P6 Calendar changes during the project

A T

Changing the workweek is by itself a change in calendar related to how shift definition works.

What happens if the shift definition needs to temporarily be outside the boundaries of the resource calendar-workweek?  - Say resource calendar-workweek is from 6am to 4 pm and the shift definition needs to be from 2 pm to 9 pm during a specific period?

How P6 handles such scenario? - I am not sure the shift definition will override calendar workweek. Maybe you will need to expand the resource calendar-workweek, a calendar change, and from there use several shift definitions, this should not be a big deal.

Your question about calendars and shifts is of much relevance, the devil is in the details.

Thank you for such an interesting question,

Rafael

A T

Going back to your original questions:

Do you need to reflect this night shift works in the calendar?

• The resource calendar is used to determine when the resource can work; the limits for that period are determined from the shift definition for that resource.
• You define work shifts as suggested by Oracle as per following link.

•  https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E90748_01/client_help/en_US/helpmain.htm?toc.htm?define_resource_shifts.htm

What difference does it make to the schedule if you change the calendar apart from changing the activity durations?

• The resource calendar is used to determine when the resource can work, if you change it you change when the resource can work.

There are several other serious issues though. 

Primavera P6 cannot adequately model resource production rates [if at all] and therefore activity duration will be modeled as if different production rates among the different shifts do not matter. Try to model the scenarios under my post of Thu, 2018-11-01 16:10 if using P6 and see it by yourself.

Resource leveling when shifts are used is tricky, error prone and in some cases errors unavoidable as shown in the following reference.

• https://tensix.com/2018/05/using-multiple-calendars-in-primavera-p6/
• - “And there really is no good patch for meshing these differing shifts together. So avoid assigning linked activities a different shift calendar. Again, multiple calendars with identical shift start and end times are acceptable.”

Under certain circumstances shift resources will not be adequately leveled.

• https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63417_01/client_help/en_US/helpmain.htm?toc.htm?define_resource_shifts.htm
• - “This note applies only when P6 Professional is connected to a P6 Professional database because leveling in P6 does not consider shifts.”
• - “The minimum resource availability for every shift must satisfy the minimum demand for the resource so that the resource can be leveled properly. Limits defined outside the boundaries of the shift definition are ignored.”

There might be issues with partial workloads when using a single shift, when using multiple shifts the same problems can be expected.

• In my posting of Mon, 2018-11-05 09:23 slide no 6, such issues are illustrated using a sample scenario if using Microsoft Project.
• Because renewable resources are assigned as unit of effort but not quantity it is possible P6 will yield results similar to Microsoft Project.  Currently I have no access to P6, I had it years ago, I have not been able to discard it does not happen if using P6.  For the moment this question I see to remain open.

Best Regards,

Rafael

With all due respect; In my opinion, the problem simply hides within the Planner. This I guess happens when you keep on trying to make the impossible becomes possible and you might forget that software(s) are just tools that do not or cannot even recognize the fundamentals of Planning and Scheduling. I believe that it is not difficult to understand that: Logic-Driven Activities are totally different from Resource-Driven Dependencies, and I guess you don't even need a software to prove this fact. Hence, in my example earlier (pouring of 1,000 cubic meters of concrete), you can even plan it over your own brain (if any), that you got no other option but to use a certain number of equipment that can give you the exact amount of output, that you have precisely calculated. Again, just my unsolicited opinion.

Raymund,

Your e-mail was received but the e-mail server but did not allow me to open it nor download it. It is weird as I tried some test files for the temporary e-mail address and all worked fine; one test e-mail included a xer file as attachment so I am ruling out xer files are rejected by the system. An error message displays whenever I try to open your e-mail. I opted to close the temporary e-mail address, if need be a new temporary e-mail address can be created anytime.

We will have to figure out other way, as we say at home “where there is a will, there is a way”.

I will try to contact TempMail to see if we can figure out what the error message means and will let you know.

Once again, thank you.

Rafael

 

Anoon, it is not necessary to have Spider Project for asking questions about Spider Project capabilities.

Besides you can download Spider Demo and try it yourself.

Raymund,

Thank you very much for your response.

Please sent it to the following e-mail address I use to prevent spam.

micu@1thecity.biz 

I use temporary mail from temp-mail.org  It is a service that allows to receive email at a temporary address that self-destructed after a certain time elapses. It will only be available for a limited time.

