please help - confused now!
MS Project 2003
I am rebuilding a plan and would like the following but cannot get project
to do it!
e.g. a simple set of tasks that are linked to occur one after each other
task1 then task2 then task3
if each is two days long
task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d
task2 starts wed finishes thu 2d
task3 starts fri finishes sat 2d
How do I get project to display the data this way - what its doing is:
task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d
task2 starts tues finishes thu 2d
task3 starts thu finishes sat 2d
Although they are the same in terms of schedule I want it to read as the
first list. I have set my project up as fixed duration and NOT effort
driven...
Help appreciated greatly
Chris Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113169
remaining work 06, 07
I need to provide some work hours for a project:
- total work
- actual work
- remaining work in 2006
- remaining work in 2007
I know how to manually go into Resource Usage and grab remaining work for
2006 and 2007. I'm looking for a more efficient and repeatable method. Can I
do a custom filter or create a custom field to allocate remaining work into
2006 and 2007?
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Jesse Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113168
Program Management
Sir I am working as a project management consultant,I need your help
regarding PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.Right now only started to explore about
program managemnt,so please help sir by giving introduction to program
managent or site address to collect data, THANKING YOU.., Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113152
WANT TO SAVE THE CONTENTS OF A REPORT FROM PROJECT
i have created a report in project 2003 standard and I am able to print the
contents, how do i get to save the contents as well, something like save or
save as Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113151
Beginning to Format in Word 2002
First of all I would like to thank all of the MVPs for the work that you have
given to helping users learn formatting. I am a 72 year old women who has
been using a computer for years but gave up trying to use Word until my son
got me Microsoft Suite 2006 which has where the newsgroup was given as one of
the Help sources.
I have really been working hard at Shauna's tutorials and have printed out
just about everything that all of you have written. At this point in time I
am still working on Shauna's tutorials. When she said that her mother was
writing a letter in Excel. I thought "at last someone who understands." Ok
now enough of the chat.
My hobbies came to the point that I just had to start indexing my hundreds
of articles, tutorials. After I read the MVP articles I knew I was going to
have to learn how to format, I was wasting so much time looking through my
binders, books, and magazines. I have just about finished Shauna's tutorials
for the third time and actually starting to understand. I realize that I am
going to have to overlearn to be comfortable but I just love doing it. It's
like magic.
1. I have several binders full of the articles written by the MVPs. I
realized that this would be a good starting point to format an index for each
of the binders I have with your articles. I have turned out some pretty good
looking indices (in my eyes)<g>
In Basic Concept 4 Shauna says in the paragraph" How to remove the
border"that the gridlines won't show when printed out. I have taken all of
the steps she gives but the gridlines still print out. I just can't get rid
of those gridlines. This isn't a big problem, but I would like to understand
why the gridlines print out.
2. When the Modify Style Dialogue box comes up asking "Do you want to update
the Style to relect changes"? or "Reapply the formatting of the style to the
section" and lastly "Automatically update the Style from now on". I'm just
not sure what I should do. I have just cancelled it because I don't want to
mess up.
3. I Save as I go along, sometimes when I go to the Folder to
work on the formatting tutorials I notice that some of the files have the
following: ~$W to use the Reviewing Toolbar in Microsoft Toolbar in MSWord
2002. Why does it have ~$W. I opened the file but it was just gobblygook.
4. I used one of Shauna's articles and clicked on "Styles and Formatting"
just to see how she formatted the article. What I want is to number the
article say as 1. then for the other articles belonging to the main article
have it showing as 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
and then for the second article in the index or list 2., 2.2, 2.3. is that
clear enough?
It would be so easy for me to find what I am looking for. Thankyou all for
your help deejay
Deejay
atkdj@microsoft.com
from Beautiful Georgian Bay, ON. Canada Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113149
How do I move my Project 2003 settings & macros to another compute
I want to move to another computer and move all my Project 2003 Standard
option settings, macros, views, etc. I read that these are supposed to be
stored in the Global.mpt file but that file is still dated 2003; it never
changes; copying it to another computer has no effect. Where is all this
data being kept and how do I copy it to another computer? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113147
Can we Dynamically change gantt bars?
