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Filtering on late milestones Microsoft Project

Filtering on late milestones

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 02:23 PM PST

Actually I'm not quite there.

In the filter I created I put a line

Finish
is less than
today

but what happens is that it plugs in today's date and this date remains the
same even when the date on my PC changes. I expected that each time the
Filter was applied it would see 'today' and apply the current date.

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thanks

Dave


"Dave Barr" <com> wrote in message
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Adding a resource in the middle of the task

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 01:36 PM PST

Hi Scott,

From the Gantt chart split your screen (Window -> Split) to show the task
form at the bottom. Click your secondary mouse button in the task form at
the bottom to show the shortcut menu. Choose Resource Schedule from the
shortcut menu. Pick the resource's name from the drop-down under the Resource
Name column, enter the work (if desired) and then in the Start column enter
the start date for that resource. Click OK in the task form and you are
there.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

"ssiegler" wrote:
 

Assigning a numeric value to a month

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 01:21 PM PST

Hi Mark,

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here's a suggestion:
Insert one of the spare number columns into the Task sheet. Create a
formula for the column of :
Month([Start])
This will return 1 for January, 2 for February etc. If your project starts
in May change the formula to:
Month([Start])-4
to get May equal to 1.
Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie

"Mark" wrote:
 

entering actual duration question

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 12:11 PM PST

Be careful! You said "actual 12 hour duration" and that is incorrect. The
actual duration is 12 days, period, accept it. It is essential that you
internalize the concepts as MS Project defines them (and MSP follows the
ANSI standard PMBOK definitions and practices very closely), not as you
think they should be defined <grin>. That being said, yes, if you split the
task the gaps are treated as non-working time and the duration would then be
shown as 12 hours.

Actually, the way you described the task initially, I'd strongly suggest you
make it three separate 4-hour tasks altogether and schedule each session as
an entity totally independent of the other two - there's nothing that says
similar or even identical tasks cannot occur many times during a project.
To me that is a far more accurate model of reality.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jack" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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pushing back a whole project

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 06:29 AM PST

Julie,

37° C ! waho....
I live in Paris.
Today, the weather is fine : 10°C it's not too bad during wintertime.

Cheers,

Gérard

"JulieD" <net.au> a écrit dans le message de
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task type question

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 06:03 AM PST

Thank you for the response, Steve. I understand and agree with everything
that you said.
But with a situation like this (a Fixed Duration task - a set length meeting
where two resources will be there for the whole of 16 hours [which should
maen each resource would be at 100% for how could you only be 50% at a
meeting where you're there 100% of the time]) wouldn't you agree that MS
Project effort-driven feature trully doesn't accomodate the reality of the
situation with a Fixed Duration task type?

"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
 

Project extension questions

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 06:01 AM PST

Not really much of a difference, really. The files are the same. The mpt's
will be saved by default to the template directory while mpp's are saved to
the data directory. Opening and mpp, editing it, and hitting "save" doesn't
prompt for a new file name. Opening an mpt and editing prompts for a new
filename when saved and changes the extension of the edited file to mpp by
default. That's really about it.

Here's how I'd use each. Imagine you're a real estate developer building a
housing subdivision offering houses with 5 different floor plans. Each
model of house has a basic construction plan but each one you build is
somewhat customized for the client. I'd create my generic plans for each
model and save them as an mpt template. When Mr & Mrs Smith purchase one of
your 3 bedroom bungalows, you create a new project file based on the
3btbunglow.mpt template, changing the Project Start date in the new file as
approriate and customizing the plan as necessary to incorporate the client's
preferences and options, then save it as Smith'sBungalow.mpp, upon which it
becomes the working plan for their specific unit.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



"Jack" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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start & finish dates - what happens to dates inbetween

Posted: 06 Jan 2005 01:55 AM PST

Good idea!

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"JulieS" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I weight percentages using Project 2000?

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 06:25 PM PST

Steve, thank you for a very thoughtful response. It seems to make sense and
I will give it try tonight. I appreciate your time! I may seek your services
again in the future.

Mark

"Steve House [MVP]" <send.hotmail.com> wrote in
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How do I show the % complete (planned) that will change my status.

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 05:07 PM PST

I agree with your logic, AND I am greatful for the help; But I am trying to
encourge the users to enter the an appropriate value if they believe they are
on target. In the simplest of uses, if I use the default 'status' column it
dynamically changes based on the % complete entry. If for example I move the
date and "start" the task on the 10th (as you suggest), it changes the value
of the status from "late" to "future task" (assuming the same information as
below with the 33% complete).

According to "Help on Status": How Calculated If the task is 100 percent
complete, then Microsoft Office Project 2003 sets the Status field to
Complete.
If the task start date is greater than the status date, then the Status
field contains Future Task.
If timephased cumulative percent complete is spread to at least the day
before the status date, then the Status field contains On Schedule.
If the timephased cumulative percent complete does not reach midnight on
the day before the status date, then the Status field contains Late.

Therefore what I'm trying to display is the timephases cumulative percent
complete as o midnight the day before the status date.

"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
 

Task completed at 50%

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 12:49 PM PST

Hello Stefan,
Yes, ... if you estimate the Remaining Work at 10 hours !
NB : Don't enter the %Complete, but the actual Work and the remaining Work.
Project will calculate the %Work Complete.
Gérard Ducouret


"Stefan Robert" <ca> a écrit dans le message de
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is venus made of rock or gas

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 12:17 PM PST

The planets are grouped into two major categories - the inner planets from
Mars inward are referred to as the Rocky planets. The outer planets are
called the Gas Giants because they largely consist of methane etc. I think
of them as the "Bullwinkles" as in "Rocky and ..." ROFL

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"little miss cutie patutie" <little miss cutie
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Administrative projects of Project server

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 11:17 AM PST

Hi Glimmer,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Mike Glen
Project MVP





glimmer wrote: 

Calculating Overtime

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 09:31 AM PST

To the best of my knowledge, Project doesn't calculate OT. You enter OT
in the Ovt. Wk column (I usually split the screen while in the Gantt
view, right click and select Resource Work). You tell it how many hours
of OT the resource will work on the task. Project tracks this work, but
doesn't schedule it. Of course, you get see it in the Resource views if
you tell it to display Overtime.

Task occurring on the same day each week

Posted: 05 Jan 2005 09:21 AM PST

What do you mean by a "top down plan" and how does that contrast with,
contradict, or preclude having a recurring task???? I'm familiar with the
concepts behind top-down estimating and top-down budgeting but the term
"top-down plan" is a new one on me. How is that different from a standard
project WBS that starts with the project's major deliverables and breaks
them down further and further until you get to the detailed description of
all the various pieces of work that create said deliverables?

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


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