Within limited time anyone else who want to e-mail me their XER files can do so.

Best Regards,

Rafael

Raymund,

Please post the XER file on a file hosting service so I can understand what you have done.

• It is impossible to verify it is same model by using screen captures if you do not have access to the software. 
• Impossible if the original screen capture dissappears.
• If inadvertently using reduced availability and/or inadvertently using several other parameters different to the scenario requirements the model would not represent the same scenario. 
• Among other parameters reduced availability can delay third activity as we all know.
• Involuntary errors do happen and must be ruled out.

I do not have P6 license but can read XER files using other software or using a text editor.

Best Regards,

Rafael

Sir Rafael,

Please let me know your email add so I can send it.

Dear Vladimir, As you already knew, I've never used Spider and I don't have P6 either. So how can I start a forum topic under Spider Project, which I knew nothing? Here, is somehow generic (planning/scheduling/programming). And I guess it is much safer for me here. Best regards

Raymund,

If you assign resource A1 to work 4.8 hours on one activity it is 60% workload but if you assign same resource to work his remaining 3.2 hours on another 8 hours activity this makes 40% workload, the requirement is to assign same resource 60% of his work time, not a combination of resources as it seems P6 is doing on the background.  This is captured by most software if using named resources, most fail miserably if using generic resources. That P6 cannot properly level partial workloads can easily be shown with this sample scenario; if using named resources, no matter if using generic or named resources to same scenario the result must be the same. 

Generic resources are commonly used instead of named resources because at time of scheduling you do not know the mane of each resource as well as because it is practical it should not matter if a specific resorce name is Pete or Alberto, it still makes one single resource.

What is the result if you use generic resources using P6?

What is the result if you use named resources using P6?

If P6 gets it wrong if using generic resources, P6 gets it wrong at the most frequently used methodology to assign resources.

Dear Vladimir, Isn't construction technology the main problem of project controls? I mean if you don't use the appropriate technology, then how do you expect that "project controls" only can become effective? From my example earlier (pouring 1K m3 of concrete), it is by common sense that will make you believe that it is impossible to do it manually, therefore you will need to use the best technology. If it is not a part of "Project Controls" for you, then what is it? BTW, my name is Anoon (as in Noon), as I only wake up at noon, and Iimos (in my language, it means beggar, or something you gave to a beggar, when you spell it with L or "Limos"). It is not project controls by the way.

Dear Annon,

we do not discuss construction technologies, we discuss problems of project controls.

It looks like you shall leave PP and find another forum where the ways of pouring concrete will be discussed in details.

Best Regards,

Vladimir

Sir Rafael,

This is my earlier post below:

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Vladimir, Construction activities are real and precise. For example: Pouring 1,000 cubic meters of concrete can become a completely different situation when using completely different methods or resources. How do you imagine pouring 1K m3 manually as compared against using pumpcrete and truck mixers? So for me, the imaginary examples that you were talking doesn't make any sense (sorry). As a good citizen of this planet, I believe that it is your responsibility to educate idiots (like me for example). The audience should benefit more from you, and not otherwise. So come on, please be fair and show real examples.

Raymund,

I can only see assignments on one activity not 3. With the available resources there is no overload if only one activity.

Best Regards,

Rafael

Sir Raymund,

in your new example budgeted units are 20 hours and budgeted units/time is 1 hour for each resource. Nothing common with the problem discussed.

Anoon,

It looks like you don't know what are the real schedules usually consisting of thousands activities.

In other case you would not suggest Rafael to show them in the forum posts.

It looks like you do not want or cannot describe the project for starting discussions on Spider Project capabilities.

Please create new topic in the corresponding forum if you want to discuss something special.

It does not look nice to discuss problems that are not interesting to the topic author and waste his precious time.

1. Named Resource Pete is assigned to Planet Role A, Also Named Alberto is assigned to Planet Role B.

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Raymund,

Please use named resources without using roles as most people do and show the results.

If there were no difference betewwn roles and generic resources then one or the other is not necessary.

If it fails to show same duration then there is an issue. If using P6 roles it shows different sachedule as if using named resource without using roles there is another issue.

