yes, it is a good idea to keep the contract milestones on their dates with a “finish on” or a “finish on or before” constraint.
you can minimize the confusion by keeping the key milestones at the top of the schedule as we suggest in this article.

this is probably because of the calendar – it’s either a holiday, weekend or some other non-work day. just go with it as it’s correct.

after scheduling finish date for a milestones, i observed that the date shifts by a day or two the next day.

how can i control the finish dates, please suggest.

thanks

dave

dave

for this type of analysis, i like to simply use the relationships tab. but i add an important column to both the left and right side of the tab – the “driving relationship” field. you can also add “start” & “finish” columns here which help as well. then you can clearly see what predecessors are driving the milestone dates. a little trick for you – give it a try.

prasad – watch the video on primavera p6’s longest path conundrum (and how to fix it). your answer is there.

my project has various contractual milestones and they are mostly independent from each other. can you please tell me how to filter the critical path to each milestone?

thank you,
prasad

while updating the physical % complete for the list of activities , it showing the % value only in activities level , not showing in wbs level and milestone level total cumulative value.

kindly advice.

jyothi

add the percent complete type column to your layout and do a fill down to all of your activities. fill down is on the edit menu.

kindly let me know how to change the set percent complete type from duration % to physical % or unit % to all the activities in one single shot under activity status tab.

there are so many activities in many project.

please advice

jyothi

jyothi,
before you progress for the 1st time, you set a baseline. then you progress and move your data date forward during scheduling (f9). fyi: we go deep on proper progressing in our training courses.

please clarify in updating the progress of the project in p6.
is it ok to first fix the baseline then updating the actual progress dates then run the schedule (f9).

kindly advice me in updating the progress.

jyothi

yes , i got it after applying the constraints. thank you for your imm response..

jyothi

jyothi, have you tried applying a constraint to hold the milestone in place? try using the “start on” constraint.

i have given a key finish milestone dates under wbs in top of the project.

while running the schedule (f9) with data date, all the key finish milestone dates are changed & showing as current data date only.

please help me to fix the problem…….

hi rafael,
thanks for the comment – the nice thing about p6’s activity codes is the ability to build a hierarchy also. so if you are using csi codes, then you can code their structure in p6 also and use grouping to display activities in that hierarchy. i’ll agree with you on overdoing the levels of all things – i sometimes see wbs 8 levels deep and it’s hard to navigate.
michael

unnecessary milestones divert attention especially when placed outside the wbs they should belong. milestones as any activity must be updated and updating of unnecessary activities that do not add to the logic not only is a burden but can be the source of updating errors. keeping milestones (the necessary ones) close to linked activities is very convenient.

it is not uncommon to ask others to update part of the schedule by full wbs phases such as electrical an mechanical using software files. for isolated activities usually we ask the responsible party for the updates without using software files, usually you filter the activities by a responsibility activity code. one such code might be general contractor (a lot of activities) another might be roofing contractor (a single or a few activities).

at home we usually organize main wbs based on construction specification institute (csi) divisions. even our payment breakdown is required to be organized as per csi divisions.

activity codes look similar, they are not equal/equivalent. wbs structure defines a strict hierarchy while activity codes hierarchy can be switched.

some reports such as earned value requires a strict hierarchy such as wbs. with multiple wbs structures we can define multiple ways to organize ev reports but with unlimited activity codes structures we cannot define a single reliable ev report. i do not believe there is a single cpm software that organizes ev using activity codes. both have their advantages and disadvantages, both are needed.

i use software capable of multiple/unlimited wbs structures but this is unique of spider project, p6 is not capable of defining multiple wbs structures. i never overdo the wbs structures, 2 to 3 such structures and activity codes are usually enough.

tag them using a project “activity code”. then build a filter that shows only those activities that have been tagged.