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How to keep resources from deleting their tasks in Outlook Microsoft Project

How to keep resources from deleting their tasks in Outlook Microsoft Project

How to keep resources from deleting their tasks in Outlook

Posted: 31 Aug 2004 03:06 PM PDT

Smitty --

If it was up to me, I would simply handle it on a case by case basis. I
think we all know how dangerous it is to tell someone that they can't do
something, because in the act of forbidding them to do it, it makes them
WANT to do it all the more! HA! :)

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Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
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"pajamasam" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I get calendar to open to the current week?

Posted: 31 Aug 2004 07:35 AM PDT

Yes it is! This is the microsoft.public.project newsgroup :)


Mike Glen
Project MVP

Mike wrote: 

Resource Management

Posted: 31 Aug 2004 06:56 AM PDT

That is very confusing. A material resource is the consumable materials
that are incorporated into the project deliverables. If you have to pave a
walkway of, say 100 metres in length and it's going to require 5000 bricks
to do it, the bricks are one of the material resources. Now in your
question your mention of "(material) resource units required based on early
start and late start" implies that somehow if you pave that 100 metre
walkway THIS week it will require 5000 bricks but if you pave the same
walkway NEXT week it might require some different number of bricks to
complete the same 100 metres. No offense intended but that just doesn't
make any sense at all...

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"Naval" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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ERP Implementation Template

Posted: 31 Aug 2004 05:11 AM PDT

Yes

"Mark Durrenberger" <com> wrote in message
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disappearing tasks

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 02:07 PM PDT

Hi,

This happens to me frequently because I used to delete a task by hitting the
delete key, and in the most recent versions that only deletes the cell
content
HTH

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Project 2003 Capacities

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 01:16 PM PDT

You're welcome, Fuad :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Fuad wrote: 
problems. Is that true?

Custom Duration and Date Fields

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 11:45 AM PDT

Thanks for the help, Jack. For some reason (365*480) as the divisor did not
come up with the right numbers. I had to use 115200. Where Project was
coming up with that number, I do not know, but evidently, there are 115200
duration units in each year.

Ryan

"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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"Finish" field is updated automatically when I enter an "Actual Fi

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 10:52 AM PDT

Adding my .02. You ask, "Why "plan" has to equal "actual?"" Think of the
"plan" as reading "the current plan." What your current plan always shows
is a: what actually happened in history up until today's date; and b: a
prediction of what can happen in the future as a consequence of that history
that came before. Everything in the plan before we begin work is an
estimate, a guess. It may be a very rough guess or it may be a very precise
guess but even at best it is *always* a guess. (We may tell Fred he HAS to
be here doing X next Tuesday, but until it happens we can't ever really be
positive that that's the way it will go.) The saved baseline preserves our
original guesses for comparison purposes so we can look back and see how
good were our estimates. When we post in our actuals, we are updating our
guesses with more precise information - the history is no longer a guess but
a known quantity. That has implications for the future performance of the
project: Are we working faster or slower than we thought we could? Are we
spending more money or less money by this point than we thought we would?
"Managing" means making proactive decisions affecting outcomes, it's not
just passively sitting back watching things unfold and recording results.
So we need to see how we are doing with the plan, is it meeting our business
objectives or falling short? Were we on the money with our original
estimates or did we blow it? If we blew it, what can we do about it now to
bring it into line? That's why the "planned" dates of the tasks we've
completed MUST adjust to conform to what actually happened - the project
plan is a dynamic thing and the accuracy of its prediction of future events
depends on the accuracy of the information about what came before.
--
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"Dave" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Finish." 
Finish 
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Porject Summary?

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 07:07 AM PDT

Hi AK,

Project Summary task is always there, to make it visible or not:
Tools, Options, View. There is a checkbox "Show Project Summary task".

Changing start, durantion etc. on summary tasks: never seen that. Does not
depend on teh project summary task visible or not, it is simply not
possible.
HTH

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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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happened 
(start, 

Working hours to full time

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 01:16 AM PDT

Hi Jan,

Thanks for another great hint. I solved the problem of self adjusting task
durations by setting all tasks to "Fixed Duration" using your method!
Changing calendars only introduced new problems ...

Cheers, Ralf.


On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:07:30 +0200, Jan De Messemaeker <jandemes at prom
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Charts in MS Project

Posted: 30 Aug 2004 12:14 AM PDT

Let us know how you go.

Cheers
JulieD

"Dorian" <htnet.hr> wrote in message
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Is there an Active X component for MS Project?