As far as I recall P6 role functionality is not the same as true skill replacement. It cannot even do the basic automatica substitution of one resource for another, it cannot do automatic replacement of a single resource with a multi-resource consisting of two resources as it happens when a single planning engineer can be replaced by two rookies working at a different production rate.

Please see Page 29 of the following reference.

https://www.ronwinterconsulting.com/Reviewing_Resource_Leveled_Schedules.pdf

• The process does not allow P6 to automatically substitute one resource for another.
• P6 cannot automatically convert one type of resource into another (say two Journeymen for one Expert.)

Best Regards,

Rafael

Gentlemen/Sirs (Madams-if any), Sorry but why waste your precious times on an imaginary sample with imaginary activities and or resources when you can do a real one? (I had suggested). Rafael has been doing this for years and his sample projects were never finished (what a poor scheduling). Of course Resource-dependencies can be completely different from logic-driven activities plus considering calendar definitions for activities and resources. If they are all not consistent, then what do you expect? Oh come on! Will you show a real one please?!

Sir Rafael,

In P6, your term generic refers to Role, either assign a Role or Named REsource, there is no difference.

Sir Vlad,

Yes. it is 20hrs. 100m³ with Crew (2 Workers) and the Output of the Crew is (2+3=5m³ /hr)

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Sir Raymund,

if activity budgeted units are 100 pieces, and assigned resources have productivity 5 pieces per hour (2 + 3) then activity duration shall be 20 hours, isn't it? P6 shall calculate activity duration basing on these data. But it is different in the screen that you published. Why?

Besides, volume of work is activity property. You showed budgeted units assigned to resources (100 to each). Why?

Sir Vlad,

Yes, the assigned resource productivity shall be set as budgeted units per hour or per day, depends on planning duration.

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Sir Raymund,

thank you for your answer.

If budgeted units are set as physical units then assigned resource productivity shall be set as budgeted units per hour, isn't it?

I would like to see the P6 scenario where activity budgeted units are 100 m3 and the job is done by two resources with productivities 2m3/hour and 3m3/hour. Very simple case.

About your question to Rafael:

Workload means the percent of work time the resource is busy on certain activity.

So in your example both resources (A and B) have 8 hours work day. One (B) if fully loaded on the activity and another spend on activity only 60% of work time (4.8 hours per day) and so have 3.2 hours of day work time that may be used for something else (for example on another activity that requires 3.2 hours per day of his work time).

So resource A availability is 16 hours/day and it is assigned for 4.8 hours/day on each of three activities in Rafael's example.

Anoon,

I understood that you want to test the tool and not my planning capabilities. Of course in this scenario you are the planner that wants to try new tool capabilities. Do it in Spider Project forum.

Anoon,

I understood that you want to test the tool and not my planning capabilities. Of course in this scenario you are the planner that wants to try new tool capabilities. Do it in Spider Project forum.

Sir Vlad,

Do you measure budgeted units in meters, tons, cubic meters, etc.? ... Yes Budgeted Units are measured in Tons, M³, m², LM etc.,

Sir Rafael,

Let me clarify the terms Workload and Quantity in your Sample. As I understand Resource A (2#s) is working for only 4.8 hrs out of the 8 hrs/day and Resource B (3#s) is working full time of 8 hrs out of the 8 hrs/day.

Is this correct?

Sir Rafael,

Attached is the Screenshot of Resource Levelled using P6.

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Vladimir, Yes, let's stop it here. I hope AT got his answers already. One thing maybe worth to remember, when you're dealing with a dynamic schedule, once you made additions, subtractions and or variations to it, then you may need to adjust anything associated with it as well, otherwise the results may come out not as what you have desired. BTW Vladimir, If I give you all the details you wanted for a schedule, then that would make me the real Planner, and you as the Data Encoder only (and I don't think you'll like it:). This I guess is what's really happening in the real world, especially for complex projects.

Anoon,

this became pointless discussion. Of course any software is management tool and makes calculations basing on entered data.

You wrote that you want to see how Spider will model your project but do not want 1) start this discussion in Spider Project forum, 2) describe your project in details to avoid different understanding of what do you want to model.

