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Graphs for more than one resource Microsoft Project

Graphs for more than one resource

Posted: 11 Feb 2005 06:31 AM PST

Tha master has spoken! So mote it be!
Thanks, Jan, didn't think this would be a "yes", but you have to ask, don't
you?

Have a good weekend!

Pete



"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Flow Charts?

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 07:19 PM PST

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:27:34 +1300, Rod Gill donned fireproof underwear
and scratched on the wall:
 

You could also in O2K use the drawing tools. Visio was good, but has
become way too bloated, IMO. I still use it at work, but have abandoned it
at home.

You could also use kvivio (http://www.thekompany.com/projects/kivio/) for
a more professional look. I've been using it more often for my projects.
It is very nice and - unlike the Visio-pig - puts out standard XML
formatted documents.

HTH

--
kai
www.perfectreign.com

a palm tree nodded at me last night, he said, you look so pale...

How do I set up a work group in Project 2003?

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 06:59 PM PST

Hi,
As Rod mentions the preferred method is Project Server. However the
Workgroup features using mail are available as a separate download. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818337

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

"psdcc" wrote:
 

Resource Pool file mishap on save

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 12:23 PM PST

I suspect you have corrupted your resource pool. If at any time you
over-wrote a copy of one of your projects, renamed it or moved it without
first disengaging from the pool you will sooner or later get a corruption.
Be very careful.

Open the pool
In each file select use own resources and SAVE
Delete the pool file and create a new blank project for the new pool
Share in each project. All resources are copied automatically to the pool.
Close and SAVE all projects.

Never, move, copy or over-write any of the four files without first
unsharing.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP


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Changing the Task Owner

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 09:43 AM PST

Priyu --

That guy needs to open the project on his own computer and do the following:

1. Click Collaborate - Publish - All Information
2. Make sure the "Entire project" option is selected at the top of the
dialog
3. Select the "Become the manager for these assignments" option
4. Click OK

Hope this helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"Priyu Nayak" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Resource Usage in Server

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 09:35 AM PST

Ignacio --

In Project Server 2002 and 2003, when you apply the Resource Usage view, you
see each resource's assignments across all projects in the portfolio. For
each project team member, you will see the individual tasks in any project
you have open, plus a single line representing the tasks in all other
projects in the system. The software is performing as expected. Hope this
helps.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"Ignacio" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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can i group resources into teams in Project 2000

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 09:03 AM PST

Ian,

I had a similar problem - I have a multi project plan, on which 19
resources, split into four teams may work. Have you tried inserting a new
field into your plan, renaming it as (somewhat imaginatively) "Team", and
entering "Team01", "Team02" etc into this field?
This is also really useful when you want to filter your plan to show just
the work carried out by a particular team or teams.

Hope this helps

Pete



"Ian Louth" wrote:
 

Graphical Indicators

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 01:57 AM PST

Hi Steve,

Hopefully it was pointing you to review the printer driver setup for the
failing PC. Check it has the latest drivers.


Mike Glen
Project MVP




Steve Scott wrote: 

How do I save/send a report/view that includes large notes?

Posted: 10 Feb 2005 01:25 AM PST

In article <com>,
"Mongo" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Mongo,
See my reply to your other post in this newsgroup.

John
Project MVP

Lot production schedule which identifies the Numbers of Lots Released over time?

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 10:49 PM PST

Thank you for your response Steve.

I was kinda hoping that MS Project had a function (or method) that provided
a "deliverable" output shedule. The "Lots Released" field is associated with
a particular task (Clearance of Titles) and that's where i am trying to
derive the report (or output) information (or using the summary task
associated with that particular stage).

I could complete what i require in Excel, however i prefer to use Project
for sheduling the contributing tasks associated with the Development process
(as you mention). In that case i'm using two applications to provide output
information common to contributing inputs, which is undesirable.

I'm going to persue trying to use Project as you've mentioned.

Thanks again.

Troy

send.hotmail.com

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Version

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 04:59 PM PST

Thanks! that helped.

"JackD" wrote:
 

Pasted Dates from Excel Off

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 01:57 PM PST

Thanks Bob,

That was it! I never heard of the 1904 date system before. I did get the
file from someone else. Changing it, changed the source data. I guess it
could have added a number to correct for the difference but I just copied the
dates to a text file then copied them to MSP from there.

Thank again,

"Bob" wrote:
 

Recommendations for Project Management software, people,report,ti.

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 01:29 PM PST

Hello,

Our company provides solutions that you are looking for.

Please visit us at http://www.tenrox.com

Thank you



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Small amounts of total slack taking tasks of critical path

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 01:17 PM PST

Big alarm is going off here!!! How did you set the standard calendar to 6
hours per day without changing the working hours in Tools/ChangeWorkingTime?
If you are referring to the Tools/Options menu, Calendar page, settings for
Hours per Day & Hours per Week plus the settings for Default Start and
Default Finish, you need to be aware that those fields do NOT affect the
working hours and times of any of the calendars, Standard or otherwise.

