Create P6 resources dictionary using excel without using SDK
7 years 30 weeks agoThe SDK (Software Development Kit) is an awesome tool that allow P6 database to connect to excel and exchange information in order to create the schedule using excel. But sometimes the SDK is not installed on the Primavera machine and the scheduler doesn’t have the privilege to install it or the resource sheet in the SDK is not working with P6 version that the scheduler has. In this article I
Detect changes made to calendars between two projects in P6
7 years 33 weeks agoThe Claim digger or Schedule Comparison is a widely used tool in P6 to compare between two projects and detect the differences.
One of the main shortage of the Claim Digger or the Schedule Comparison tool is detecting the changes in calendars.
The tool will not detect any revisions in calendars working hours or changing from Project to Global calendar if both have the same
Determine the longest path of a resource leveled schedule in P6
7 years 34 weeks agoUnfortunately when it comes to resources and resource leveling, P6 model is absolute. P6 doesn’t calculate the float correctly and the longest path will not be accurate since the late and early dates will not change after leveling.
Primavera P6 doesn’t take in consideration the new dates after the leveling in calculating the total float or the longest path, to illustrate further if we
The story behind the negative float in P6
7 years 34 weeks agoThe negative float is a very popular hot topic in the scheduling field and it’s generated when the late dates are less than the early dates and usually it’s accompanied with a delay in the project, and a lot of project management professionals think that the only reason for a negative float is because a constraint that has been used in the schedule. Although the first thing you look for when