For your information: Spider Project and P6 use different algorithms and use different approaches to modeling projects. They have also different modeling capabilities that was already mentioned in this discussion. And they may create different schedules for the same project as was discussed here http://www.planningplanet.com/forums/planning-scheduling-programming-di…

If you are interested in learning how Spider Project models some projects or situations that you may suggest, make the proposals in Spider Project forum. It does not make sense to continue here.

Vladimir, That's exactly the point I wanted to make. Any software can become useless if there's no data to feed in whether correct or not. If the operator (the so-called Planner or Scheduler), have no idea how to build what he/she is supposed to schedule, then what do you expect? Even if you give them the very best software ever created (if any), you can never expect that they will give you the best output as well. Now, if Spider and P6 may perhaps use the same engine (or algorithm), and you input exactly the same data, then what would be the difference in their own outputs? I guess nothing, unless you prove otherwise.

Anoon,

I can accept the schedule created in any tool including Excel and will show how it looks in Spider Project.

If you are interested please move this discussion to Spider Project forum and describe your project in details:

1) The list of activities

2) Activity dependencies

3) Activity volumes of work in physical units and their durations

4) Assigned resources (people, machines) and their calendars

5) Required materials (by activities and resources) with their quantities (total or per volume or time unit)

6) Resource and material costs (if you want budgeting)

7) Project constraints

You may also suggest to model uncertainties in volume, duration, productivity, costs (or anything else) suggesting minimal, expected and maximal values and risk events that may happen with expected probabilities. For risk events describe the impact - what they will change in your project if happened.

I will be glad to enter your information in Spider Project and show anything you may require in Spider Project forum.

Vladimir, I'm beginning to suspect that Spider can only do what may be P6 can do the same or even much better. If you think you cannot model automatic resource leveling in one bored pile, then you can make 2 bored piles at the same time. It's just a sample anyway. We shall see if how accurate Spider schedules real construction projects. BTW, sorry, I'm just using a very small screen mobile, so its difficult for me to respond quickly. And of course I don't have any scheduling software of my own so I cannot show you any sample.

Anoon,

I did not state that the project that you proposed is simple, I stated that it does not include resource leveling because project resources are not involved in a number of parallel works.

Vladimir, Of course it is, a bored pile may look so simple, but in fact it is not. Please give it a try and we shall see. You might consider some scenario of cave in (hole), so you may need to apply some solutions and for concrete pouring, you need to sequence it properly, otherwise, you may end up rejecting the concrete mixture, or worst, may condemn the whole structure and start all over again. And of course it has steel reinforcements, and provision for testing (necessary - otherwise, you will never know the integrity of the pile). That's why I want to see, how you practically model it and schedule using Spider Project (and P6 for Raymund). I won't give further details until you asked for it (like what a Planner practically do, as Mike said, you cannot plan it, if you cannot build it). I just accepted your challenge, remember? No thanks for now.

Sir Raymund,

my questions and answers to your answers are below.

Do you measure budgeted units in meters, tons, cubic meters, etc.?

Generating the number of workers from man-hours is not correct and besides I wrote about simulating work in several shifts

Concreting may last several days if the work calendar is continuous. I meant other case.

Planning Skills of a Technical Planner and Scheduler shall be used in creating realistic project schedule. The job shall start when minimal requirements are met and if additional resources will become available they shall join and accelerate activity execution. If IT tool does not plan like people do it will not be used for practical planning.

Resource quantities (numbers of people and machines) are not the same as work quantities (volumes)

Productivity of the crew depends on the number and productivity of crew resources.

Planning Skill of a Technical Planner and Scheduler is required for creating adequate project model that properly reflects project technology and constraints. IT tools are used for calculating the best project schedule that meets all project constraints. If people can do it better than the tool then the tool is poor or it is not the scheduling tool.

Foremen are usually assigned to the hammock activities. It is modeled.

Raymund,

In order to follow how you relate partial workloads and resource quantity please show how you would handle the sample  3 activities scenario shown in slide 6 of the following presentation using generic resources as well as named resources.

1. If you schedule the work to happen within same day the software shall warn you of resource quantity overload, otherwise it is unreliable.  What it is showing? 
2. If you use P6 automatic resource leveling will it get reliable results?

Best Regards,

Rafael

Anoon,

one bored pile is not an example that may show software leveling capabilities.

Leveling example requires activity competition for constrained resources and so it shall include activities that may be done in parallel but require the same machines or specialists.