The Hours per Day and Hours per Week settings are conversion factors to
allow you to enter durations in units other than hours. Durations are
actually stored in Project in minutes. When you enter a task duration of "3
days," Project needs to convert that into minutes before writing it into its
internal data tables. When you look at a duration value, the duration
column in the the Gantt chart for example, Project reverses the conversion,
retrieves the minutes and converts that value back into the units you like
to see the duration dispalyed in. If the Hours per Day setting is the
default 8 hours, when I enter Task X and say its duration is 3 days, Project
knows I really mean 3*8 or 24 working hours * 60 minutes per hour and stores
the value 1440.0 as the task duration. When I look at the Gantt chart, I'll
see 3 days. Now here is an interesting observation - if that task starts
Monday and we are using the default Standard calendar, it will start Mon
0800 and finish Wed 1700, 24 working hours later. BUT, if I now change the
hours per day on the calendar options page to 6 such as I bet you've done,
it will now show the duration to be 4 days EVEN THOUGH the task still starts
Mon 0800 and ends Wed 1700, no change in the schedule of the task at all.
Why? Because we've changed the conversion factor. 24 hours is 3 8-hour
workdays but 4 6-hour workdays and all we have actually changed is what we
choose to call a day. The *calendar* hasn't changed and still shows work
hours of 0800-1200 and 1300-1700, meaning each 24 hour time period according
to the clock on the wall now actually contains 1.33 working days, what we're
calling a "day," in it. We work 8 hours on each day of the week but a "day"
is defined as a 6 hour time block, thus each day of the week regular working
shift has more than 1 day's worth of work taking place in it. For Project's
calendars to make sense, the work hours defined for the Project calendar and
the hours in the "Hours per Day" field should normally be equal but changing
one does not automatically change the other.

The Default Start and Default Finish fields on that page are equally not
what they seem. All date fields in Project are actually date/time fields.
When Project calculates a value for one of those it uses the Project
Calendar to determine where on the clock to place the time. Likewise, when
you use a pull down calendar, like when you click on the pull-down button to
pick a constraint or enter the Project Start date, it also uses to Project
Calendar at the moment to determine what the start time on the selected date
will be. But if you *manually* type a date, for instance by typing the date
a task should start, *without* typing a time, Project must supply some
value. It gets the one it uses from the Default Start field on that
calendar options page. Changing that field DOES NOT change the working hour
definitions you see when you're editing the calendar in ChangeWorkingTime.


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

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descriptive network diagram

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 12:53 PM PST

View menu. Select network diagram.

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-Jack ... For project information and macro examples visit
http://masamiki.com/project

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View fields

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 09:36 AM PST

Hi,

Yes, you can put the mouse pointer about 1-2 mm to the right of the column
to the left of the hidden column and try to drag and drop.
I'm personally so clumsy about this that editing the table is way faster
:-))
HTH
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm
32-495-300 620
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Comparison: MS Project vs. eProject

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 08:03 AM PST

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:03:14 -0600, Mervin Williams donned fireproof
underwear and scratched on the wall:
 

Might help if you provided a link to at least eProject's website -
http://www.eproject.com.


 

Maybe you could write one? :)


--
kai
www.perfectreign.com

a palm tree nodded at me last night, he said, you look so pale...

Viewing Project Names in Resource Usage View

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 06:33 AM PST

Hi Ian,

That is absolutely logical.
You simply do not see tasks in Resource Usage but assignments (which have
text1 etc.fields of their own)
You can read all about it in
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
Faq 37: custom fields in tables.

OBTW, it would be advisable you use the true names of the views.
When you mention Resource Usage Graph, do you mean Resource Usage (which I
suspect) or Resource Graph)?

HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm
32-495-300 620
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Assign Resources to Crews and Crews to Tasks ??

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 06:17 AM PST

Hi again,

I read your comment in the other post.
A lot of things can be imagined in VBA (although I never actually programmed
this)
My answer was strictly on out of the box features!

HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm
32-495-300 620
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Row Selection Column

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 05:41 AM PST

Yea! I helped! ;-)

Glad the problem is solved. Feel free to ask questions anytime. It
gives my life meaning to be able to help others! ;-)

Sarah

Multiple Resources add to a task

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 05:41 AM PST

Glad we could help - feel free to ask more

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

"Ignacio" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Downgrade

Posted: 08 Feb 2005 01:38 PM PST

Yes, no problem, except they won't be able to see any of the data in fields
added in more recent releases (the multiple baselines, for instance).
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Karen" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Time reporting...

Posted: 08 Feb 2005 01:17 PM PST

Kevin,
No, you can't, leastwise easily ;-(
This can be done by a VBA procedure, but it's not an easy one.
The Import via a map is able to import data in columns, not timephased data.

Gérard Ducouret

"K Major" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
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there a 
basis 
work 
the 
it 

Percentage Complete field not updating automatically

Posted: 08 Feb 2005 11:25 AM PST

Hello Brinda,
Aren't you looking at the "Physical % Complete" ?
If so, it'll never update by itself ! This field is allways entered by the
operator to alter the calculation of the BCWP.

Gérard Ducouret

"Brinda Bhatt" <Brinda microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
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update 

Trial version of MS Project Server 2003

Posted: 08 Feb 2005 09:21 AM PST

Yes. It is called "Enterprise Project Management Solution Evaluation Kit 2003"

0903 Part No. X10-00604
It is a 120 trial version of Project Professional 2003 and Project Server
2003.


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