Author Archives: Nenad Trajkovski

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 set Resources to work at different time with different amount of work at the same Task in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from one of my Blog Readers: “” “Nenad, I have two Resources on the same Task. I want to assign them at different time and different work. Let’s say that John will work 40 hours … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling, MS PROJECT | 1 Comment

Multinational Calendars and how to use them in MS PROJECT 2013?

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again, I have a question from one of my Blog readers: “Okay I have a question not certain if it belongs in this thread. I’m managing a project for resources in multiple locations using MS Project 2007: US and … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project Server 2010, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Calendars, MS PROJECT 2010 - Calendarts | Leave a comment

Duration, Units, Work and Schedule in MS PROJECT 2013. How are they linked, and some tips and tricks!

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, this is my first Post in this year and it will be a quite long. Again, one of my Blog readers ha a problem, and this problem is about scheduling. Here it is: “Dear Nenad,Glad to find your site … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling, ms project - scheduling, MS PROJECT 2010 - Scheduling, MS PROJECT 2013 Scheduling | 5 Comments

Changing max units field in Assign Resources window in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, this is my last post for this year. I will show you what is happening when you change Units in Assign Resource field in MS PROJECT 2013! First, I’m going to create new Project with only one Task: and … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft SharePoint, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged microsoft project - Resources, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2010 - RESOURCES, MS PROJECT 2010, MS PROJECT 2013, MS PROJECT 2013- Resources | 5 Comments

Crashing and Fast Tracking in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in this Post I will introduce two Terms: Crashing and Fat Tracking. When your Schedule is too long, and you want to short it, you will can add additional Resources to Tasks (and this is called Crashing), or you … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, PMI | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2010 - tracking, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling, MS PROJECT | 1 Comment

Slack and Microsoft Project 2013

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again my Blog reader has a problem: “Hi,I have a question about Slack, I am preparing a construction schedule for my small project and using M.S.P. the problem I have is, when I active the slack on the schedule, … Continue reading →

Rescheduling Project or Tasks, and Constraints in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog reader ha a question: “Dear Nenad, After we update the progress (% Complete) on various tasks on a baselined project, I understand we need to re-schedule the uncompleted work to start after the status date. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling | 2 Comments

How to Move Project when Project has Manually Scheduled Tasks and/or Constraints in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ll how you how to move Project when it has Manually Scheduled Tasks or Constraints in MS PROJECT 2013 First I will make a simple Project with no manually Scheduled Tasks or Constraints. Now suppose that your plan is … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, ms project - scheduling, MS PROJECT 2010, MS PROJECT 2013 | Leave a comment

Status date in “what if” scenario, or how to make our Projects actual data up to date in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog reader has a “problem”: “Nenad, thank you for replay! Ok, my be I wasn’t clear with my question… Let me explain my self one more time. Perhaps I’m working on some project, it has 28 task with … Continue reading →

How to update Baseline and Save actual data in MS PROJECT 2013?

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from my Blog reader: “Hi, How can I update Baseline with new Tasks if Project has Tasks with Actual data, e.g I don’t want to loose those actual data, nor I want to change Baseline … Continue reading →