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| How to keep resources from deleting their tasks in Outlook Posted: 31 Aug 2004 03:06 PM PDT Smitty -- If it was up to me, I would simply handle it on a case by case basis. I think we all know how dangerous it is to tell someone that they can't do something, because in the act of forbidding them to do it, it makes them WANT to do it all the more! HA! :) -- Dale A. Howard [MVP] Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant http://www.msprojectexperts.com "We wrote the book on Project Server" "pajamasam" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| How do I get calendar to open to the current week? Posted: 31 Aug 2004 07:35 AM PDT Yes it is! This is the microsoft.public.project newsgroup :) Mike Glen Project MVP Mike wrote: |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2004 06:56 AM PDT That is very confusing. A material resource is the consumable materials that are incorporated into the project deliverables. If you have to pave a walkway of, say 100 metres in length and it's going to require 5000 bricks to do it, the bricks are one of the material resources. Now in your question your mention of "(material) resource units required based on early start and late start" implies that somehow if you pave that 100 metre walkway THIS week it will require 5000 bricks but if you pave the same walkway NEXT week it might require some different number of bricks to complete the same 100 metres. No offense intended but that just doesn't make any sense at all... -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Naval" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:381201c48f6d$66541450$gbl... |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2004 05:11 AM PDT Yes "Mark Durrenberger" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2004 02:07 PM PDT Hi, This happens to me frequently because I used to delete a task by hitting the delete key, and in the most recent versions that only deletes the cell content HTH -- Jan De Messemaeker Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm 32-495-300 620 "Steve House" <send.hotmail.com> schreef in bericht news:#phx.gbl... selected environment |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2004 01:16 PM PDT You're welcome, Fuad :-) Mike Glen MS Project MVP Fuad wrote: problems. Is that true? |
| Custom Duration and Date Fields Posted: 30 Aug 2004 11:45 AM PDT Thanks for the help, Jack. For some reason (365*480) as the divisor did not come up with the right numbers. I had to use 115200. Where Project was coming up with that number, I do not know, but evidently, there are 115200 duration units in each year. Ryan "JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... |
| "Finish" field is updated automatically when I enter an "Actual Fi Posted: 30 Aug 2004 10:52 AM PDT Adding my .02. You ask, "Why "plan" has to equal "actual?"" Think of the "plan" as reading "the current plan." What your current plan always shows is a: what actually happened in history up until today's date; and b: a prediction of what can happen in the future as a consequence of that history that came before. Everything in the plan before we begin work is an estimate, a guess. It may be a very rough guess or it may be a very precise guess but even at best it is *always* a guess. (We may tell Fred he HAS to be here doing X next Tuesday, but until it happens we can't ever really be positive that that's the way it will go.) The saved baseline preserves our original guesses for comparison purposes so we can look back and see how good were our estimates. When we post in our actuals, we are updating our guesses with more precise information - the history is no longer a guess but a known quantity. That has implications for the future performance of the project: Are we working faster or slower than we thought we could? Are we spending more money or less money by this point than we thought we would? "Managing" means making proactive decisions affecting outcomes, it's not just passively sitting back watching things unfold and recording results. So we need to see how we are doing with the plan, is it meeting our business objectives or falling short? Were we on the money with our original estimates or did we blow it? If we blew it, what can we do about it now to bring it into line? That's why the "planned" dates of the tasks we've completed MUST adjust to conform to what actually happened - the project plan is a dynamic thing and the accuracy of its prediction of future events depends on the accuracy of the information about what came before. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Dave" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... reasons save a Finish." Finish to |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2004 07:07 AM PDT Hi AK, Project Summary task is always there, to make it visible or not: Tools, Options, View. There is a checkbox "Show Project Summary task". Changing start, durantion etc. on summary tasks: never seen that. Does not depend on teh project summary task visible or not, it is simply not possible. HTH -- Jan De Messemaeker Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm 32-495-300 620 "ak" <microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:com... happened (start, |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2004 01:16 AM PDT Hi Jan, Thanks for another great hint. I solved the problem of self adjusting task durations by setting all tasks to "Fixed Duration" using your method! Changing calendars only introduced new problems ... Cheers, Ralf. On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:07:30 +0200, Jan De Messemaeker <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote: -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2004 12:14 AM PDT Let us know how you go. Cheers JulieD "Dorian" <htnet.hr> wrote in message news:cguuhr$is$htnet.hr... |
