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resource name won't capitalize Microsoft Project

resource name won't capitalize Microsoft Project

resource name won't capitalize

Posted: 16 Jun 2005 01:00 PM PDT

egs --

By chance, does your spell checker in Microsoft Word automatically correct
"Theo" with "theo"? If so, the spell checker in Project uses the spell
check information specified in Word. Let us know.

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Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
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"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"egs" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Resource Allocation & Resource Sheet...

Posted: 16 Jun 2005 12:40 PM PDT

I believe part of my problem was that I was not realizing that the
total hours for the task are computed when the first resource is
assigned (at least that's what it's looking like to me). Still stumped
on why the time increased... The time / task relationship is what is
giving me the hardest time...

I used a 24hr calendar for a task, and then assigned a resource with a
10hr schedule, no weekends, to it... I was hoping that the task
duration would increase since that resource could not work on the
weekends. Is there a way to accomplish that or do I need to change
each task's calendar to coincide with the allocated resources?




Gérard Ducouret wrote: 

Same Resource in Master Schedule?

Posted: 16 Jun 2005 10:05 AM PDT

Excellent. My problem was that I set up my individual projects before
setting up my master. I think that the best way to go about this is to:
1. Create the master schedule with all resources.
2. Create the sub schedule
3. Assign that the sub schedule use the resources from the master

It's all so simple now. Thanks for your help!

"Gérard Ducouret" <fr> wrote in message
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Can I disable the automatic changing of Duration?

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 10:15 PM PDT

Jumping in, I can 't think of any circumstance at all. There's the joke
that says when you interview a candidate for an accounting job, the one to
hire is the guy that answers "What would you liike it to be?" when you ask
him "What's 2 plus 2?" In the real world I would never, ever, under any
circumstance want a program to tell me 2+2 is 5 or that when working an 8
hour a day, 5 day a week calendar there are 24 hours of duration in a task
that starts July 1st and ends August 1st. Neither is mathematically valid -
they're just plain wrong - and one of the reasons for using a program like
MS Project is to short-circuit the human propensity for self-delusion. A
useful program is one that stubbornly refuses to give me wrong answers no
matter how badly I want them .
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"John" <com> wrote in message
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Print a range of pages of a gantt

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 04:25 PM PDT


Hi refreshe ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Please see FAQ Item: 44. Printing Problems

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
Project MVP



refreshe wrote: 

Linked Information

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 11:47 AM PDT

I know in Project 98 I can double click on the cell and it takes me to the
other "side" of the link.


"Peter" wrote:
 

Analyse Timscale data problem

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 09:15 AM PDT

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

Phil,
Are you saying, you can't export hours? If so, I don't understand. I
thought you were the one running the utility and if so, you should be
able to export hours, days or whatever.

Just for reference a 470 line schedule is not large but 140 resources on
that size schedule is rather unusual. Did I read your post correctly
that the difference between the timescale values shown in Project and
those exported to Excel is a NEGATIVE 700 man-days? What does the
statement, ". . .the error's are within approx 18 of the activities"
mean?

In your "fix" process what view are you cutting/clearing/pasting
resource name data? And what exactly does that do to "fix" what is
exported by the utility?

Your explanation provides more information but I'm afraid it raises more
questions than it answers. I understand that describing a problem that
is very clear to you isn't always easy to relate to someone else.
Sometimes it's a "forest versus trees" kind of thing - you see the trees
but all I see is a forest. Perhaps a more detailed explanation or a
sample of what you are getting would be of more help.

John
Project MVP

Shortest possible duration

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 08:42 AM PDT

As Jan said ... But also an aside the task types such as "fixed work" or
"fixed duration" really only have meaning when you are editing the
assignm,ents of resources already on a task. The magic formula is
Work=Duration * Units. It has a constant term, an independent variable that
you are editing, and a dependent variable that Project is calculating. Task
type simply tells Project which term should be held constant when you edit
one of the other terms, thus indirectly telling it when you edit, say, a
resource's units whether it should recompute the work or the duration for
you.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Barny Blue" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"File Not Found" Error

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 08:02 AM PDT

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


Will,
What article? You lost me.

John

server migration

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 07:26 AM PDT


You're welcome, Cecelia and good luck! :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP





Cecelia wrote: 

Project to Visio

Posted: 15 Jun 2005 02:41 AM PDT

Hi Steve,

thanks for the addition. I'd also like to add, that if you do not
necessarily need Visio, you can create a WBS Chart with WBS Chart Pro:
http://www.criticaltools.com

Regards,
Renke

--
Renke Holert

Allocatus - Linking MS Project with Outlook and Notes
http://www.allocatus.com

Project - Das Profibuch
http://www.holert.com/project/profibuch

"Steve House [Project MVP]" <send.hotmail.com>
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How do I use customized fields in reports?

Posted: 14 Jun 2005 08:18 AM PDT

My mistake, Evie. In the Cash Flow report, you don't get to choose
custom fields. You'd have to figure out how to get what you want in one
of the fields available in the report, like Cost. Or use a different
report which does allow you to select a table.

Evie wrote: 

hourly activities

Posted: 14 Jun 2005 06:48 AM PDT

thank you, it worked
Maurizio

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

How to see details of link to Excel spreadsheet cell?

Posted: 13 Jun 2005 06:30 PM PDT

In article <phx.gbl>,
"G Lykos" <com> wrote:
 


George,
You're welcome.

John

Setting tasks to fix duration moves the start & finish dates

Posted: 13 Jun 2005 02:57 PM PDT

The only controls you have on the critical path are indirect controls where
the path is affected by the decisions you have made regarding task
sequencing and their durations if, and that's a very big "if," you can
actually control the duration. IF a painter can apply paint at a maximum
rate of 10 square feet of wall per hour, you have 250 square feet of wall to
paint, and only one painter to do it with, that pretty well puts that task
duration out of your control - it's going to be mighty close to 25 man-hours
of effort required and the duration will be 25 working hours if the painter
is fully committed and more than that if he only can devote part of his
energy to that specific task.

As Mike said, there is no difference in deleting a task on the critical path
from deleting one that's not on the critical path - you simply delete it.
Adding a task is equally simple but it may or may not end up a critical task
or on the critical path. IMHO, task linkages are dictated by the nature of
the physical processes involved in creating the task deliverables. Erecting
walls is a predecessor to installing rafters not because we want to
structure the work that way but rather because the law of gravity doesn't
give us the option of setting the rafters in midair and then stuffing the
walls in under them later. Another rule is that all tasks in the project
will have at least one predecessor and one successor, except for the start
and the end milestones. If a task has no other direct successor, it will
still have the finish milestone linked to it. When your project is
structured like that you will find there are usually multiple paths leading
from the start to the end - one of them will be the longest of the
alternatives and that is the critical path by definition. If the task
you're adding belongs in that sequence due to the nature of the deliverable
inputs it requires and the outputs it produces, it will add to the critical
path. If it doesn't fit into that sequence of operations according to the
nature of the physical process itself, then it doesn't add to the critical
path. That's why I say you don't choose it - the structure of the project
is pretty well something that is dictated by the nature of the work
processes and as a PM part of our job is to discover the most efficient way
of getting it done. Notice the operative word is "discover." It is a
process of discovery, not an imposition of our will. Our will comes into
play when we're defining the goals but once we decide what we want to
achieve, we then discover the best way of achieving them.

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


"peterdelorme" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Using MS Proejct 2003 with Server

Posted: 13 Jun 2005 12:12 PM PDT


You're welcome, Ralph, and good luck! :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP





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