Hello
Is it possible to change the individual gantt or taskbar colors dynamically
based on schedule details? I am using Project 2000. I am famililar with
custum columns and adding formula into custom columns, however I want to
display different gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on data in the
schedule.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113133
Correct Setup Question
We work with conversions and can take 30, 45, 90 days to complete a
conversion. How do I setup the project plan template to adjust for different
end dates? However, we have tasks that start and finish prior and after the
conversion end date. The start and finish dates are setup within the lag
field. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113130
Setup
We work with conversion plans that may take 30, 45, 60, etc, days. We usually
have a conversion end date (ie. 12/31/06, 2/21/07, etc.) to work with for a
completion date. However, we have tasks that will start and finish prior to
and after the conversion end date. How do I setup the project plan? I have so
many different versions of project plans that I've setup and none work
properly. I need help asap!! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113128
Is it possible to change the individual gantt or task bar colors..
Hello
Is it possible to change the individual gantt or taskbar colors dynamically
based on schedule details? I am using Project 2000. I am famililar with
custum columns and adding formula into custom columns, however I want to
display different gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on data in the
schedule.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113121
Project 2003 out of memory error #7
When doing the Visio WBS Chart Wizard, I get this error stating :An Erro
occurred in the COM add-in named: Visio WBS Chart Error #: 7 Out of memory.
I can contact get pass this, please advise Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113118
Batch remove links
Hi,
Does anybody know how to remove the link between lots of tasks in one
go? At the moment I am having to select each taks individually and
remove the link, very time consuming.
Thanks Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113109
Printing a custom range
Hi,
My project lasts for months, it is divided into two phases each lasting
two months. I want to print two Gantt Charts each showing a phase. I
have not managed to print it such that the date range of each chart is
only two months. Even if I filter out the 2nd phase, when it is printed
the whole range of the project is shown.
Can anybody help?
Thanks Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113108
how do I track progress with time vs % complete
Here is my need:
I need a column that indicates we are falling behind on a task. for instance:
I want it to check the date and caculate that it shoudl be 50% complete by
today and if it is not, show an indicator.
This column will feed a "upper level" dashboard by linking.
Is this a feature already existing?
I tried duration variance, however I thik it will only show Variance AFTER
the finish date.. is that correct?
Thanks for your time... Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113104
Problem in publishing project
I write one after trigger on MSP_WEB_PROJECTS on insert. I have on
custome application running parallel with PWA.I have different databas
for my application.I am trying to insert records in my database i
trigger.
I checked my trigger logic, it is working fine.But when i apply this o
msp_web_project it is not working.
I create one table in Projectserver database and write same trigger o
insert of this new database then it works fine but not working o
msp_web_projects.......
Please anybody suggest me what I am missing...
Kamlesh Rochani........
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Importing data from excel
Hi there,
I have ms project 2003, I have a seperate excel document containing the
following information:
Resource 1 Resource 2
task 1 1 day .5 day
task 2 1 day 1 day
task 3 6 day 8 day
How do I import the information from excel into Ms Project. I want to
be able to allocate 1 day of work from resource 1 to taks 1, 0.5 to
resource 2 and so on.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113099
Resource Allocate
An Activity has working for 3 days, I have two resources.I want to allocate
the first resource for 1st day and the 2nd & 3rd day i want to allocate the
another resource. How can i allocate the resource by this method. Hope u will
help in this....
