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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)!

How to setup complex Graphical Indicators with MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, I can see on the forums that lot of MS PROJECT 2016 user have problem with graphical indicators. For example, they want to see Actual Work compared with base lined work, and see the status. OK, that is not … Continue reading

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How to change Resource Assignments for Multiple Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, Here is a problem that one of my Blog Readers have: “Is there a way to have the same resource – Team A work on multiple tasks and a place where I can change the “Units %” from 300% … Continue reading

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Why is my Task Type changed from Non Effort Driven to Effort Driven automatically in MS PROJECT 2016

  Hi I have a question from one of my Blog readers: “I wonder if this is a bug in MS Project 2016?Here what I did:1. Created a 3-day fixed units, non-effort-driven task2. Assigned one resource at 100% capacity3. Changed … Continue reading

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Extended Duration with Fixed working hours–MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, I have very interesting question from one of my Blog readers: “Hi Nenad, I would appreciate if you could advise on the following two  topics: 1. How to handle the situation when a task is delayed due to some … Continue reading

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Duration vs. Manually entered actual work in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, I’ve got a question form one of my Blog readers: “Hi Nenad,Based on the example in your previous post please answer the following questions:1) When you manually updated the actual work in each of the 3 days for Resource … Continue reading

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Actual Duration vs. Actual work in MS PROJECT 2016

  Hi, I got a Business Case from my Blog Reader wit, of course, a problem. I will go step by step through it with MS PROJECT 2016! In Italic font is my blog reader Text 1. I created a … Continue reading

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How to show Resource overallocation within one day in MS PROJECT 2016?

  Hi, I have a question from one of my Blog Readers: “Hi,I have the following issue … I have a resource with an 8-hour working day. I assign him a task starting 9:00 am with a duration of 3 … Continue reading

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Resource Calendar vs. Units in Microsoft Project 2016

Hi, I’ve got a very good question from one of my blog Readers: “Dear Nenad, Could you please help me with a question on resource calendar?If a resource is part time only work 3 days a week. I need to … Continue reading

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How to change rates and costs without affecting past Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016?

Hi, I’ve got a question from one of my Blog Readers: “Hi!I am wondering how you would manage a rate increase in MS Project halfway through the project that is not retroactive. If I change the $/hr for a resource, … Continue reading

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% Complete and Actual hours for particular Resource in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, I got interesting question from one of my Blog Readers: “Nenad this is very helpful, however, how would you adjust the scenario where the Actual work by John (100%) and Tom (50%) who are two resources assigned to this … Continue reading

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