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- Row Lines
- Linking tasks in inserted sub projects
- ##### in date columns
- Why do new calendars appear in my project files?
- Saving Different Outline Levels Across Views
- project should allow export of schedule gantt as a powerpoint sli.
- Project Server 2003 - Deleting Resources from the Enterprise R
- Customing Task Entry form
- Weekly Meeting
- Limit what can be viewed
- Is MS-Project good for an Architectural Environment
- Microsoft Project Graphical Indicators
- Creating Sub Tasks
- How to change inserted projects name
- Task indicates it starts (leader dots) before start date
- Text Reference or tutorial for MS Project
| Posted: 04 Mar 2005 02:31 PM PST Hi Richard, You are most welcome and thanks for the feedback. I have been using Project for about 15 years and a lot of my grey hair comes from banging my head over issues exactly like yours ;-) Let us know if we can assist again. Julie "Richard" wrote: |
| Linking tasks in inserted sub projects Posted: 04 Mar 2005 12:51 PM PST Hi Harry, Select the predecessor task, CTRL+click on the successor task and then click the Link Tasks button on the Standard toolbar. Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie "Harry" wrote: |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2005 12:49 PM PST Hi Roland, You're welcome and thanks for the feedback. Julie "Roland67" wrote: |
| Why do new calendars appear in my project files? Posted: 04 Mar 2005 11:31 AM PST Julie, Thank you for responding. Perhaps I wasn't clear: I did not create a resource called equipment. I created many resources (machinery, etc) all of which are equipment. I then created a calendar called equipment to schedule all of the equipment. Steve "JulieS" wrote: |
| Saving Different Outline Levels Across Views Posted: 04 Mar 2005 10:48 AM PST Hi Scott, You could create a filters to filter out the levels of outline you don't wish to show. (Project>Filtered for> More Filters> New) Use the field [Outline Level] test "Is less than or equal to" and specify the level you want to view. Then create a View (View>More Views> New or copy an existing view.) In the view definition select the filter you created. Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie "ScottS" wrote: |
| project should allow export of schedule gantt as a powerpoint sli. Posted: 04 Mar 2005 08:33 AM PST Hi Ted, Project 2003 has a copy Picture to Office Wizard which does precisely that. The button is on the Analysis toolbar. Sadly Prj 2003 was the first release to do that. Hope this helps. Julie "Ted" wrote: |
| Project Server 2003 - Deleting Resources from the Enterprise R Posted: 04 Mar 2005 07:49 AM PST David -- You are welcome, my friend! :) -- Dale A. Howard [MVP] Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant http://www.msprojectexperts.com "We wrote the book on Project Server" "David" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2005 04:48 AM PST However, while you can't add an addtional table to the split screen view at the bottom, you can add an addtional column in the table up in the Entry View/Entry Table to display resources, and you can modify the Gantt to show resources, or predecessors and/or successors next to the Gantt bars, and be able to see Resources, Predecessors and Successors all at the same time. |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2005 04:22 AM PST Many thanks Irfaan. That had been bugging me for ages. Martin "Irfaan Adams" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2005 11:15 PM PST Sorry, if someone can open the mpp project plan file at all they'll have access to the whole thing. If you use Project Server to allow others to view the plan and have users other than the project managers viewing the plan with Project Web Access you have more control but unless you have a whole portfolio of projects and numbers of managers and users it wouldn't be reasonable to install Server just to have that facility. A better bet, for the users whole only should see a limited set of views, is to print the views you want them to have to pdf files and send that those but not allow them access to the project plan itself. That's not so unreasonable - after all, how many people in your firm have access to its business plan for the next 3 years? -- Steve House [MVP] MS Project Trainer & Consultant Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs "DavidC" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... |
