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Error in computed schedule Microsoft Project

Error in computed schedule

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 08:04 AM PDT

Mike,

Yes, I levelled the project. There's no resource overallocation. The
result is a schedule that has a gap of about 3 weeks between a task and it's
successor and the only resource assigned is unused for the same period.

The place where I recall seeing this problem the most is where I have a
predecessor/successor relationship between a task and a summary task. This
is allowed isn't it? When I remove the link to the summary task and enter it
as a link between non-summary tasks, I have been able to get rid of the gaps.

JMJMJM

"Mike Glen" wrote:
 

Help With Non Working Time

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 07:46 AM PDT

Thank U Guys!!!



"El Barto Dude" wrote:
 

URGENT: How can I get the "summary progress" field value

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 07:38 AM PDT

It is not clear how you expect this to work.
Summary tasks are probably less linear than individual tasks so the result
of this sort of calculation is likely to be inaccurate.
Why not just keep the tasks up to date and monitor the variation in the
finish date of the summary task.

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Newbie "sub" project question

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 05:09 AM PDT


Hi hberkis ,

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://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


hberkis wrote: 

Recalculate Baseline, Earned value fields after resource cost chan

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 03:53 PM PDT


Hi Raj,

As a follow on to John's ideas, if you don't have an original copy, I think
I would copy the project, work on that by selecting all tasks and making
them all 0% complete. Apply the new cost data, then baseline - you can then
copy this Baseline cost directly into your live project as John suggested.

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

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

John wrote: 

Moving entire schedule all at once

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 12:01 PM PDT

Thank you.



"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Resources Will Not Level

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 11:57 AM PDT

Hi Catfish,

I can't promise anything, I have seen leveling gone berzerk sometimes
(especially on files that have been published to Server) but as a great fan
of Leveling in Project, I would like to have a ccrack at this.
Can you send me the file (if necessary for confidentiality reasons change
all the task names to Task f.i.), I shall have a look at it.

Greetings,

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Baseline work for assignment is not saved properly

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 10:40 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Raj Limaye" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Raj,
I repeat the statement that baseline fields are static - a snapshot in
time. If resources were added or deleted in a subtask and that subtask
was re-baselined to reflect the change, the change would NOT be captured
in the Summary Line baseline unless it to was re-baselined. Remember,
baseline values are not rolled up - sometimes users forget.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Where can I buy software JUST ONLY for Word for Windows ?

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 09:46 AM PDT

> The emachines (brand new!) I bought has a word program from Hades. I need 

If the $400 price tag for office seems too high I might suggest that you try
Open Office instead. The current version handles Word files pretty well, the
testing/beta version handles them very well indeed. It has a built in export
to PDF anyway which is a considerably better format to distribute files in
than .doc as, I am sure you have noticed this, not everyone has MS Word ;)

The URL is www.openoffice.org and it's free so you lose nothing by giving it
a go.

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(This free advice is worth what you paid for it and may or may not represent
the views of my employer.)

connecting to server when offline

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 09:20 AM PDT

Hello DS,
While you are offline, close Project pro.
Than open Project Pro and connect to Project Server as usual.
If you saved any projects offline, you can see them by File / Open : they
are marked with a label like Offline.
File / Save Online

Gérard Ducouret

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Proj 2003 Import tool does'nt bring all data-rounds my duration/da

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 07:59 AM PDT

"When you reimport are you importing to a new project or merging with the
previous file? try merging and see what that does." WHEN WE REIMPORT, WE
HAVE TRIED USING AS A NEW PROJECT AND AS A MERGE, THE DATES ARE STILL IGNORED
AND ARE RESET TO TODAYS DATE, IF WE IMPORTED A DATE AS 09.20.05 PROJECT SET
THE DATE TO 09.13.05

"To do this you may need to export the task ID and reimport with that and
use this ID as the merge key." WE EXPORT THE UNIQUE ID AND TASK ID BOTH.

WE HAVE ALSO TRIED EXPORTING ONLY THE WORK FIELD/COLUMN NOW AND NO CHANGES
EITHER.

ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?
 

Is there any free way to view MS Project files w/out MS Project?

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 05:22 AM PDT


Hi Lew,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Please see FAQ Item: 16. Project Viewer.