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 08:19 PM PDT

I installed MS Project 2003 but I couldn't find the MS
Project Object Library file when I tried to add a
reference. If possible, could you let me know the name of
the file?
 
will provide the 
need 
Could 

How do I automate assigning multiple resources to multiple tasks..

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 02:17 PM PDT

To automatically assign resources ??? How can Project know who is competent
to do what tasks?

I think what you mean is you have a task that should happen Monday from 7 am
to 10 am and if resource Fred is available to work at that time, assign him
to it. You've got several problems with that approach ... the biggest is,
suppose that none of your three resources are available to work Monday
morning. What happens to that task then? Do we just not do it? But that
means that work required to produce a deliverable in the project won't be
done so that can't be right. Or do we do it at a different time? It turns
out your resources are available Monday afternoon. When we assign the task
to them, it moves in the schedule, no longer running from 7 am to 10 am but
instead running, say, 1 pm to 4 pm, so it takes place when the resources are
there and able to do it. This is Project's default behaviour. This applies
whether its just one resource like Fred or all three - Project handles each
resource's required work separately. If the task takes 3 hours and you need
to assign 3 resources to it, that means it requires 9 hours of work, split
between the three resources. Whether they work together or separately, each
person must put in 3 hours of work on the task. If Lucy and Ricky are
available Monday morning and Fred Monday afternoon, the task will split up
With L & R working on it 7 am to 10 am, while F works 1pm to 4pm, the
duration changing from 3 hours to 6 hours in the process.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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"Philip" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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calendar 
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monday, 
thursday 
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want 

Project 98 - Losding to XP

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 08:51 AM PDT

You're welcome, Steve - please do. :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


steve wrote: 

Trying to open MS Project file

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 12:39 AM PDT



"Rob Schneider" wrote:
 

Cause for Grayed Out Columns in Table?

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 09:27 AM PDT

Hi Ed,
You are most welcome. Glad to have helped.
Julie 
makes perfect sense--a 
explored it 
it is the default 
in the past"--but 
helping me sort it 
message 
fairly 
the 
cannot 
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MS 

Double task line printing when only single line is on screen

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 09:21 AM PDT

You're welcome, Kevin - make sure you have the latest driver :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Kevin wrote: 

Showing abandoned tasks

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 03:39 PM PDT

Thanks, appreciated.

"Rob Schneider" <net.net> wrote in message
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tasks 
done" 
tasks. 

project start and end in minutes

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 01:33 PM PDT

Adding to Mike's comment, don't try to enter the times things start and end.
Enter the start date and time and enter your task durations in minutes.
With Mikes recommendation you'll be able to see the start and end date and
time both. Let Project calculate the rest.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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"GlenA" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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under 

Newbie struggling with dates

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 11:53 AM PDT

The schedule consists of a number of languages????? 'Scuse me for being
thick, but what does the language have to do with when a task starts?

When you enter the actuals, are you entering it in the Actual Start field
typing the date AND time it began, are you just selecting the date it
started by clicking on it in the field's pulldown calendar, or are you using
the "update project" tools from the menu or toolbar?

When you enter actuals, Project takes you at your word. So if I have a task
sequence A->B->C I can enter that B & C started at the same time even though
they were originally planned to be sequential and Project will dutifully
record my entry as being fact. If you simply enter that task B started on
Sept 1st by typing in the date without typing exactly what time, it will use
whatever the start time of work is listed as the "Default Start Time" on the
Tools, Options, Calendar page. If you select the start date from the
pulldown menu, it will use whatever the start time of the workday it is that
is listed in the work hours of the project calendar. If you simply mark the
task as complete, it will set the start and end date and time to whatever
the plan is presently saying it is scheduled for, just checking it off means
it happened exactly according to the current plan.


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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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"Linda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Predecessors!

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 11:02 AM PDT

Hi Steve

good example ... but i seriously think you need to get out more :)

Cheers
JulieD

"Steve House" <send.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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tasks 
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WBS not in correct order in VISIO

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 08:34 AM PDT

Hmmm - I've run it several times with a sample project and you're right, the
left to right order doesn't seem to be consistent for the top level tasks
but (so far) the vertical order for the rest is ok. Selecting a top level
task does active a "move left" or "move right" button on the tool bar so
it's not that hard to fix if you want them in numerical order by outline
number/WBS code.

Was trying to locate the thread you refer to in the Visio groups but can't
track it down. Which newsgroup is it in (there's a mess of groups for
Visio) and do you recall the subject line?
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"BJ" <com> wrote in message
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WBS