Monthly Archives: May 2011

Assigning Resources to the Recurring Task

  Hi, As I promised I will show you something that I consider as a bug, even though some books say that it is not a bug, but it is “like it is”!? First I will add two resources, John … Continue reading

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Attaching Project Documentation to MS PROJECT

  Hi, MS Project can (also) serve as Project central repository. If you are not using MS SharePoint, you can attach Project document in a few different ways. First I will add two tasks to the project: I want to … Continue reading

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Adjusting Assignments in The Team Planner View – Part 2.

Hi, I will show what you should pay attention to when you adjust assignments and reschedule your tasks in the project. First I will add four tasks to my project and they will be in automatic scheduled mode, and I … Continue reading

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Adjusting Assignments in the Team Planner View

Hi, I will show you how you can easily adjust assignments and reschedule your tasks in the project. First I will add four tasks to my project and they will be in manually scheduled mode, and I will not schedule … Continue reading

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Resolving over allocation in MS PROJECT 2010

Hi, I have received request for help from one reader of my blog. The request is: “Hi,I’m trying to create a new schedule for 1 person. I’d like to find a way to use automatic scheduling that will fill the … Continue reading

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Task Relationships

There are four different task dependencies (relationships): Finish to Start (FS): The finish date of predecessor task determines the start date of the successor task Start to Start (SS): The start date of the predecessor task determines the start date … Continue reading

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Customizing the Ribbon in MS PROJECT 2010–Part II

In this Blog I will make my own Tab, Groups and Commands. I will go to Backstage view: and then:   I will add a brand new Tab and I will call it “My Custom Tab” Now I have a … Continue reading

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Customizing the Ribbon in MS PROJECT 2010

In this blog I will write about customizing the Ribbon. Let me start with an example. If you want to define your resources on a project you can do it on the View Tab: I will prefer that everything about … Continue reading

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How to split tasks in MS PROJECT 2010

Hi, Suppose that you have a project with 5 tasks as is shown in the picture: Task 3 has a 3-day duration, and will start on Monday, 25.04.2011 and finish on Wednesday, 27.04.2011. What if your task can be done … Continue reading

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