Tnx..... Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113095
How do I link recurring subtasks in Project
An example would be publishing a monthly newsletter with recurring draft,
review, edit and publish tasks for a 1 year period. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113093
Resources on Recurring Tasks
Is there a way to assign resources to a recurring task rather than having to
go into each task individually? I want to set up a project team meeting that
occurs once a week for the next year. The same people will attend the meeting
each week so I'd like to assign that to the recurring task rather than going
into the 52 individual tasks. Thoughts? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113082
Add contingency to each task automatically
Would like to know how to apply a general contingency to MS Project. Have
base estimate but would like to apply a percentage to it to create a
contingency column so that the contingency is applied to each task on the
plan. The purpose of this is to add a general contingency (ie. 10%) to the
project without having to add as a separate task which impacts on earned
value. Ie. Work column has 8 hours, Contingency column has 8.8 (includes
10% contingency) Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113080
Change Resources Calendar
I have a resource that has his available time set to weekdays from 10am to
12pm, using our company's base calendar. I'm trying to change him back to
having 8 hours per day, 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm, but I can't seem to find a way
without going day by day and making the change. I feel like I'm missing
something, that it should be easy enough to just "reset" his calendar 8 hours
a day.
Thx! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113069
manage users and groups
my question is about how i can to manage my users and categories in project
web access to permit only they can see all projects that haven not finished,
because everyone can see the projects that have been 100% completed. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113066
Programmatically Changing Hours Worked Fields in Project 2003
I am using Project 2003 Pro and attempting to populate the hours worked
fields from a CSV or XLS. I cannot seem to find anything in the object model
or in any code samples that will let me change the hours for individual days.
Here are the specifics: I have an XLS or CSV with employee hours and
projects they are working on. Some of the projects are tracked in MS
Project. Rather than manually keying in everyone's hours worked for a two
week period, I would like to parse out the file and populate the hours for
the pertinent dates using an app. So, how do I get access to these fields in
code?
Thanks for any information you can provide. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113056
Deadlines - rollup to summary level
We use Deadlines on our tasks. In our experience, we've seen that the
Deadline date does not roll up to the summary task level.
Is there any way to get Deadline to roll up, sorta like Finish date does
(that is, the latest value appears at the summary task level)?
Thanks! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113054
enterprise options
Hello,
i just installed MS Project2003 Pro SP2 (upgrade project 2000 to 2003)
Under the Tools bar , i have not the option 'Enterprise option'
How can i fix this?
Tx, Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113053
MS Project 2000
I am a new user to MS Project 2000. In one of my project, I encountered the
following cases: 1) one task was done with zero cost. 2) Task started earlier
than scheduled.
in EV reports MSP 2000 ignored the my actual cost entry (zero)for the task
in case (1)and showed the baseline budget of this task and in case (2)
ignored the actual cost to-date I entred for the task started earlier. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113052
Tasks that occur concurrently- Microsoft Project
I am attempting to create a schedule where various tasks (some with different
durations, some with the same) need to occur concurrently. It isnt a matter
of starting on the same date or finishing together only, they are flexible as
long as they occur during the same time. Ex. Task A requires 30 days. During
that 30 days Task B must occur requireing only 10 days. Task B does not need
to start when task A starts nor finish on the same day as task A, it simply
must occur DURING the 30 days. Is there a way to show this? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113051
Complete un-install of Project Professional 2003 including registr
Does anyone know how to clean all reg keys after an uninstall? I have a
problem connecting to the Project Server on 1 PC. When I uninstall and
re-install some settings remain. I want to completely uninstall.
Thanks! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113050
Message box
Hi..
Ive got a small lillte macro that traces predecessors and successors. I want
a message box when there are no predecessors or successors available. Here is
the macro:
Sub TRACE_Successors()
Dim Job As Task
Dim Base As Task
For Each Job In ActiveProject.Tasks
If Not Job Is Nothing Then
Job.Flag7 = False
End If
Next Job
Set Base = ActiveSelection.Tasks(1)
Base.Flag7 = True
For Each Job In Base.SuccessorTasks
Job.Flag7 = True
FilterApply Name:="Trace", Highlight:=False
Next Job
End Sub
Can anybody help me that if there are no pre of successors a message box
will show up!!
Thanks Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113048
tasks from project 03 to outlook tasks
Hi,
I know how to import tasks from outlook but can I select individual tasks in
project 03, relevant to me, into my outlook task list. I simply want
reminders for regular updates that I need to make that are becoming to
numerous to remember. I am currently setting these tasks in outlook manually.