| Is MS-Project good for an Architectural Environment Posted: 03 Mar 2005 08:19 PM PST While I've never seen Project used specifically used in an A/E environment, I used it, and other scheduling software, in a construction engineering environment for many years, which is very simliar. Since Critical Path Scheduling (what Project and the other high end software packages do) was first developed in the construction industry, it works extremely well there. It's much trickier to implement in "soft" projects, like marketing and software development, though I have applied it in those areas as well. As for Primavera, it's really intended for very high end scheduling, like DOD, big public projects, airports, highway systems, etc. I don't know how much it's changed since I last looked at it quite a few years ago, but back then, it took months, by the sales reps own admission, to become good at, and years to become proficient. Primarvera also makes a younger brother to P3 (nickname for the big Primavera software) called SureTrak. It's more along the lines of Project Standard. Stand alone, reasonably simple, GUI front end. It's probably still better then Project from a pure scheduler's standpoint, but not nearly as user friendly. Of course, there are a number of other scheduling software packages available, both standalone and online. It's always best when selecting software of this level of complexity and importance in how your business operates, to do a simple needs assessment, then pick the software that best meets those needs. The last place you ever want to be in your business is where your business processes and practices are determined by poor software design rather than what works best in the rest of your world. I've seen it too many times where an organization's growth and success were limited by a simple bad choice of a software application. The software you choose now will certainly influence how you do Project Management, and how your easily you can implement it in the software. There is more to this decision that just which ones can schedule A/E projects. They pretty much all will do that. Best of luck in your decision. David G. Bellamy Bellamy Consulting |
| Microsoft Project Graphical Indicators Posted: 03 Mar 2005 05:33 PM PST Interesting! These are the first PM's I've ever run across that had time to worry about the limited selection of symbols available in Project, much less have the time to create icons! Things have sure changed since I was running projects in the Oil & Gas and Mining businesses! |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2005 05:03 PM PST Hi Leolin, Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :) You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the TechTrax ezine, particularly #2 - Entering Task Data, at this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23 (Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site, :) Thanks.) 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 MS Project MVP JulieS wrote: |
| How to change inserted projects name Posted: 03 Mar 2005 04:59 PM PST Hi Melanie, Sorry for misunderstanding what you were looking for. I am still not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If you rename the original project file through the operating system when you open the consolidated file and attempt to expand the tasks, you are presented with a "Cannot find inserted project" dialog box where you can select the renamed file. The consolidated project file does not retain link to the old file because it no longer exists. If you rename the file in Project (with a Save As command) the consolidated file will retain the link to the original file. You can change the link within the consolidated file to another project by double clicking on the Inserted Project line to display the Inserted Project Information dialog box. If you click the Advanced tab you may browse to another project file, but this will remove the link to the "old" file. To work with both projects (the old file and the new file created by Save As) you will need to insert the newly created file. Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie "Melanie" wrote: |
| Task indicates it starts (leader dots) before start date Posted: 03 Mar 2005 01:23 PM PST Hi CGull, Somehow the task assignment had delay added. The problem could have been created in a couple of ways: If in either the Task Usage or Resource Usage view the assignment start (task name showing in Resource Usage view or the Resource name appearing in the Task Usage View) was altered, that certainly would cause the problem. The delay field also appears in the Task Form (split from a Gantt chart formatted to show resource schedule) and if a delay was entered there that will cause the problem. If you leveled resources and allowed Project to Adjust Individual Assignments and delayed a single resource's work, then removed the other resource (who's work was not delayed) that may also cause the problem. On a side note, when you mentioned that you were dragging task bars about, this is also danger-prone. Dragging a task in the Gantt chart imposes constraints to the task that may cause significant problems later. Hope this helps. Julie "CGull" wrote: |
| Text Reference or tutorial for MS Project Posted: 03 Mar 2005 12:51 PM PST I agree with Jack about your approach. I also encourge your users to learn the basics of Critical Path Scheduling before they start trying to create schedules. When I teach 2 day classed in Intro to Project, the first half day is CPM, nothing on the computer. I get lot's of experienced users coming forward at the lunch break saying, "You've answered half my questions just by explaining how CPM works". |
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