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Posted: 11 Aug 2004 11:27 AM PDT

The last reasonably priced tool I used that supported AOA was MicroPlanner
Manager.

Search Google you'll get a few hits and can download something.


Scitor (under their new name which I can't come up with at the moment) may
have a tool that supports it. Otherwise, you'll have to spend a bunch of
money on Primavera or other high end tool

I'm curious. Why?

Mark

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"Naval" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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removing project 4.1 from my system

Posted: 11 Aug 2004 10:51 AM PDT


Michael,
It sounds like you need to do some housecleaning and get rid of all
those .jpg and .mov files you've been downloading :-) Seriously though,
burn some CDs or DVDs and you can probably save a bunch of hard drive
space.

John

Schedule task to complete before milestone

Posted: 11 Aug 2004 09:23 AM PDT


John,
There are various ways to do what you need. One way is to use a
start-to-start link with a lead of -8w (i.e. xSS-8w). Another is to use
a start-to-finish link with a lead of -2w (i.e. xSF-2W).

Hope this helps.
John

setting a custom field in a macro

Posted: 11 Aug 2004 08:29 AM PDT

Hi,
What you need is myProject.ProjectSummaryTask.Textx
HTH

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Reports & Filters

Posted: 11 Aug 2004 03:07 AM PDT


Felicity,
Fine, all you should need in the mock file is dummy tasks arranged in
the same structure (hierarchy) as the real file and dummy resources
assigned in the same way. Resource rates can be $0 and you do not need
to set a baseline. I you want I can send you a macro that will do the
above to your real file. You can also get a similar macro from Jack
Dahlgren's website at:
http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm
Jack's macro is called "Scrub". My macro goes a littler farther in
removing sensitive information but both macros should work for you.

John

Help w MS Project 03

Posted: 10 Aug 2004 05:51 PM PDT

As usual, I agree with Steve about most of what he said. I don't think
setting up project is quite that easy. I think there are several traps
one needs to avoid to get it to operate effectively, and that it can
take a very long time (read years) to figure them out yourself.

But scheduling software is just the beginning. To paraphrase Lewis
("Project Planning, Scheduling & Control"), using scheduling software
without an understanding of Project Management will assure an
organization will precisely and accurately document it's failures. I
have witnessed this more times than I care to remember. It's wise to
get a good consultant who can help you on an ongoing basis, not just
with setting up Project, but with helping you understand how to get
meaningful input (the old data processing concept, GIGO, garbage in,
garbage out, applies here as well) and to interpret the output and put
it to good use. Contrary to popular belief, using scheduling software
by itself is not practicing Project Management. To a degree, it can be
acquired by experience, but at tremendous cost and time. Courses help,
but still can't replicate experience. You really need to find someone
good to get you started and keep you on the correct path.
That said, you have to be careful that you find someone who really
knows Project Management. I've followed on the heels of PM consultants
who've told clients that Network Diagrams are a waste of time, a tool
that I believe is essential to getting schedules properly linked. Like
in most professions, there are a few who are really good, and the
rest. You want one of the really good ones.
Hope this helps you along.

David G. Bellamy
Bellamy Consulting


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%complete does NOT update Duration!

Posted: 10 Aug 2004 05:49 PM PDT

Hi,

That is because that is how it is.
I have never seen Project update dates when you change % complete.
Sorry.
HTH
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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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Bug Tracking integration with MS Project Server

Posted: 10 Aug 2004 03:36 PM PDT

Like Jack, my hunch is that you should use one of the real bug tracking
tools. There are many fine products available at costs ranging from
zero to more than that.

Why do you need all this "minute" detail in a project plan? What are
you trying to achieve? What happens if this "minute" tasks are not
"managed" in this way?

I can see, potentially, value in doing some sort of query on the bug
tracking db to track status/forecast of fixing the flaws that could be a
"few" (or one) line in a project plan in Project; but for beyond that I
guess I'd need to know more of your objectives before believing that you
shouldn't be using a tool more fit for your purpose.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




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Act. Cost & Work imports alter prior historical import values

Posted: 10 Aug 2004 01:11 PM PDT

Geoff,
Thanks for your reply. I am importing Actual Work and
Actual Cost to a 'task' using the WBS for merge key. The
task is 10d duration over 3 weeks with different work
(hours) in each week. Upon import, Project parses the
imported Actual Work over the task's scheduled weeks from
start to the current status date (not just in the desired
week) for all the hours imported. It parses the hours up
to the amount in the Work (or Baseline Work) field for
that week, then does the same in the next week, etc.,
until the import value has been used up. This undesirably
replaces prior import values with potentially new values.
So my problem is how to import these items into specific
weeks for the task, rather than as a cumulative value.
When you say "granular enough, date wise, to relate to the
time period", how do i relate the import to a specific
date period for the task? The timescale is in weeks, but
that is just a 'View' choice.
At the same time, I am also importing Actual Cost, which
works if you clear Options/Calculation/'Actual costs are
always calculated by Microsoft Project' box, but also has
the same above problem.
Thank you for the advice,
Steve T/BAE Systems
 
your 
undesirably 
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Outlook and Project Standard

Posted: 10 Aug 2004 12:24 PM PDT

WGSETUP is available for download from the MS Knowledge base

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MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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Resource Information and Groups

Posted: 09 Aug 2004 06:54 PM PDT

Yes, you go to the usage view and double click beside the resource/task name
to see assignment details. On the dialog box that opens you'll see a field
where you can specify which rate table applies to that resource/task
combination. Here's a problem I forsee though. Suppose you have two
resources from your group on the same task, ie, the assignment is "Ajax,
200%" and one of them gets the rate in table A and the other in table B.
You'll have to choose one or the other as there's no way to split them up
and have both tables apply 50/50.
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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


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