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Retained Logic Vs.Progress Override Vs. Actual Dates Scheduling Progress Settings in Primavera P6 Professional
Overview What is out-of-sequence progress? What is the Retained Logic option in the Primavera P6 schedule calculation setting? What is the Progress Override option in the Primavera P6 schedule calculation setting? What are “Actual Dates” Schedule Options in the Primavera P6 schedule calculation setting? Conclusion Overview After the project Primavera P6 CPM Baseline Schedule is approved you begin to track the work progress. Correct project schedule progress updates and reporting are essential to monitor your project performance status. Additionally, accurate project KPIs help the management and leadership team make better decisions. There are times in a project life when [...]
Critical Path Method in Scheduling
CPM Scheduling The Critical Path Method (CPM) is the most commonly used method by Project Managers for its simplicity and effectiveness. It is used for tracking/monitoring and control of a project. The critical path in the construction schedule derives the project duration and there can be multiple critical paths in the schedule depending upon the constraints and activities relationships, hence the entire project timeline could be lengthened by delaying activities along with any one of the critical paths. A CPM schedule is a projected timetable of construction operations that will serve as the principal guideline for project execution and [...]
Primavera P6 Professional or Microsoft Project
Overview Differences between Primavera P6 Professional VS. Microsoft Project Conclusion Overview In scheduling our projects, should we use Primavera P6” or Microsoft Project? This is a commonly asked question from people in the industry. The advantages that Primavera has over Microsoft Project, that is what we are going to describe in the following lines. There are many differences between Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. Mainly, Primavera P6 has database dependency, while Microsoft Project is file-based dependent. Primavera P6 represents enterprise software while the Microsoft Project is a Windows desktop application and then evolved to include enterprise capabilities for achieving [...]
How to Cover the Scheduling Impacts of COVID-19
Overview How this epidemic impacts the projects? Tips to make sure to best utilize project resources. Conclusion Overview: It’s clear to all that the COVID-19 epidemic has created a huge storm of crises across the world and put most of the world's cities and towns on lockdown, making construction projects sink in a sea of delays. Are you ready for the new approach to work during and after the epidemic is over? Subsequently, most governments worldwide began to take a different approach to resume working in their essential projects that would benefit the community while maintaining the rules and [...]
The Critical Path Method Technique
History The history of CPM can be traced back to 5,000 Years ago, the time of ancient civilizations during the making of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Egypt Capital City. The construction of the Pyramid took 20 years to complete and the workers were organized into four construction teams which were built using over two million blocks of stones. The modern method of Project Management was introduced in the mid-1900 by American mechanical engineers Frederick Taylor and Henry Gantt. They came up with a graphic method for planning, controlling, and tracking a work schedule which is known as [...]
