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How do i get a total of the duration for all Tasks? Microsoft Project

How do i get a total of the duration for all Tasks? Microsoft Project

How do i get a total of the duration for all Tasks?

Posted: 19 May 2005 06:35 PM PDT

Mr Moore wrote:
 

I wish I had a dime for every person that ever got Duration and Work
mixed up! :-)

No problem! have a good evening\day\night.

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Show Lag in Gantt view

Posted: 19 May 2005 05:23 PM PDT

Tom wrote:
 

When you say "Lag" what do you mean?

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gantt chart actual duration

Posted: 19 May 2005 04:22 PM PDT

Worked like a champ. Thanks a bunch, Julie!

Error in TimeScaleData Calculations

Posted: 19 May 2005 08:49 AM PDT

I'm actually trying to get the data out of project into an xml file for
further processing.

On each of those lines, I'm writing the value out to an xml node.

I'm doing this inside a VB.Net project and getting the application from
GetObject(,"MSProject.Application") while I have Project Pro 2003
running. After I get the first error, then the data inside the open
project file starts changing.

Again, any help is appreciated,

Michael Schnell

Resource Graph view

Posted: 19 May 2005 07:35 AM PDT

Muks,

You can email the project file to my address : ducouret dot gerard at free
dot fr

Gérard Ducouret

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Posted: 19 May 2005 04:04 AM PDT

Cunning, thanks.

Henry

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Deadline works opposite to how it should

Posted: 19 May 2005 03:29 AM PDT

Greetings.

On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:32:02 -0700, JulieS
<microsoft.com> wrote: 
I appreciate all help I can get. :-]
 
I tested this and it is true. When you set a deadline, Project uses
that as the Late Finish date.

[snip] 
The problem is that it doesn't happen like that. Several tests I did,
Project always delays the task with the deadline, regardless the
dealine/Late Finish dates are sooner that the Late Finish of the other
tasks.
In other words, if, in a group of simmilar tasks that require the same
resource, you don't set any deadline, Project delays the task with
the higher ID. If you set a deadline to one of the tasks, that is the
one delayed, regardless if it misses the dealine.

Project always chooses the worst possible solution, considering the
deadlines.
 
It didn't solve my problem but I learned one more detail of Project.
Thanks. :-]

Take care,
Joaquim Amado Lopes

Propagation from sub-projects to Master Project

Posted: 19 May 2005 02:52 AM PDT


Merci bien Jan et bon weekend
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Luc

Changing Resource % mid project.

Posted: 18 May 2005 11:59 AM PDT

Hi Steve,

Funny tasks you have!
They can only be worked on 50% but that only from a certain date; the same
date that by chance or bad luck another task starts.
I know I'm up against most of the PM community, but I don't like people
being cut into halves.
That's why I dare insist. Why exactly does it have to be 50%.
If your latest statement is the reason, then the assignment unit MUST be 50%
from the beginning of the task, because people have to wait for things all
of the time.
But if that isn't the reason, if the reason is risk of overloading, the
assignment units should be 100% and the tasks done in sequence.

Not that Project can't handle it, go to Task usage and contour your
asignment the way you want it... but don't feel frustrated for calculating
manually what Project's leveling could do for you, that is provide a
solution for overallocations.

My experience is that (far too) many customers use % allocation just for
that reason... they WANT to calculate everything manually...

Hope this helps,


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Material driven duration help

Posted: 18 May 2005 05:40 AM PDT

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your explanation, I was confused. The reason I wanted to
use project is there are a number of dependencies on the progress and I
wanted to see where they all fell out and I was told project could do
what I wanted.
Ah well back to good old fashiond pen & paper.
again thanks for the help.

TonyN

How to create an icon on the toolbar to filter % complete

Posted: 18 May 2005 04:50 AM PDT

Hi Majid,

You will need to create a filter (not use AutoFilter) to do this.

Choose Project > Filtered For > More Filters....
Click the New... button.
Name the filter and click Show in Menu.
Set the first row of the filter to:
Field Name: % Complete
Test: equals
Value: 100%

Set the second row of the filter to:
OR
Field Name: % Complete
Test: Equals
Value: 0%

If you want to see summary rows, click Show related summary rows.
Click OK.

To run the filter, click the filter drop-down list in the Formatting Toolbar
and select the filter. This will allow you to run the filter from any
*Task* view
and show only those tasks which are 100% complete or 0% complete.

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

Julie

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Microsoft Works Suites - unable to load Word

Posted: 17 May 2005 08:41 PM PDT

Generally installation from the distribution disks is a one-shot deal. Once
it's installed you put the disks away in a safe place in case you need to
re-install but you run the programs from the Start menu found on the button
in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Did you look in "All Programs"
and see if Works or Work is listed there?

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One worker, two groups with two pay rates

Posted: 17 May 2005 05:46 PM PDT

That's a classic example of the use of the Rate Tables feature - in fact, I
use almost exactly that example - Mary Ann who can serve as either an AD or
a Camera Assistant on a film shoot - in my classes. Go to the Resource
Sheet. Joe Smith should have only ONE entry, not two, in the resource sheet
otherwise Project won't be able to tell if you've double booked him on
different tasks occuring at the same time. Doing it the way you have really
fouls up the whole resource allocation functions. Double click on his ID
number on the left to display the Resource Information Form. You'll see
there are 5 rate tables there - the entrys from the regular resource sheet
populate Rate Table A with his standard rate, OT rate, and cost per use.
For simplicity use this table for the rates for his primary function,
perhaps Camera. Select the tab for Rate Table B and on it enter the std,
ot, and cost per use rates for his secondary function, pehaps that's Tape.
When you assign him to tasks Project will use the rates from Table A by
default to determine the costs. But you can then display your choice of
either the Task Usage or Resource Usage view, double click the ID number for
the assignment to display the Assignment Information form, and select the
rate table to be used for that specific task.

Be careful you understand how Cost per Use tallys into the cost of a task.
If you have Joe working as a Camera Operator at $250 per use, the budget is
assesed $250 for each time he is assigned to a task regardless of how long
that task takes - $250 per setup or per shot depending on how well you break
down the shot plan. If he is assigned to 5 days of filming entered as 1
task running for 5 days duration, the total cost will be $250. But if that
same shoot is carried in the plan as 5 individual 1-day setups, the cost is
5*$250 or $1250 even though the total duration of the work is exactly the
same. Make sure that accurately describes your actual situation. If those
rates represent day rates for a crew member, I'd recommend you consider
entering those as his Standard Rate so the estimated cost is calculated
based on the time spent working rather than the number of different tasks
he's assigned to. Otherwise you could easily have someone who actually gets
paid $250 a day hitting your budget at $500 because he's done one setup in
the morning and another the afternoon of the same day.

Hope this helps


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