So please suggest something else. In Spider Project Demo that may be downloaded from http://www.spiderproject.com/index.php/spiderproject/spiderdemo there is sample schedule of 1km road construction. Though this project does not contain work in several shifts it may be used as an example of detailed planning that includes resource leveling.

It would be interesting to see the same model in P6 or MSP.

Sir Vlad,

My response are as follows:

• we use activity volumes in physical units and calculate activity duration basing on assigned resource productivities.

P6 has Budgeted Units (Quantity of Work) and Calculate either the Duration or Productivity rate upon setting up the Duration Types.

• we simulate work in several shifts for getting realistic plans and right data on the numbers of workers required on construction site,

P6 can generate number of Workers from the inputs of Man-Hours or Man-days per Duration.

• we remember that continuous jobs like concreting shall start and finish on the same day,

Concreting may take more than a day and continuously until the element is completed; for example such as Raft foundation of a high rise and slip forming casting of a Silo.

• we plan construction jobs defining minimal and maximal quantities of assigned resources to avoid unnecessary delays,

This is a Planning Skill of a Technical Planner and Scheduler. But not the IT Planning Tool user.

• we assign resource quantities and workloads instead of man-hours like people do,

In my experience, I assign Quantity of Works and Unit Prices to generate the Planned Values. This is where the EV is obtained.

• we take into into account that different resources may have the same skills and may replace one another on certain assignments though with different productivity,

In my experience, I assign a Crew for a certain Activity. The Crew may consist of Foreman, Skilled and Unskilled. The productivity of the crew and number of worker per crew is obtained from experience.

• we try to create the shortest feasible schedule taking into account resource, cost, space and supply constraints.

This is a Planning Skill of a Technical Planner and Scheduler. But not the IT Planning Tool user.

The above is Good for Manufacturing and Construction.

I am actually referring to a Resource (Material, Labor & Equipment) that will be assigned to different task in which for example the Foreman shall man the Steel Fixing then go to other area to man the Formwork then go to the office to verify the drawing then go to the other structures with ongoing casting of concrete. These cannot be modeled in a construction schedule.

As I explained above, P6 can also function as what you say it can be done in Spider.

Raymund, Please visit the "Hijacked Discussions by Rafael Davila". You can post your sample project there (I guess with Rafael's permission), I mean using P6, resource loaded, and automatically leveled. You can use my data for construction of 1 bored pile (already posted there). Please prove to Vladimir and Rafael that P6 is very much more superior than Spider Project. I can't do it myself as I don't have the software and I'm not really familiar with P6, I only do manual scheduling, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Raymund,

maybe we have different experience.

We plan construction works as people do considering all factors that people consider when schedule their work.

In particular:

• we use activity volumes in physical units and calculate activity duration basing on assigned resource productivities.

• we simulate work in several shifts for getting realistic plans and right data on the numbers of workers required on construction site,

• we remember that continuous jobs like concreting shall start and finish on the same day,

• we plan construction jobs defining minimal and maximal quantities of assigned resources to avoid unnecessary delays,

• we assign resource quantities and workloads instead of man-hours like people do,

• we take into into account that different resources may have the same skills and may replace one another on certain assignments though with different productivity,

• we try to create the shortest feasible schedule taking into account resource, cost, space and supply constraints.

What of the above is good for manufacturing but useless in construction?

And please show us how "P6 can also functional with that examples."

I am using the P6 for several years and its quite performing excellent for the purpose.

The main subject what Users want to generate from P6 are the following:

1. Planned Value

2. Cash Flow

3. Earned Value

4. SPI

Resources such as Materials, Labor and Equipment are also loaded but users are less interested on what output they may gain apart from when will the Resources are needed at site.

The examples of Rafael and Vlad are excellent in terms of Manufacturing Industry where Hours or Minutes duration are used.

P6 can also functional with that examples. Frankly, in Construction, their examples will not work out.

