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Randy GlatsteinMember for 15 years 3 months
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Does anyone know where I can find a list of "Best Practices" for updating a schedule.  I am currently working with a project manager who is insisting to let physical progress determine the remaining duration of the scheduled activities.  No sooner did he tell me this, the first activitiy to update was a 20 day activity in which the engineer completed 80% in two days, but wanted the remaining 18 days to finish it.  However based on the project managers belief he should only need 4 days to finish. I have tried to explain to him that this is not the best practice and that physical progress and remaining duration are not linearly related.  He cannot seem to understand this.He also insist that we show early start and early finish on the schedule as well as the late start and late finish.  I think he wants to manage the schedule to the late dates.  I did not even want to go into that discussion with him.  If anyone can provide me with a resource to obtain scheduling best practice please let me know.

 

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    Mike Testro ·
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    Hi Randy You need to consider

    Hi Randy

    You need to consider the possibilty that if a 20 day task can be finished in 6 days then the 20 days was wrong.

    My philosophy is that if there is work to be finished then get on with it - work done cannot be delayed by unforeseen events - so tell your engineer to stop dillying and get on and finish it.

    You can tell your boss that planning for late finish is not good practice unless you are limited to scarce resources.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro

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    Colin Liu ·
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    Hi Randy:           I think

    Hi Randy:

              I think you are right, Physical progress and remaining duration that they are different conception in project control. Physical progress need to manual fill progress according to actual status but remaining progress is base on remaing duration to calculate project remaing progress, by the way remaing progress is auto progress in P6.

             First activilty is 20 day can be finish 6 day, seem both are worng. 2 day completed 80%, need to remaing task 4 day to finish, if resource do not change base on pass 2 day, 4 day to finish remaing 20 % is illogical. if base on actual status the activility can be 4 day in 20% . orginal 20 day is exact.

             Suggest: 1.Base on the project information to set up staff plan. 2. Support all discipline lead engineer, to establish project deliverable list. 3. Combine 1 and 2 assign resourse to each activilty ( staff plan)

    OK, above information is personal advice, I hope help you.

     

    Thanks 

    Best Regards! 

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    Muthukumaru Senthuran ·
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    Hi ;   Any one having LNG

    Hi ;

     

    Any one having LNG Pipeline project schedule in pdf format?

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