Monthly Archives: April 2011

Inactiving tasks

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

A great new feature in MS PROJECT 2010 is Inactive task command. In previous versions if you had a task which you decided not to do (because you didn’t have resources, or simply you just didn’t need it) you had … Continue reading →

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Assigning and removing resource to tasks–BUG

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

  In this blog I will show you a bug that I found when removing resource from the task First, I will add two resources to the Project: Then I will add two tasks to the Project with same duration … Continue reading →

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Scheduling problems in MS PROJECT 2010

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

One of the biggest problems in MS Project is to understand how to manage the time. A friend of mine told me that he is not using MS PROJECT because each time he would change the calendar or working time, … Continue reading →

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Constraints and deadline in MS PROJECT

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

In this post I will write about constraints There are three types of constraints: Flexible constraints. This is a default type of constraint in MS PROJECT. It means that a task can start As Soon As Possible Semi-flexible constraints. A … Continue reading →

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LEAD, LAG, ELAPSED TIME AND START TIME IN SCHEDULING

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

This blog will be a short one. I am going to describe lead, lag, elapsed time, and start time in scheduling. Lag is waiting time. For example, if you are pouring the concrete you have to wait 2 days before … Continue reading →

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Scheduling problems in MS PROJECT 2010 – Part 2.

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

Today I will write about scheduling problems when you put the start and the end date for tasks into MS PROJECT. I WILL NOT write about constraints and limitation with this method (for example about flexible and hard constraints and … Continue reading →

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MS Project 2010 – Let’s start

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, Let’s Go! How will you start MS PROJECT 2010? You will see this: The Quick Access toolbar is an area of the interface where you can put your favorite commands (like undo, save, redo etc.) The Tab group focus … Continue reading →

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Project Management and MS Project 2010 – 09.02.2011

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, Before I start my explanation on how MS Project 2010 works I have to tell you some more things about Project itself, as well as some things you should pay attention to in your projects. In many books and … Continue reading →

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Project Management and MS Project 2010

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I decided to write a blog about Microsoft Project 2010. What is the purpose of this blog? Simply, to explain how the MS Project 2010 really works in conjunction with Project Management. What is Microsoft Project? Dumb question, isn’t … Continue reading →

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About work and cost type of resources and problems when assigning them to the task – PART 2.

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nenad Trajkovski

In this post I will continue with work and cost type of resources and problems when assigning them to the task. As I mentioned in my previous blog, there are three types of resources: Work resource. This type of resource … Continue reading →

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