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Posted: 31 Jan 2005 12:21 AM PST

Hi Fei,

Your resource grapg probably sjhows Peak Units.
Right-Click in the graphical part and show either work or %allocation, that
will clarify.
HTH

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"Fei" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I set up an annual GANT chart?

Posted: 30 Jan 2005 06:43 PM PST

Hi Liz

did you post it to a general group - did you have any success with an
answer. Personally, i would use Excel for this type of thing - but you are
limited to 256 columns ... which means you can't quite do the whole year
:( - 2 sheets each with 6 months?

Cheers
JulieD

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outline tasks in Project

Posted: 30 Jan 2005 02:51 PM PST

Hi

if calculation is set to automatic (Tools/Options/Calculation) - could you
give us an example of one summary and two tasks - and explain what you are
seeing and what you expected to see.

Cheers
JulieD

"ToArant" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Report export to Excel?

Posted: 30 Jan 2005 09:51 AM PST

In article <com>,
Kamil Dursun <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Kamil,
Cut and paste is the brute force approach but it will certainly work in
a pinch. I wouldn't want to use it though on a regular basis - too error
prone and very inefficient.

John

Resetting the defaults?

Posted: 30 Jan 2005 06:28 AM PST

I'm not keen on fooling around with the unknowns, so I went into Tools -
Options and adjusted as I needed, as it happens there was only a couple of
changes I needed to make.
Thx again Guys, Colin D.

"John" <com> wrote in message
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: In article <phx.gbl>,
: "Dale Howard [MVP]" <dale(dot)howard(at)msprojectexperts(dot)com>
: wrote:
:
: > Colin D --
: >
: > I am not aware of any automatic way to restore the defaults to their
: > original conditition. Therefore, I would suggest you click Tools -
Options,
: > select the page you wish to reset and then click the Help button in the
: > dialog. The Help for each page of the Options dialog tells you the
default
: > settings. Hope this helps.
:
: Dale/Colin,
: One way to reset all defaults is to replace your existing Global file
: with a backup Global. When older versions of Project were installed, a
: backup Global was installed in the same folder as the active Global,
: however I did a quick check and didn't find that to be the case with
: current versions (maybe I just didn't dig deep enough). Nonetheless,
: search for the location of you existing Global, change its name (e.g.
: GlobalBU.mpp or similar) and then open Project. If I remember correctly,
: Project will not find the Global and will therefore generate a new
: default one.
:
: If you want to keep some of the custom settings, first use the Organizer
: to transfer them from you existing Global to a dummy Project file. Then
: use the Organizer to put them in your new default Global.
:
: Hope this helps.
: John
: Project MVP

set up a project management task, that automatically extends

Posted: 29 Jan 2005 06:17 AM PST

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback

"HarryPMP" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there a good elearning/online learning provider tool for MS Pr.

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 02:29 PM PST

I've heard good things regarding the courses from International Institute of
Learning, www.iil.com. Several people that frequent this forum have been
associated with them and might provide more feedback.
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Earned Value re BCWP at Task and Resource Level

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 11:23 AM PST

In the tools, Options menu, Calculation tab, make sure the first item
"Updating task status updates resource status" is turned on. That option
sets or severs the link between % Complete and % Work Complete. It's
slightly misleading in its wording because it seems to imply it's a one-way
connection when in fact it's two-way. With it turned on, entering %
Complete also updates Actual Work and entering Actual Work updates %
Complete.

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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"tdbcalif" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Resource vs. Task Dependency

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 10:49 AM PST

You can get much the same effect with resource calendars and the leveling
engine although it doesn't give you any graphical indication of a "link."
Task dependencies sequence tasks based on their logical relationships in the
project's physical processes. Resource dependencies sequence tasks based on
the availability of the resources required to do the work. How does that
differ from Project's present method of leveling to sequence tasks to
resolve overallocations, coupled with using task priorities to establish a
preferred after-leveling order and the behavior of the resource calendar
governing what time periods in which it is possible for the task to occur?
As far as I know, "resource dependencies" allow the PM to say "I want Joe to
do tasks A and B and since I already know he's not going to be able to do
both of them at the same time, I sequence them with a link." But that's
just doing manually what leveling does for you.
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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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Using Project for a Time & Materials contract

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 08:34 AM PST

Steve,
Thanks for the info. Now to play with it some and see if I can molify my
boss.

Brown

"Steve House [MVP]" <send.hotmail.com> wrote in
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Traffic light graphic indicators

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 08:27 AM PST

Hi Anton,

I was hoping you'd try a formula of your own! In the Graphical Indicators
dialog, for the first Test select "is less than or equal to" and in Value
type in 25% and select the Red disk. Follow that pattern for the other
tests.


Mike Glen
Project MVP




Anton wrote: 

Resources as Crews

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 08:21 AM PST

Hi Glenn,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

I don't know if I read you correctly, but provided you don't want to assign
them by name, you could call them, say, workers. Then in the Resource Sheet
view, double-click workers to bring up the Resource Information dialog. In
the General tab, you can create a profile of how many resources there are in
this group by changing the Units % and the date when the change takes place.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



Glenn wrote: 

Project Problems - BUGS!

Posted: 28 Jan 2005 08:05 AM PST

Hi Steve

i can't replicate it either in a new file - but the problem was on a big
project file that was heading towards total corruption .... and it had heaps
of sub-tasks that were successors to their summary tasks - i looked at the
printout prior to these problems occuring and these tasks where not
sub-tasks of the summary tasks at that stage .. they then got moved around
..... and this was the start of the problems with the file ... another
problem with this file was the summary task's durations were not calculating
correctly and every time you did anything in the file you got a circular
error message which the users had been ignoring for about 2 weeks!!!!
(luckily we resuced the file and all is well now)

Cheers
JulieD



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Running multiple projects with MS Project

Posted: 27 Jan 2005 06:49 PM PST

Hi Skip,

Thanks for the feedback. Let us know if you have any other questions.

Julie

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