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)!

Baseline and Overtime work in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, as usual I have a question from one of my Blog Readers: “Dear Sir, Can you help me to solve one issue in MS Project? After finishing base line work hours, values entered to actual over time not adding … Continue reading →

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How to add exception into Resource Calendar in MS PROJECT 2013?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, here is question form one of my Blog Readers: “I want assign a task to a particular resource on a Holiday. How can I do that. For eg: I have specified December 25 th as exception in my project … Continue reading →

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Actuals and Variances with Material Resources in MS PROJECT 2013! – Part 2

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, In my previous Post I wrote: “Dear Nenad, I have a doubt in MS Project updation and tracking of material resources. For example, i have budgeted quantity of cement as 100bags but in actual site construction the quantity consumed … Continue reading →

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Start date and percentage complete in MS PROJECT 2013 – how are they connected!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

I’ve noticed that some Project users do not understand how % Complete and Start date are connected, and because of that they think that MS PROJECT 2013 has a bug. Let me give you an example. First I will create … Continue reading →

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Task are not Scheduled as expected in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

My Blog reader has a problem: “Hi Nenad. I am creating a simple Project with four Tasks. Task 1 is predecessor for Task 2, etc. I do not have a right Schedule, and they all start at the same date. … Continue reading →

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Custom duration and date fields in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Here is a question form one of my Blog Readers: “I have another possible bug in MSP 2013. Try this oneInsert Date1, Insert Duration1, Insert Date2. Now go to custom fields and make date2 a formula [(date1)+(duration1). The obvious answer … Continue reading →

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Cancelling Project when using Resource Pool in MS PROJECT 2013! – The easiest way

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I will repeat a lot of Pictures from my previous Post, and I’ll show you how to break the Link between a Project, and Resource Pool.. I will show you a case in MS PROJECT 2013! First, as usual … Continue reading →

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Scheduled Duration, Start and Finished Date in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, A question from my Blog reader is: “Please clarify the purpose  of fields Schedule Duration, Schedule Start & Schedule Finish. In which context they are used and how they differ from Duration, Start & Finish Fields ?” I will … Continue reading →

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Reordering Tasks in Master Project with MICROSOFT PROJECT 2013!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again one of my Blog Readers has a question: “What if I want to make changes to the master project but don’t want it to change the sub projects? I want to be able to re-order the tasks in … Continue reading →

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Is it Possible to prevent assigning Resource to Task in MS PROJECT 2013?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again a question form my Blog reader: “Is it possible to disable assigning Resource to the Task, and still keep same resource in Resource sheet?” Let me show you in MS PROJECT 2013 First I’ll create Brand new Project … Continue reading →

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