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How to mark a task as complete without adjusting the actual work Microsoft Project

How to mark a task as complete without adjusting the actual work Microsoft Project

How to mark a task as complete without adjusting the actual work

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 10:44 PM PDT

I want the task to be checked (Completed!!) and i want to be able to say
that i was able to complete this task in half the time and tell the boss that
i saves this much money on this task.

I use a view that includes a custom task field (number) that is the exact original estimate.
It is a non calculated enduring value. Baseline does the same thing and is nice because of the native
Gantt chart representation but sometimes that is too sophisticated. As Jan said the reporting comes
in; in your case; 
The custom task field has an enduring value of 4 which is the original work estimate, with no need to
understand baselines. I did it most for the convienence of not having to explain baselines to other users.
then just made them nice reports that show "We beat estimate!" on this task or "We went over estimate
on this task" Almost immediately there was a gain in focus on each assignment to beat estimate. PM's tightened
estimates, resources responded, and a balance was struck. "TRUE" estimates became visable, not ones with built in
bloat, trust was built between resource and scheduler. Resource started looking for root causes of why an assignment
would take longer or shorter. Almost always it had to do with someone messing with their flow, That is interruptions OR waiting
on a needed preconditon.



"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in message news:%phx.gbl... 

Milestones linked to summary bar

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 06:35 PM PDT

Hi,

Quote:
"I don't like seeing Milestones with its predessesor the summary bar to
which
it belongs"
Good news, that is impossible to do. When you try it you get the message:
"You cannot link a summary task to one of its subtasks".

HTH

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Customized Who Does What When

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 05:27 PM PDT

Hi John! I think I'm making this harder than it has to be. I went into the
Customize Fields screen and changed the values of the 20 flags to Yes. (Yes,
I have multiple resources on multiple tasks). But then I'm lost.

In the Resource Sheet, it shows all 20 custom fields under each resource
name and then in the Gantt view, no fields show.

If you have time, can you walk me thru this? I'm getting frustrated with my
inability to figure out what is probably an easy puzzle.

Thanks,
Patti

Seemingly simple question about scheduling resources

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 03:30 PM PDT

Yeah, I see what you're saying, but without the program in front of me, I
can't check. I will check first thing in the morning. Thanks for the input,
and I'll keep you posted.

Doug

"Brian K - Project MVP" wrote:
 

Remote Connections from Project Pro

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 03:22 PM PDT

Dave Lugo wrote:
 

well best case the server and the project Pro client are not on the same
box, for performance reasons but I suppose that would work. That box is
going to get a little busy.

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Change windows behaviour

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 11:08 AM PDT

aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAHHH!

:-PP

Cesar



"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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Sorry,
You can't change this behavior.

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Schedule gaps

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 10:45 AM PDT

Hi,

So far so good!

Just a precision: don't be afraid of clear leveling.
Leveling introduces delays ands stores them on assignment level.
Clear leveling just puts them to zero.
That is why clear leveling is so much faster than leveling itself (can take
minutes on pools with many files); it is so much simpler.

Hope this helps.

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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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HELP: Task Calendar won't have any effect!

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 08:26 AM PDT

Dear Julie,

Yes, it's my mistake not having chosen all monday to Friday column! Thanks a
lot advicing my careless mistake!

Best regards,
Teres
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How do I accomplish this kind of budgeting/resource allocation?

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 06:47 AM PDT

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"Patrick Allmond" <com> wrote:
 


Patrick,
Well I'm glad you went back to proofread what you wrote - even if it was
after the fact. Many people just don't care. I even had one guy tell me
it was too much effort to bother with capitalizing. And these people
work in a professional environment? Wow.

Sorry, it's kind of a hot button with me.

When users put together a plan to secure budget there is always a
certain amount of "gaming" going on between the performers and the
providers. Unfortunately it is a no win situation. It might work the
first time but pretty soon management (or a customer) figures out the
the numbers are padded and they set or negotiate a budget accordingly.
So the user pads the next plan a little more and so it goes. In the end,
the plan isn't worth much because it doesn't represent anything and no
matter what the project the budget is never enough anyway.

I'm not sure there is a real answer because you're going against human
nature. The best scenario is to establish a honest working relationship
among the performers, management and the customer. Communication is the
key. My suggestion - put together the most honest plan estimate you can.
Don't shortchange yourself but also don't "pad" the plan. If you
management and customer are worth their salt, they will respect the job
you need to do to make the plan successful, and that is a win-win
situation.

That's my two cents anyway.
John
Project MVP