Work Order Analysis

Often in a major Construction Project or Program with multiple Sub-Projects, Work Orders or Change Orders occasionally
span multiple Sub-Project or Project Updates.

In this environment, Global Activity Codes are often used to construct Activity Codes intended to be use across multiple
Projects. In Ƶümmer, the Work Order Module allows the Scheduler to easily produce reports that can group Projects for a
given Global Code Item assigned to this module.

To use the Work Order Module, a Global Activity in the P6 System must first be assigned to the Work Order Module. To
do this, access the Code Assignment Window from the Settings Main Menu option.

Click on the Work Orders pull-down menu to display and to select the Global Activity Code Item that is used to list “Work
Order” items. The Pull-Down Menu displays all Global Activity Codes in the P6 System. It is not necessary for the Global
Change Item description to be named “Work Order”. For example, “Change Order” or “Change Request Item” is often
used in the Project environment.

A Project ID and Work Order is selected. In the Work Order Pull Down menu, a specific Work Order can be selected, or you can click on the “All” checkbox to indicate all Work Order are selected.

If the activities for the Work Order(s) selected is expense loaded, then the Work Order Expense Detail report will display the Budgeted Cost, Actual Cost, Remaining Cost and At Completion Cost for each assigned activity.

In this illustration “ALL” Work Orders were selected for Project ID – MST-BL1-UP33. Sub Totals are displayed grouped by Work Order with the Grand Total for all Cost categories shown at the end of the report.

In this illustration, “ALL” was selected for the Work Order selection options while the selected Project ID is TST-BL1 UP01 in the Work Order Module.

The External Work Order is highlighted in the Ext. WO# report box.

The Work Order Logic Detail report lists all relationships for activities that are assigned to a Selected Work Order value or all Work Orders if “All” is selected in the Work Order Module. In this illustration “ALL” was selected for the Work Order selection options while the selected Project ID is MH-BL1 UP33 in the Work Order Module.

The report lists all assigned activities including the Activity ID, Activity Name, Original Duration, Remaining Duration, Start date, Finish date and Total Float. In addition, the relationship and lag between the activities are shown. In the case where successor logic goes out to an External Work Order, that information is highlighted in the Ext. WO# report box.

If the activities for the Work Order(s) selected is resource cost loaded, then the Work Order Resource Cost Detail report will display the Budgeted Cost, Cost This Period, Cost To Date and Cost To Complete for each assigned activity.

In this illustration “ALL” Work Orders were selected for Project ID – MST-BL1-UP10. Sub Totals are displayed grouped by Work Order with the Grand Total for all Cost categories shown at the end of the report.

If the activities for the Work Order(s) selected is resource cost loaded, then the Work Order Cost Summary report will display the Budgeted Cost, Cost This Period, Cost To Date and Cost To Complete for each selected Work Order.

In this illustration, “ALL” Work Orders were selected for Project ID – MST-BL1-UP10. Sub Totals are displayed grouped by Work Order with the Grand Total for all Cost categories shown at the end of the report.

The Work Order Schedule Detail report lists all activities that are assigned to a Selected Work Order value or all Work Orders if “All” is selected in the Work Order Module.

In this illustration, WO-01 – Curtain Wall Redesign was selected for Project ID: MST-BL1-UP06 in the Work Order Module. The report lists all assign activities including the Activity ID, Activity Name, and Original Duration, Start date, Finish date and Total Float. Actual dates are shown in Red.