planning and scheduling with micrsoft project 2007

Ladder Scheduling with Microsoft Project

Ladder Scheduling with Microsoft Project Large negative lags are often considered unacceptable and Ladder Scheduling is a technique used to link a set of tasks that have substantial overlap, such as pipe laying operations. Some contracts do not permit Leads (Negative...

Identifying Driving Predecessors in Microsoft Project

A task may not be on the Critical Path and may have more than one predecessor. A Driving Relationship is the predecessor that determines the Early Start of a task. Oracle Primavera P6 and Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject always display the driving predecessors and...

Oracle Primavera P6 – Retained Logic or Progress Override or Actual dates?

I recently reviewed some contractor schedules and I was surprised that the schedulers had changed the Schedule Options, When scheduling progressed activities use option from the default of Retained Logic to Actual Dates and they both ended up with meaningless programs...

Microsoft Project Blank Project Issues

Introduction When a user either uses the Project 1 file that is created when Microsoft Project is run or when a user creates a new project using the command File, New, Blank Project then the user ends up with a project file that is far from ideal. There are a number...

Oracle Primavera P6 PPM – Isolating the Earliest and Latest Predecessor Start Dates of a Milestone

I recently asked the question about P6: “How does one show a milestone's date to reflect the earliest start date of the group predecessors' activities rather than total float driving from the group predecessors' activities.” After I little bit of thought I devised the...

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Ladder Scheduling with Microsoft Project

Identifying Driving Predecessors in Microsoft Project

Oracle Primavera P6 – Retained Logic or Progress Override or Actual dates?

Microsoft Project Blank Project Issues

Oracle Primavera P6 PPM – Isolating the Earliest and Latest Predecessor Start Dates of a Milestone

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