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Primavera P6, MS Project..errmm.. do you think we should just stick with Good old Excel?

I am just curious to know, how many of you use Primavera P6 for actual Project Planning and Control, or is it still the old and efficient way of utilizing MicroSoft Excel being followed at your places ? We know how complicating stuff can get with infinite number of activities and further ,if each are resource loaded or use different calendars. Thoughts ?

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Date Posted: 2013/11/20

Excell is an excelent tool for everything, even with sophisticated sotwares we still need excel sheets

Zafar Iqbal
by Zafar Iqbal , Teacher (Pak Studies) Subject Specialist , Home Tutor

Dear Rohit, I am not a project manager.

Ahamed Shareef
by Ahamed Shareef , Divisional Head - Quality Assurance , Apollo Tyres Ltd

Excel sheets are good for daily tracking which keeps changing......They are easy and good...But cant help you with reminders and task plan for the day, unless you are expert to create macros.

 

MS Project is wonderful tool for Project management. A one time work of keying in each task is needed in this. But for monitoring and task planning this is the best tool.

The power of Primavera P6 is absolutely amazing, MS Project is a joke in comparison.  For serious project planners in the construction, building devopment industry, go investigate Primevera, you will not be sorry.

 

If you would like to know more send private message, i will give you a contact company that actually uses the package in Dubai.

Badhrudheen PMP®
by Badhrudheen PMP® , Lead Planning Engineer , Saiif Bin Darwish

I would say a perfect planner uses the  combination both excel and scheduling tool like MSP ,Asta or P6.

But excel is handy if you are micro managing.

jillan ksr
by jillan ksr , Principal Advisor-Planning and Freelance Trainer , Navig Solution Private Limited

PRIMAVERA IS BEST . EXCELL CAN BE USED TO COLLECT DATA FROM PRIMAVERA FOR GENERATING GOOD REPORT

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Arvind Kumar Yadav
by Arvind Kumar Yadav , Assistant Manager Technical , Aristocrat India pvt Ltd

Excel can proide u update as the information provided by you but MSP or P6 always help you to understand the crtical path and remind you and guide your team for the advisory as per you planned your project

SHAIKH NISAR MOHAMED  SHARIF
by SHAIKH NISAR MOHAMED SHARIF , Project Head , AL Fattan Contracting & Properties Management

Yes excell is good ......but its not drving the activity or run the scedule, for schedulling need programe based software such as MS projec / Primavera 

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