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Cost Roll Up in Project 2003 Microsoft Project

Cost Roll Up in Project 2003

Posted: 28 Sep 2005 12:11 PM PDT

GREAT Response. Very clear & easy.
THANKS

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Baseline data not saved

Posted: 28 Sep 2005 09:01 AM PDT

Hi Dan,

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback. Sorry the fix didn't work :-(
I'm afraid I don't have any other suggestions for you but perhaps some other
reader has a trick or two up his or her sleeve.

Julie
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Disadvantages of assigning multiple resources to tasks in MSP?

Posted: 28 Sep 2005 06:31 AM PDT

Hi Emma,

There is no (major) problem with aving multiple resopurces on a task as long
as all users remember that Project nearly always handles those multiple
assignments (a resource on a task = an assignment) as if they were
independent tasks: for instance, one resouce has a day off, the other one
happily continues to work; Change the work of one assignment it will not
affect the other opne (and then indeed both assignments will have different
durations...

Everything quite logical, but sometimes so surprising that I keep on
recommending to use one assignment per task as long as utterly possible.

Hope this helps,

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MS Project: Buffer time... How to?

Posted: 28 Sep 2005 03:43 AM PDT

Hi Woman in white,

Well, the only way to add buffer time (in the TOC sense of the word) is to
CHANGE THE END DATE of the project (f.i. by adding a Must Finish on
Milestone)
You can then see the buffer by task by inserting the Total Slack column.

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Identifying linked-to Ghost tasks

Posted: 28 Sep 2005 02:33 AM PDT

Hi DonL,

Yes, I thought of that. However, I assumed Martin was looking for a method
of identifying tasks in the current project with external predecessors
and/or external successors, from his comment "linked-to"ghost" tasks". The
[External] field will show "yes" if a specific task is external but will not
flag if the predecessor or successor is external. Of course, it is possible
that my mind is just on a holiday :-)

Julie

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team messaging in MS Project 2003

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 09:48 PM PDT

Hi T Sharrock,

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818337

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

Julie
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How to I customise the legend (for the Gantt Chart) in Project 200

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 04:31 PM PDT

I don't think you can include those in the legend, but I've never tried
either.

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MS Project COM Interop - Project is not an Object - C#

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 02:56 PM PDT

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 05:09:13 -0400, "Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]" <gary AT
chefetz DOT org> wrote:
 

Thank you. I will do that. I will have to use Google as my ISP
doesn't carry that newsgroup.

Ken Wilson
Seeking viable employment in Victoria, BC

Modeling task-based revenue instead of resource-based cost

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 12:39 PM PDT

Hello

I should have prefaced this with more about our business, but in a service
business revenue is definitely based on completing tasks. When we sign a new
client, we craft a project plan to match the scope and estimate the hours
necessary to achieve that scope. We can then bill and/or recognize revenue
based on hours completed and/or percent complete on a monthly basis. So our
revenue is directly and solely connected to a task's hours. Each client
could have a different rate, depending on the value of their contract and the
hours in the plan, so I can't say that Sally's rate is a flate $150 (like in
a lawyer example) because in one project it may be $150 but in another it
could be $300. And that rate is based on the project, regardless of who
completes an hour of work.

No worries on the overlay of cost info - we're not calculating cost in any
other manner or use, so it's fine. I realize it's a bit heretical but it
works!

Thanks for the help and insight.

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Replacement for MS Project: Projity is in beta testing

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 12:14 PM PDT

Hi,

I think this sucks, yes.
I wouldn't use the space paid for by Microsoft to attack their products and
make publicity for mine.
In my feeling, this is theft and it should be considered a criminal act.
Have the honesty to pay for your own publicity, please.

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how to change the font of all Task Notes in MS Project

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 03:31 AM PDT

Hi Ian,

So sorry. In further testing (with some much more obvious changes to font
formatting) you are correct. The only way I seem to be able to carry the
formatting to the printed notes page seems by changing the font in the Task
Information dialog box.

I am sorry to lead you on a wild chase :-(

Julie

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Automatic split of a task

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 02:53 AM PDT

THX Jan, but... it's not working as I want to (I tried it before my first
post).

