Scheduling Issues in P6

1) If the contract start date is earlier than the scheduled date (called "data date" by Primavera), i.e. the contract has actually started, then you need to give the contract start (and any other activities that also have an earlier start and/or finish date than the data date) actual dates.

You do this by selecting the activity, and in the activity details screen at the bottom (if this isn't there, go to view menu > show on bottom > activity details), click on the "status" tab. You will see "started" and "finished" dates with a check box next to each. for each activity that has started, check the start box, and select the correct date. Do the same for each activity that has finished.

NB: For any activities that have started but not finished, you will also need to change the "remaining duration" box to tell Primavera how many days to go after the Data Date until the activity finishes.

2) If the contract start date is later than the data date, you need to constrain the contract start activity to make sure it holds to the correct date. To do this, select the activity and again in the status tab of the activity details, you will see a "constraints" section near the bottom. From the "Primary" drop-down box, select "Start On", and in the below date box select the correct date.

Then re-chedule, and all should be fine.

Gary,

I understand that the plan is just prepared and it may not be submitted to the Client for review. So it will be better to change the data date to the Commencement date(date earlier from the present data date) instead of inputting actuals.

Regards

Kannan