Thanks,
AndyB. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113044
Adding one more resoure in the same activity
Scenario:
An activity has a start and end dates. It started with one resource and in
the midlle of the activty i would have to add andother resource in that same
activity. How it is to done in the MS project 2003?
thanks in Advance. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113042
How outlook import new assignments?
I can access pwa using the username and password through web way,but I can't
do it in outlook through project add-in using the same username and
password,Is there any way I should do ?
thank you advanced! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113040
Error with Workgroup Mail
One of my users messed around with Project 2003 Pro trying to get the
assigned tasks tracked on Outlook. It was discovered that this can only be
done with Project server or by using Workgroup mail. I've installed the WG
mail with the appropriate config and the email is sent to the user requesting
the updates, HOWEVER, when the user attempts to reply, an error pops-up:
"An error occurred during initialization. An error ocurred while saving
the file. The data was not saved."
On the windows taskbar, Project Server Spooler is running, but we are not
using Project server. I've closed the spooler and the problem remains the
same.
I have tried to delete the Project server account on the local machine
however there Delete button is grayed out even when I select work offline at
start-up.
I have already tried uninstalling the application but the problem persists,
I have tried rolling back the system but the problem still continues.
I have another machine that was not messed around with and the Workgroup
Mail works just fine without the spooler showing up.
HELP PLEASE.... Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113036
Seeking a Project GURU
I am seeking a MS 2002 Project GURU to aid in a samll project
WIll pay for end product
Have start of template Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113034
which predecessor determines start date?
When you are tracing through a schedule, is there an easy way to find out
which predecessor drives the start date of the task you are on?
I constantly find myself looking at a task which is not on the critical
path, and which has lots of predecessors, wondering which one is driving the
start date. What I do now is go to each of those predecessors and compare
finish dates to my task's start date. But there must be an easier way. It's
too bad Project doesn't just highlight it on the list of pred/successors in
the bottom pane--is there some feature I don't know about? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113025
Problem running macro in Project
I really need to export a Project plan's tasks to Excel so I can distribute
the information to team members that don't have Project. I would really like
to link the information in Project to the Excel spreadsheet so I don't have
to update both. I've tried doing Copy/Paste link as a Project object which
is just a picture that doesn't show everything and is uneditible. I've also
tried Copy/Paste link as Excel format which doesn't have any of the
formatting seen in Project and is very hard to read because all of the
hierarchies are gone.
I've followed the directions for Jack's macro 'Export hierarchy to Excel'
and copied the code into a new VBA module within Project. When I try to run
the macro I get the message "Compile Error: User-defined type not defined"
and the 2nd line of code 'Dim xlrow As Excel.Range' is highlighted.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Keep in mind that I'm fairly
new to MSProject and do not know VBA at all. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113010
Adding comments
How do I add comments in MS-P2k in the large box under posted tasks and just
above the project title box? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113009
Can't connect Project Professional 2003 to server
Hi,
After selecting valid URL to projectserver a window displays and I'm locked
up - have to use CTRL + Alt + Del to close. Other machines connect ok. All
settings ok, and have tried the reg entry on KB with no luck. I have the
trusted site etc. Have admin access associated with my windows login, and can
connect from a different PC. Help!!! Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 113008
Inserted Projects
Hi All
How do I un-insert a project file from another project file ? I have tried
going to the 'advanced' tab and unclicking the 'linked to project' box which
seems to work but as soon as I go back to the file, the project is still
there !!
It's driving me nuts !!!! How do I get rid of it ?????????
Thanks in anticipation.
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Regards
Johnny P Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112985
Tasks Calculated on Other Tasks
Hi:
Is it possible in MS Project to have a task calculate it's percent complete
based on a series of other tasks being completed? The "hitch" is that it is
not a summary task.
For example, I have 3 gropus of tasks, A, B an C. They are different parts
of the project plan. I want a section at the end of the plan to show the %
Complete for each of the groups of task and then use a summary task to tell
me how combined total % complete.
So I want my new Task X to be the summary task A, Task Y to be the summary
task B, and Task Z to be the summary task C.
I hope that makes sense.
