Archive for the ‘MS Project Tips’ Category

4 Weekly Filter

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Setting a simple filter to show activities that should have started but have not finished or activities that are supposed to start within the next month.

Better Rollup Reporting – Defining Outline Codes

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

How to provide better rollup reporting through outline codes in Microsoft Project

The Dreaded Task Type

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

One of the most confusing parts of Microsoft Project is the Task Type. The relationship between Activity Duration and Resource Assignment is defined by this field value. This article explains in detail the use of each task type and it’s effect on resource assignment calculations.
MS Project allows 3 parameters:
- The task Duration
- The number of [...]

Advanced Filtering

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Some advanced filtering techniques that you can use on your projects

Display Free, Total and Negative Float

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

An article describing how to display Free, Total and Negative Float within a MS Project Gantt Chart view.

Deadline Tasks – Avoiding Constraints

Friday, May 14th, 2010

What effect do deadline dates have to activities? How can we adjust the critical path properly and avoid using constraints?

Task Splitting & Out of Sequence Handling

Friday, May 14th, 2010

How to display out of sequence progressing in MS Project and how to update the plan to reflect true progress.

The Best Settings for MS Project

Friday, May 14th, 2010

The most suitable options to set when using Microsoft Project

SS / FF Relationships

Friday, May 14th, 2010

How to place a Start-to-Start and Finish-to-Finish relationship between two projects in Microsoft Project.

Macro to Fix the Fixed Work Problem

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Have you assigned multiple resources to an activity only to find that extending the duration does not change the assignment dates? This Macro will help you!