| Is there an Active X component for MS Project? Posted: 29 Aug 2004 08:19 PM PDT I installed MS Project 2003 but I couldn't find the MS Project Object Library file when I tried to add a reference. If possible, could you let me know the name of the file? will provide the need Could |
| How do I automate assigning multiple resources to multiple tasks.. Posted: 29 Aug 2004 02:17 PM PDT To automatically assign resources ??? How can Project know who is competent to do what tasks? I think what you mean is you have a task that should happen Monday from 7 am to 10 am and if resource Fred is available to work at that time, assign him to it. You've got several problems with that approach ... the biggest is, suppose that none of your three resources are available to work Monday morning. What happens to that task then? Do we just not do it? But that means that work required to produce a deliverable in the project won't be done so that can't be right. Or do we do it at a different time? It turns out your resources are available Monday afternoon. When we assign the task to them, it moves in the schedule, no longer running from 7 am to 10 am but instead running, say, 1 pm to 4 pm, so it takes place when the resources are there and able to do it. This is Project's default behaviour. This applies whether its just one resource like Fred or all three - Project handles each resource's required work separately. If the task takes 3 hours and you need to assign 3 resources to it, that means it requires 9 hours of work, split between the three resources. Whether they work together or separately, each person must put in 3 hours of work on the task. If Lucy and Ricky are available Monday morning and Fred Monday afternoon, the task will split up With L & R working on it 7 am to 10 am, while F works 1pm to 4pm, the duration changing from 3 hours to 6 hours in the process. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Philip" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... calendar the monday, thursday tasks want |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2004 08:51 AM PDT You're welcome, Steve - please do. :-) Mike Glen MS Project MVP steve wrote: |
| Trying to open MS Project file Posted: 29 Aug 2004 12:39 AM PDT "Rob Schneider" wrote: |
| Cause for Grayed Out Columns in Table? Posted: 28 Aug 2004 09:27 AM PDT Hi Ed, You are most welcome. Glad to have helped. Julie makes perfect sense--a explored it it is the default in the past"--but helping me sort it message fairly the cannot far, MS |
| Double task line printing when only single line is on screen Posted: 28 Aug 2004 09:21 AM PDT You're welcome, Kevin - make sure you have the latest driver :-) Mike Glen MS Project MVP Kevin wrote: |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2004 03:39 PM PDT Thanks, appreciated. "Rob Schneider" <net.net> wrote in message news:u$phx.gbl... tasks done" tasks. |
| project start and end in minutes Posted: 27 Aug 2004 01:33 PM PDT Adding to Mike's comment, don't try to enter the times things start and end. Enter the start date and time and enter your task durations in minutes. With Mikes recommendation you'll be able to see the start and end date and time both. Let Project calculate the rest. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "GlenA" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... scop under |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2004 11:53 AM PDT The schedule consists of a number of languages????? 'Scuse me for being thick, but what does the language have to do with when a task starts? When you enter the actuals, are you entering it in the Actual Start field typing the date AND time it began, are you just selecting the date it started by clicking on it in the field's pulldown calendar, or are you using the "update project" tools from the menu or toolbar? When you enter actuals, Project takes you at your word. So if I have a task sequence A->B->C I can enter that B & C started at the same time even though they were originally planned to be sequential and Project will dutifully record my entry as being fact. If you simply enter that task B started on Sept 1st by typing in the date without typing exactly what time, it will use whatever the start time of work is listed as the "Default Start Time" on the Tools, Options, Calendar page. If you select the start date from the pulldown menu, it will use whatever the start time of the workday it is that is listed in the work hours of the project calendar. If you simply mark the task as complete, it will set the start and end date and time to whatever the plan is presently saying it is scheduled for, just checking it off means it happened exactly according to the current plan. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Linda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2f6001c48ec5$360a4240$gbl... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2004 11:02 AM PDT Hi Steve good example ... but i seriously think you need to get out more :) Cheers JulieD "Steve House" <send.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eJLu%phx.gbl... are tasks tasks all is don't If B resource say finished sub the predecessor, |
| WBS not in correct order in VISIO Posted: 27 Aug 2004 08:34 AM PDT Hmmm - I've run it several times with a sample project and you're right, the left to right order doesn't seem to be consistent for the top level tasks but (so far) the vertical order for the rest is ok. Selecting a top level task does active a "move left" or "move right" button on the tool bar so it's not that hard to fix if you want them in numerical order by outline number/WBS code. Was trying to locate the thread you refer to in the Visio groups but can't track it down. Which newsgroup is it in (there's a mess of groups for Visio) and do you recall the subject line? -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "BJ" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... do doesn't WBS |
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