Thanks Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112982
Getting Users to USE MS Project
We've had MS Project and Project server installed and available for use for
a number of years (currently running MS Project 2003 w/ Project Server), the
problem I'm having is getting users to USE it.
Every year or so management comes to us (IT) searching for a better way to
manage their projects. I've helped them along creating a few Gantt charts,
explained how to setup Enterprise Resources and how to coordinate with other
Project Users. I've done 1 on 1 training, group training, and I've even
bought handfuls of books (Project 2003 Step by Step) which I hand out to
users who I think could benefit from them. Well there must be something
wrong with the way I'm training them, because they use the tools for a month
(sometimes two) before their Project use peters out again, usually with the
excuse "there's not enough time".
That time of the year has come around again and I'm getting ready (yet
again) to point our Management users to the capabilities and benefits of
using MS Project to manage their projects. How to get them to continue to
use it and integrate usage into their daily schedule is the issue. How do
you motivate users to use the tools MS Project provides? Any tips
appreciated.
Thanks. Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112980
Field customization
My boss gave me an existing excel spreadsheet to import into project 2003,
the problem is the customization of fields in project to reflect the same
fields in the spreadsheet.
example: the spreadsheet has an hours column as opposed to a duration column.
How do I customized the field titles and column to reflect the excel
spreadsheet and perform the same calculations? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112979
Filter macro
Hello...
ive got a small problem with filtering. Ive got a macro that filters the
predecessors or successors of a task. It sets the value from Flag7 to 'YES"
and that automaticly filters it out. It works perfect but there is only one
small thing that i cant get fixed. I want to see the task that i select to
filter as well. Example:
when i select row 5 that has predecessors in row 10,13,29,45 it show the
rows 10,13,29,45 after filtering. I want to create the macro that it shows
row 5 as well. Here is the macro so far:
Sub TRACE_Predecessors()
Dim Job As Task
Dim Base As Task
For Each Job In ActiveProject.Tasks
If Not Job Is Nothing Then
Job.Flag7 = False
End If
Next Job
Set Base = ActiveSelection.Tasks(1)
Base.Flag7 = False
For Each Job In Base.PredecessorTasks
Job.Flag7 = True
FilterApply Name:="Trace", Highlight:=False
Next Job
End Sub
Can anybody help me with this??? Thanks in advance!
Gr Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112974
How to make main task 100% completed
Client has a Project plan. There is a main task with some subtasks. All the
subtasks are marked 100% completed but the main task only shows 85%. We've
tried going into the main task and changing it from 85% to 100% but the
change is not applied. Any ideas why that task is not changing to 100%?
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maryj Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112973
Q. When is a default, not a default? A. When it's a default!
A riddle worthy of a Hobbit I'm sure.
But seriously, I think I've worked out how something works and I want
to test if my understanding is correct.
First of all a statement: "The default working time in Project is 08:00
to 17:00." That's it, you can't change it. That is always what Project
believes the absolute default working time to be.
If you go into Tools->Change Working Time... and alter the settings for
the "Standard (Project Calendar)" (e.g to 09:00 to 17:00) by drag or
shift marking M, T, W, Th, F, then this is now an edited, non-default
working time. The default working time is still 08:00 to 17:00.
If you now add a resource whose Working time is set to "Use default",
it will not use the Project default of 08:00 to 17:00 but will instead
inherit the working time from its base calendar (in this case the
Standard (Project calendar). All the week days on its calendar picture
will show as edited working hours.
So "Use default" working time for a resource means use the working
times in the associated base calendar. Whereas, "Use default" working
time in a base calendar means use Project's non-changeable default of
08:00 to 17:00.
Then of course we have Tools->Options...->Calendar where we have a
"Default start time" and "Default end time" and a "Set as Default"
button. These defaults have no connection whatsoever with either
Project's default working time of 08:00 to 17:00, on which the "Use
default" for a base calendar is based, or the "Use default" for a
resource calendar.
Well that's all clear then!
But have I got this correct? Tag: Project Mangers Maturity Model Tag: 112972