Author Archives: Nenad Trajkovski

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About Nenad Trajkovski

Location: Zagreb, Croatia Occupation: Project Manager Interests: Project Management and MS PROJECT He was born in Zagreb, Croatia at 1963. After completing his college he started working on projects in different business areas (banking, manufacturing, automotive industry, distribution, oil companies, etc.) developing and implementing ERP systems into different companies. He has got a lot of experience working with people in different business processes and also possesses great knowledge in information technologies and financial services. Today he works as a business consultant, adn Project Manager in PERPETUUM MOBILE d.o.o. Zagreb. He is a regular lecturer for Project Management in MS Innovation Center in Varaždin, Logosoft Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and SEAVUS GROUP in Skopje Macedonia. He was named the best lecturer of WINDAYS 2008 while his lecture was also voted as the best. In addition, he was in TOP 10 lecturers at the MS SINERGY 2009 and MS VISIA 2009, 2010. Shares first place as the best lecturer of KulenDays 2009 and 2010 and PMI Conference 2009 in Zagreb. He is also a regular lecturer in the MS Community. He is a Certified Accountant and a PMP (Project Manager Professional) and a PMI-RMP (Risk Manager Professional), MCP, MCT, and Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist - Microsoft Project 2010. From 01.01.2012 awarded with MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Proffesional - Microsoft Project)!

Resource rates and Billing rates in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi! I always get a question like this: “I need to charge an hourly rate per project.  My hourly rate is $100.00 per hour. I have an employee work for me.  Their rate is $20.00 per hour. I need to … Continue reading →

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%Complete vs. %Work Complete in MS PROJECT 2016!–when to use what?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, very often I have questions like this one: Dear Nenad, I am going to develop a scheduled for a petrochemical plant shutdown project. My question is: “What percent complete should i use (% Complete or Work % Complete) … Continue reading →

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How to put different Overtime Work to Task in MS PROJECT 2016!

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a very interesting question from one of my Blog Readers: “Hi Nenad, I want to put different overtime Work for a Task and Resources. Let’s say that I have Task1, and John an Mary are assigned to … Continue reading →

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%Complete, %Work Complete, and Project without Resources with MS PROJECT 2016!

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got a question from one of my Blog Readers: “Please clarify the following: I have created a Sample project in MS Project 2013, with tasks and assigned duration  with required predecessors.I have base lined the plan and started … Continue reading →

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New Tasks and saved Baseline in MS PRIOJECT 2016

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, I have a reader who is novice in MS PROJECT 2016, and he has a problem; “Hi, I hope you are in good health. I have some quires about cost tracking in MS Project. I had previously saved … Continue reading →

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Resource capacity in Hours with MS PROJECT 2016 – is it possible?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog Reader has a question: “I have a project plan with certain milestones which are to be completed on specific dates and I have resources assigned. But as per plan, the resource allocation hours are reduced whereas in … Continue reading →

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Actual Duration, Actual work and Fixed work Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, here is one problem that my Blog Reader has (I will go step by step, and I will use MS PROJECT 2016) “When multiple resources are assigned to the task, for a given Total Work we can  calculates the   … Continue reading →

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Effect of initial resource assignment on calculation of Individual resource’s work in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got very good question form one of my Blog readers: “The effect  of initial resource assignment on  calculation  of  Individual resource’s work. Suppose we want have two resources R1 (100%) and R2(50%) to work on a 20h fixed … Continue reading →

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A question for my Blog readers!

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I got a suggestion, and I want to hear what do you think about it: “Have you considered doing videos instead of screenshots, it would be easier for us to understand and I guess you would save time.” I … Continue reading →

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Relation between Overtime and Duration in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from oen of my Blog readers: “Every time I allocate the whole work hours to overtime hours the Duration column turns into 0 and the start and finish dates and time are the same. Why?” … Continue reading →

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