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- Entering Task Information
- Closing or archiving a project
- Retain full utilization of resources after a task is complete
- Change highlight on summary tasks
- Workplan repository
- Adding tasks manually
- Macro
- Can flow chart be created in Project 2003?
- Assignment dates not moving with task dates
- conversion of gantt chart to pdf
- I need a MS Project 2002 tutorial containing an actual project to.
- Ms Project Prof 2003 - Check in
- Lenth of task in Gantt chart
- Can microsoft project be used to manage testing?
- I'd like to be able to save Reports in Project
- Capturing Captial Costs
| Posted: 29 Oct 2004 12:05 PM PDT As Jan said do NOT enter task start and end dates. You are indeed missing a whole lot. Amplifying a bit. Duration is the time interval between when work begins and when it ends. You are trying to say it begins 15 June, fine, maybe it does. But then you are also trying to say it ends 01 Dec. That's almost a 6 MONTH time period. You are ALSO trying to get the system to accept that time interval as being equal to 10 days. 6 months does NOT equal 10 days, it equals (in duration terms at 5 work days a week) closer to 120 days. It's one of severeal possible things - a 10 day task starting 15 June and finishing about 01 July but with a completion deadline of 10 December, a n ice comfy grace period, or it's a 120 day task starting 15 June finishing 01 December, or it's a 10 day task starting 15 November and ending 01 December. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Glenn" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| Closing or archiving a project Posted: 29 Oct 2004 11:24 AM PDT While there are a number of activities associated with project closeout, there is nothing specific in terms of software procedures. Mark all the tasks complete, update the actual work and cost information with the final figures, make sure actual start and end dates and durations are properly entered for the tasks and save the file into your long-term storage folders. I'd burn a backup copy to CD and store it in a fireproof safe for safety sake as well since optical media is more reliable for long term stability than is magnetic media like disks or tape.. From a software standpoint that's about all there is to it. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Michelle" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04e901c4bde4$8c3cbb40$gbl... |
| Retain full utilization of resources after a task is complete Posted: 29 Oct 2004 11:13 AM PDT Hi Joe, Quoting from memory, that must have been about the issue of multiple resources working together. You can obtain that through leveling by unchecking "Leveling can adjust individual assignments on a task". It doesn't come into play whan you have only one resource on a task, though. HTH -- Jan De Messemaeker Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional http://users.online.be/prom-ade/index.htm 32-495-300 620 "Joe" <microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:com... 33 who what 2 would 25% plan he resource on makes not. make over handle |
| Change highlight on summary tasks Posted: 29 Oct 2004 10:30 AM PDT Dale, thanks for writing. Actually, I did have "Show related summary rows" checked, but they don't highlight. I should mention, that I'm using the filter to highlight only, I'm not applying it so only filtered tasks show. Basically, I want all the project tasks to display normally, but only filtered tasks (and their parent summary tasks) highlighted. Thanks. LP "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote: |
| Posted: 29 Oct 2004 07:56 AM PDT Ha - now that's a funny response. I actually laughed out loud! Thanks....for the answer, too :) "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote: |
| Posted: 29 Oct 2004 07:50 AM PDT See my reply to your other post. Master plans will reflect the current version of the inserted plans. Whether or not that means "messing up" depends on what yoy dit to the inserted plans.. HTH -- Jan De Messemaeker Microsoft Project MVP +32 495 300 620 http://users.online.be/prom-ade "tonik" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... into track) the |
| Posted: 29 Oct 2004 07:00 AM PDT Brian, Thanks for the additional information, it helps us understand what you want much better. I agree that a full up consolidated master can be quite unweildy. The largest I've worked with was 70+ files with just shy of 10K lines total and it was a challenge. Another simple solution you might want to look at is to create a separate milestone in your master for each external item you want to track. Then use an external link from the source file to yours. When you open you file Project may or may not, depending on version and settings, ask if you want to update links. Doing so will give you the latest input. From a VBA standpoint, it looks like Rod has given you some input. Hope this helps. John |
