Archive for May, 2010

Creating Efficiency in Site Visits

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

If you are like us, and both enjoy but dread the process of obtaining site progress information then this article may be of some relief to you.
Site progress information gathering is all about taking a copy of the plan, putting on a hard hat and boots and walking around the site to assess Physical Percent [...]

MS Project Tips

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

We’ve uploaded several handy MS Project Tips and Tricks to help you out.

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.