What I want to do in fact is the following, eg.:
- you have 1 task - T1 - for the entire day (meaning 8 hrs);
- another task - T2 (2hrs) - shows up as very urgent and now I have to add
this task in my .mpp;
- first I had my task for 8hrs during the day and now I have T1 for 4hrs,
then T2 for 2hrs, again T1 for 4hrs.

What I want to be shown automatically when I enter T2 in my plan is
something like that (sorry for my pathetic try of replacing graphics with
letters :) ):

T1 xxxx...xxxx
T2 xx

It's easy for me as a guy that plays a lot with project plans to do it, but
I don't want to put another task on my programmers to learn to work with MPP.

THX a lot

How to convert a Project 2003 task into an Outlook task

Posted: 27 Sep 2005 12:53 AM PDT

Project 2000 used to have a workgroup feature which allowed you to do exactly
what you are looking for. Unfortunately MS has decided to discontinue to
support for that feature so you go out and buy Project Server. You can still
download and install the Workgroup feature here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6382c615-1090-452c-8eba-4025b8976c18&displaylang=en

"Penelope" wrote:
 

calculation

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 09:59 PM PDT



"karthick" wrote:
 

Earned Value (EV) or the Budgeted Costs of Work Performed (BCWP): The
physical work accomplished to the As-of Date or the Status Date.

Planned Value (PV) or the Budgeted Costs of Work Schedule (BCWS): The
baseline, or the physical work scheduled (planned) to the As-of Date or the
Status Date.

Actual Cost (AC) or the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP): Total costs
incurred as a result of accomplishing the work to the Status Date.

Actual Work mismatch

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 12:31 PM PDT

Where exactly do you see a big total (meaning for the whole project?) in the
resource usage view?

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Auto WBS numbering "skips" linked-to tasks

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 09:04 AM PDT

That seems to work. As you say, bit of a pain to do, as I have quite a few
links in my schedule.

I guess it's something I'm going to have to live with, but at least I have
your suggestion as a fallback position!

Cheers
Martin

"DonL" wrote:
 

task and subtask finish dates

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 08:59 AM PDT

Thanks so much - that was it! Don't know how that option got miss-set...

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

how do i filter to view only linked tasks?

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 08:25 AM PDT

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

Ron,
The method I used (several years ago) was the following:
Predecessors is greater than 0
Or Successors is greater than 0

You probably want to turn off the option for Summary Lines.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Creating Custom Fields

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 07:27 AM PDT

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

Menji,
Perhaps Gerard's response is the answer you were seeking but on the off
chance that you did NOT want to simply change the format of the existing
Start and Finish fields, two custom fields could be set up to show only
the Start and Finish times even though the standard Start and Finish
fields still show just the date.

In two custom text fields, use the following formulas:
Text1 = cstr(timevalue([start]))
and
Text2 = cstr(timevalue([finish])

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

MS Project 2000 Calendars

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 07:27 AM PDT

Hi Marcos Mello,

Glad to have helped and thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear that you had
already applied my suggestion and that didn't work.
I came across the following Knowledge Base article. I don't know if it
applies to your situation, but I thought I'd post it just in case it does
apply:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258273

Julie
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Coloring Task

Posted: 26 Sep 2005 06:56 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Scotty g" <Scotty microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Scotty,
Unfortunately, no. In Project the font characteristics can be customized
(e.g. font color, bold, italic, etc.) but the background color cannot be
changed.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Columns common to Gantt & resource usage view

Posted: 25 Sep 2005 10:28 PM PDT

You should also try the task usage view. It displays tasks with resources
and the priority field is available in the view.

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Is Project the App for my needs / template for my need

Posted: 24 Sep 2005 03:05 AM PDT


Hi Lars,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

I don't think Project is for you. It is a project management scheduling
package. By definition, a project has a clearly defined start and finish,
and you have to enter tasks and assign resources before yu can see a resouce
schedule. I don't know of any other project management packa ge that will
do what you're afer. Maybe someone else knows.

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

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