| Can flow chart be created in Project 2003? Posted: 29 Oct 2004 05:03 AM PDT Project does create a special type of flowchart called a PERT chart or Network Diagram that shows the logical relationships between tasks in a project. But it is not a graphing tool as such nor does it create other types of generic flowcharts or other graphics. Depending on version its also more expensive than Visio. Visio is purpose-built for business diagraming including flowcharting and has far more graphical capabilties than Project. You didn't say whether you were working specifically with project task schedules or some other sorts of flowcharting but unless it's part of a project schedule I'd investigate Visio. -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer/Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "Steve" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| Assignment dates not moving with task dates Posted: 29 Oct 2004 02:44 AM PDT I can't guarantee it because I don't know exactly the details of everything that went into your particular file but it will go a long way to helping resolve it. The task Finish date should be a computed value based on duration from Start rather than a date you enter directly. When the team lead is giving you a revised end date, what he's really saying is "I think we have 10 days work left to do so that would make it 10 Nov" or something to that effect. Use the 10 days estimated remaining as the Remaining Duration or Remaining Work (depending on what it is) and let Project calculate the finish date that it implies. Are you using the Tracking Table? It shows the fields you should be using - Actual Start is the date the task actually began, Actual Duration is the duration worked to date, likewise Actual Work (careful, work and duration are different metrics even though they both are recorded in hours) and the remaining fields. Start and Actual Start are different fields, likewise Finish and Actual Finish. Revising "Start" does NOT record an Actual Start but entering an Actual Start of some date other than the present schedule will update the scheduled "Start" field to the same date. Steve House [MVP] "JimS" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| conversion of gantt chart to pdf Posted: 29 Oct 2004 02:13 AM PDT Hi fausta , 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://www.mvps.org/project/ Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-) Mike Glen Project MVP fausta wrote: |
| I need a MS Project 2002 tutorial containing an actual project to. Posted: 29 Oct 2004 02:04 AM PDT Hi Bobz, Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :) See the MVP Faq #41 Project 2002 Microsoft Courseware, Training, Reference Whitepapers and Webcasts. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/> You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the TechTrax ezine at this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc (Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site, :) Thanks.) Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :) Mike Glen MS Project MVP Bobz wrote: |
| Ms Project Prof 2003 - Check in Posted: 28 Oct 2004 09:05 PM PDT cpchathura -- You can also navigate to the Project Center page and click the Check in my projects link in the sidepane. This way you don't have to ask your Project Server administrator to check in the project for you. Hope this helps. -- Dale A. Howard [MVP] Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant Denver, Colorado http://www.msprojectexperts.com "We wrote the book on Project Server" "cpchathura" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... It |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2004 01:59 PM PDT Hi and in addition to JulieS's suggestion, choose Format / Timescale and the Non-Working time tab and choose the In Front of Task Bars option .. which will put the blue bar line behind the grey weekend line and then it doesn't look like you're working on weekends. Hope this helps Cheers JulieD "JulieS" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| Can microsoft project be used to manage testing? Posted: 28 Oct 2004 11:39 AM PDT From my limited experience with TestDirector, I think you're better off sticking with it. You can't get the same kinds of information in Project without creating each field as a custom field. It's just not worth the effort when TestDirector already has all of that built in. Sarah kikos@(removethis)nationwide.com |
| I'd like to be able to save Reports in Project Posted: 28 Oct 2004 11:23 AM PDT If you have Adobe Acrobat (full version, not just Reader), select the Adobe Writer as your printer before you generate the report. Then when you select to "print" the report, it will ask you to select a location to save a PDF version of the report. Sarah kikos@(removethis)nationwide.com |
| Posted: 28 Oct 2004 08:15 AM PDT Thanks Rod - I did find a post in August about Capital costs from Steve House which leads me to think that putting capital costs in our projects may be the wrong financial approach - I'll follow up with our CFO. In the meantime - thank you for your post! Scott "Rod Gill" wrote: |
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