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

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

Mike Glen
Project MVP

Lew wrote: 

Fixed Duration tasks being changed by Project

Posted: 11 Sep 2005 11:14 PM PDT

Hi Rod

I tried saving immediately on open and also saving as a mpd and reopening
and saving back to a new name.
Didn't make any difference.
I then copied/pasted to a blank schedule.
This appeared to work inirtially.
But no.
The unexpected result is, example: seeing work of 0.5days with the resource
listed as 100% allocated for a 1 day duration task.!!
The strange thing is thet the error messsage states that "the resource is
assigned outside the original dates for task #/name..... The duration of the
fixed-duration task will change to accomodate the resource requirement."
The schedule has been baselined, but why should it worry about resource
allocations? Why doesn't it observe that I want to control the duration, and
alter work or units as you would normally expect.
I fully understand W= D*U
There are no constraints on tasks, all are asap.
I have tried saving immediately on open and also saving as a mpd and
reopening and saving back to a new name.I have also copied/pasted to a blank
schedule.

Still have this problem.
Appreciate your interest.

Regards..........Geoff





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Pratta
Melbourne.


"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

Subverting scheduling detail - plan & track by quarter

Posted: 10 Sep 2005 12:01 PM PDT


Hi Dan,

Glad you've found what you want. You could also level with a month-by-month
granularity which could go part way to what you want.

Thanks for your kind words on my series in TechTrax :) I hope you have
rated them for me!


Mike Glen
Project MVP



Dan_W wrote: 

Assigned/required resources at a given period

Posted: 10 Sep 2005 08:52 AM PDT


Hi Lars,

You might get what you want via FAQ Item: 38. Combined Resource Graph

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

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

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Lars Hallin wrote: 

Resources across projects

Posted: 10 Sep 2005 08:15 AM PDT

Hi Katherine,

You are correct, when using a resource pool file, the maximum units are
defined in the pool, not per project. You can take the suggestion I made
earlier, with filters and manually input the new rate per project as you
replace the resource. Unfortunately, it will need to be repeated for each
project with the new allocation.

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

Julie
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Default Date for Microsoft Project

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 11:35 AM PDT

Hi DonL. So sorry. I am referring to the Task usage view. I would like to
open the project file and point to the current date in this view. Currently,
it defaults to August 8th and I have to either scroll or use the Go To. Thank
you.

"DonL" wrote:
 

Format-Bar Styles

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 10:49 AM PDT


Hi DSM,

As I said in my email: please use the newsgroups - there are others more
expert than I out there and you could well get better or different advice.
Also, responses may help others. :)

Mike Glen
Project MVP
dsm wrote: 

Trying to create variation column...

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 10:10 AM PDT

Show, yes, but when it multiplies it by itself, that is internal.

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Setting Fonts when Printing Gantt Charts in MS Project 2003

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 09:49 AM PDT

You are most welcome psappie. Thanks for the feedback.

Julie

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How to set days in a month to equal a real calendar month

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 09:48 AM PDT

Duration always refer to working time only. IF you want something to go by
the regular wall calendar, used elapsed time. So enter a 1 month lag time
as "30 eday".

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Project 2003 - Saving as different format

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 09:44 AM PDT

:) Thanks JulieS...Posted for a co-worker. I'll let you know how she makes
out. Thanks for response.....Enjoy the sunny Maine weather can't imagine
that it lasts very long (at least the warm part) :) Being from MN I know how
that goes. Thanks again, have a great w/e.


"JulieS" wrote:
 

Work hours and Duration don't add up correctly

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 08:58 AM PDT

Duration is not the sum of work hours.
The summary task should show the total of the sub task WORK as long as the
summary task does not have any resources assigned to it. If it does then it
will be higher.
Duration of the summary task is calculated as the difference between the
start of the earliest sub task and the finish of the latest sub task. If the
two sub tasks are parallel and are one day each then the summary task will
have a duration of a day. If they are sequential then the summary task will
have a duration of two days. If there is a gap between them then the summary
task will be even longer than the sum of the two sub task durations.

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Remaining Work Being Added Back

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 08:51 AM PDT

I agree with your comment about who should be reducing the Remaining Work. I
used the role admin too loosely in this case. I am also the project manager
(and the admin and the resource manager and the......).

I suspect I am causing the problem based on your explanation. Most of my
activities have multiple resources on them. For a variety of reasons, I
sometimes increase the duration of activities (in Project Pro) by simply
adding days to the duration of the activity (as opposed to having resources
increase remaining work to allow Project to calculate automatically). Its
just a convenience issue to have the file statused correctly. Do you suspect
this is the problem too.

Appreciate your assistance.

"Sara - EPM" wrote:
 

Need to select any Project task and compute critical path to that.

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 08:32 AM PDT

In article <com>,
Gitpicker <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Gitpicker,
How is the suggested plug-in any more "real" than the method I
suggested? Either way provides a "temporary" end point. Granted the
process I suggested could be automated but the result will still be the
same - that is, a temporary scenario because the real critical path is
the whole critical path for the whole plan.

John
Project MVP