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    Baselines (Primavera enterprise 5.0)

    Hello! We are struggling with a function of Primavera latest version in relation to BASELINES The issue is that having a current project I save the baseline and: 1. Those activities not started (remaining work) do save the correct baseline dates and reflect the correct baseline bar, ie...
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    man-hours estimate for piping & equipment design

    for petro-chemical plants business whre i am... i use 8-12 as FEC ratio (Factor Engineering to Total Cost), ie engineering is in a range of 1/8 to 1/12 of total project cost (small/revamp closer to 8, large/grassroot closer to 12) mech/piping take about 1/3 of that engineering cost, so 1/24 to...
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    Reverse Auction

    I have had experience on reverse bidding on material purchasing and is straight forward (bidders have to pre-qualify and the pre-awarded need to prove their tehcnical specs to get the purchase) Now, for a project, I foresee to much risk. On a project, you commit yourself on one date but the...
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    Project management software

    On one single Project file you can include different project by "outlining" activities. Just having each project on the "top level" and below them their correspondent activities. Rgds, Javier
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    ms project

    for non-complex schedules consider primavera´s suretrak.. cheaper than primavera project planner and quite good i am a user of project and primavera project planner but not have an in-depth knowledge regards, javier fernandez (Spain)
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    Reference / Text Book

    paul E harris are absolutely excellent! i have his book for P3 3.1, suretrack 3 and project 2002 and are a must! they can be considered as expensive considering it´s an A4 fairly printed book but it is useful for beginners and users (it´s cheaper at amazon.co.uk than at harris´site eh.com.au) it...
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    convert P3 into adobe acrobat

    Well, stupid of me, I learned that you have to close P3 and open it again so that P3 recognizes any changes in the default printer... so: 1. Exit p3 2. Select a colour printer 3. Open P3 4. "Print to file" 5. Open Adobe distiller and off you go!!
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    Reference / Text Book

    I tried with the Primavera manual and found it impossible so I surfed to look for books. I now have Paul E. Harris books for Primavera 3.0 , Suretrak 3.0 and MS Project 2002 and.. just excelent! Available at www.eh.com.au but founf them cheaper at www.amazon.co.uk (EH is based in Melbourne...
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    convert P3 into adobe acrobat

    Which are the steps to have a P3 3.1 file in a *colour* PDF to share it with others I am using Adobe Distiller 5.0 and I only get black and white reports I do the following: 1. Print in P3 selecting "print to file" 2. Open with adobe distiller which converts automatically to PDf (...but in...
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    p3 3.0 examples

    hello all i am to get productive on P3 asap and while going through Eastwood Harris´ book which was recomended here I feel that his it´s workshops at the end of each chapter, though good for each chapter, lack having an "overall" workshop with which to put into practice all what one...

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