Category Archives: MICROSOFT PROJECT

Fixed Duration and effort driven Task in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, My Blog Reader has a problem: “Just a question. When I assigned a task to Fixed Duration, WITH EFFORT DRIVEN I see that Project has calculated some of the resources to work 50% or 33%. How does that … Continue reading →

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Resource vs. Task Calendar in MS PROJECT 2013 – PART 2

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, If you red my previous Post, you learned how to create Task Calendar, and force Resource to work on it on weekend. Is there another way? Yes it is! Credits to my Blog Reader for this post. Let’s say … Continue reading →

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Resource vs. Task Calendar in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, another question from my Blog reader: “How do you determine whether to create a task calendar or a resource calendar?For example I start off with setting up the project calendar as standard, and then I decide that a particular … Continue reading →

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How to force Successor to start next working day in MS PROJET 2013

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, as usual, I’ve got a question from one of my Blog Reader: “If I have two tasks, the second task’s predecessor is the first task, and the first task ends on 7/10, I’d like the second task to … Continue reading →

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How to manage multiple Projects in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, suppose that you have multiple Projects, and you do not have MS PROJECT SERVER. How can you see all Projects, Tasks, or Resources in MS PROJECT 2013? First what I’m going to do is to create Resource Pool: … Continue reading →

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Autolink inserted or moved Tasks in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, if you are working with MS PROJECT 2013 (or 2010), you may want auto linking Tasks! First I’ll show you what’s happening if you do not turn on this feature. I will create 3 Tasks and I’ll link … Continue reading →

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Task Type in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again one question from my Blog Reader: “When looking at the Gantt chart with all my tasks it is hard to tell the difference between the tasks. Some as you described are for writing a document, some are for … Continue reading →

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Resource Pool and Tasks in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, as usual, I have a question from one of my Blog readers. “Dear Nenad,Today it’s real tough for me to manage my projects (2010)hope you’ll find the solution for my head break1. my question is weather i can … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Year and MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, some of you told me that there is something wrong in MS PROJECT 2013 when displaying dates in Gantt Chart. Well, the solution is in Fiscal Year Settings. For  some companies Fiscal Year is equal to Calendar Year (e.g. … Continue reading →

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Cost Resources and Actual value in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, I have a question about Cost Resources and Actual value in MS PROJECT 2013: “Dear Nenad, I defined a cost resource “Hotel” and a work resource “Thomas” with hourly rate of 50 USD. For both of these resources … Continue reading →

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