Regards,

I'm just wondering why P6 users still keep on silent even when this two Spider Stalwarts keep on mauling a poor and innocent scheduler who haven't even used P6 for almost a decade? I guess there are three reasons: 1. P6 is really flawed. 2. Or the reasoning of the Two Gentlemen-Stalwarts were not worth a peek (ouch!), and 3. P6 users have never get matured and educated, thus, just making a very expensive software act as just a drafting tool drawing schedules. No wonder why most companies (even top tiers) just switch to MS Project (MSP don't understand how to update and maintain schedules). Or is it that, the importance of Planning and Scheduling is still not really understood within the business and industry?

If you want to see how others would schedule Concrete Footings I suggest you create a separate discussion, if you want to make sure Spider Project users get into it then create the discussion under Spider Forum.  In this way we will avoid hijacking the discussion away from A T, the creator of this discussion. 

I will keep posting examples in this discussion related to the main topic initiated by A T - calendar changes and shift models.

I will avoid as much as possible not posting here examples that are not related to the main topic initiated by A T.  Usually Concrete Foundations is an activity that can be scheduled without the need to use more than one shift, partial workloads on some assignments will do it. At times a single activity will render better model, at simes several activities are needed to get a better model, this we can discuss under separate topic. 

Anoon,

I did not understand why an approach that suggests to represent Concrete Foundation not as one activity but as several activities with different volume units, crews, productivity may be considered as the sales pitch.

Of course P6 can be used for modeling and automatic resource leveling but with certain restrictions. The model will not be the same as Spider model. In Spider Project we will enter volumes of work in physical units (tons, sq meters, cubic meters) and activity duration will be calculated taking into account assigned resource productivity, and Spider Project will delay concreting to the beginning of the next day if it will not be able to finish the same day with the start. Spider Project will also model work in several shifts.

I suggested before and repeat my proposal: describe your project in details (or show its schedule created in any tool).

What is needed: a set of activities with volumes, duration (or even better - productivity of assigned resources), assigned crews, dependencies between activities. If you want to model the work in several shifts specify the crews and productivities in each shift. I will create and show the schedule based on your data. Unfortunately it will be too simple for resource leveling

An example that I have shown in this thread was created today as an answer to your request that I did not fully understand. So your statement "Please don't show other examples that you've shown perhaps several times already and I guess no one bought" is not correct.

If I remember correctly, I guess we had the same discussions around a decade ago, that's why I requested the modeling of a simple activity called: Concrete Foundation. If it does not need to be broken down into measureable and discrete activities (and applied with automatic resource leveling) and come out with accurate results using Spider Project, then that's what I wanted to see. However, you both answered otherwise, and ideal principles which I cannot agree more (so it seems sound the same sales pitch to me, Sorry). 

Honestly, I haven't used P6 for almost a decade as well, but based from the principles that you have clearly stated, I believe that you can do good schedule model and apply automatic resource leveling using P6 and come out with a result perhaps have no difference than what a Spider can do. That's my opinion.

If were to model the said activity (Concrete Foundation) using P6, I would even consider fabrication works (separately), and even striking of formworks or even quality inspection works. And for sure you knew that concrete pouring itself (depending on the volume) may only take a couple of hours or so. 

I only want to see (and perhaps many other members of this site as well) how do you exactly model the mentioned activity (concrete foundation) using Spider Project. Please don't show other examples that you've shown perhaps several times already and I guess no one bought (but I loved the background music anyway). Please? 

Thank you. 

Anoon, you wrote: I guess P6 can always do the same.

Not always:

P6 does not simulate the work in several shifts,

P6 does not work with work volumes and resource productivity,

P6 does not take into account material, space and cost constraints,

P6 does not allow for continuous activities,

P6 does not simulate variable resource assignments,

P6 does not have skill scheduling,

P6 calculates poor resource constrained schedules and a lot more.

Hi Anoon,

we suggest to define project activities basing on the following rules:

- an activity has certain measure of volume,

- an activity is performed by certain crew,

- assigned resources have certain productivities,

- an activity requires certain materials and if their consumption is continuous then the values per volume unit are the same for all parts of an activity

- the same about the costs

- activity duration does not exceed 2 weeks (preferably one week). Exceptions shall be rare and for activities which volumes were defined. 

It is not possible to show real project models consisting of thousands of activities in the forum message. So we discuss approaches, methods, capabilities. If you suspect any manipulations just download Spider Project Demo from http://www.spiderproject.com/index.php/spiderproject/spiderdemo and try everything yourself. Any questions are welcomed in Spider Project forum.