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First Update P6 Schedule.

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Shahzad AhmadMember for 18 years 8 months
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Dear All

I need to confirm beofre making any mistake to update my Schedule.

i have made a simple Schedule without resource .

all activity are Task depant..
Activity type : fixed Duration & units.

Duration type is: duration.

i want to update based on my Physical % which is i am obtaing thro my progress mesurement sheet.

what i am going to do is i will tick Actual start date and putting physical % ... after that press F9 to see the result.

Do i need to change Duration type before update?

Do i need to change remaing duration while putting Physical % say 10%...

Please advise me in simple way to avoid confussion.

Thanks
Shahzad

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    Alex Wong ·
    #1
    Question for u

    What is the % Complete type

    And how you want to drive your remaining duration.

    1. Base on Physcial progress
    2. Manual Update
    3. 0/100 rule
    ...

    This will affect the forecast finish date of your schedule

    HTH

    Alex
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    Shahzad Ahmad ·
    #2
    HI ALEX

    % complete type is "Physical"

    1. Manual Update


    Thanks
    shahzad
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    Alex Wong ·
    #3
    Hi Shahzad

    If that is the case then I will recommend the sequency of update

    1. Update activity is already finished with a actual finish and actual start date
    2. Update activity is start but not finish with a actual start date and Physical % complete and Remaining Duration
    3. Update any revised duration
    4. Reschedule the data date to the update data date

    HTH

    ALex
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    Shahzad Ahmad ·
    #4
    HI ALEX.

    Thanks now i understand i have to put Physicasl % complete and remaining duration.
    ( for activity which is under progress)

    my doubt was that i have to put only phy.% complte not remaining duration. ( as we use to do in P3)

    Thanks for your advise.

    Reg.
    shahzad
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #5
    I may suggest to establish the baseline schedule first before making any update.
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    Abeer Mahmoud ·
    #6
    Hi Alex,

    Did you mean by (3. Update any revised duration) that I revised original duration?
    And kindly note that when I made schedule I noticed that for activities which was started and not finished yet the duration at compilation was duplicated I wonder why?

    Regards,

    Abeer
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    Shahzad Ahmad ·
    #7
    ANOON

    yes my friend your advise is valid.

    i allready assign base line...even i have kept one exported files for any bad luck....

    Thanks
    Shahzad
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    Mimoune Djouallah ·
    #8


    yes, i think original duration must each time be revised using the actual trend, for example:

    activity : excavation 1000 m3
    Expected productivity : 100 M3/ day then
    Original duration OD = 1000/100 = 10 DAYS

    when the activity begin you find after let’s say 1 week, that the actual productivity is 50 M3/ DAY thus you will have to change OD according to your actual trend.
    OD = 1000/50 = 20 DAY
    RD = 20- 7 = 13 DAYS
    Physical % complete = 7*50/1000 = 35 %

    of course you must keep a baseline before doing anything

    HTH
    MIMOUNE
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    Alex Wong ·
    #9
    Abeer

    2 possible cause of double the duration
    1 is assoicated with Resource loading calculation and Activity type
    2 is project setting
    There are 2 options when you set up your project

    1. Remaining Duration = Original Duration + Actual Duration
    2. Remaining Duration = Original Duration - Acutal Duration

    HTH

    Alex
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    Shahzad Ahmad ·
    #10
    Hi Alex

    Could yoy please advise me Calculation tab...
    what are the changes are required for Manually updating.

    Based on Physical %

    "how to set aotu compute actual setting" i wan to turn off it.

    it is showing tick in my P6 and deactivate...

    my schedule is without resource.

    Reg.
    shahzad

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