget At Completion * Performance % Complete (usually equal to Activity % Complete)
  • Schedule Variance (SV) = EV - PV
  • SV > 0 : project is good, ahead of schedule

So Planned Value Cost

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Merry Christmas from Primavera P6

6 years 18 weeks ago

From Primavera P6 with love :-)

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How to define Resource Productivity in Primavera P6 and create schedule

6 years 21 weeks ago

When create a schedule, we can based on Resource Productivity to estimate duration.

For example:

  • We have a team which can cast 10 m3 of concrete per day (This is Productivity)
  • We have an Foundation which take 100 m3 concrete.
  • Duration of Foundation activity will be  100 / 10 = 10 days

Now we will do it in Primavera.

Supposed

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How to quickly identify Behind Schedule and Over Budget activity by Indicator UDF in Primavera P6

6 years 28 weeks ago

In Primavera P6, we can quickly identify behind schedule and over budget activity by using graphical indicator in User Defined Field.

I will show you how to do it.

Supposed that we have a project which has baseline. After update progress, we can show these column the see whether an activity is behind schedule:

  • BL Project Finish : Activity finish date from Project
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How to assign resource / resource loading / make resource plan in Primavera P6

6 years 34 weeks ago

In Primavera P6, after finish creating the schedule, you may need to assign resource to activity to make the resource plan.

I will show you how to do it.

Let say you have a schedule like in below picture:

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