Category Archives: PMI

Junior Project Manager and expectations

Hi! How many times did you hear about job role called: JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER? Friend of mine (who is very, very experienced Project Manager) always gets angry when he hear this. He says: “There is no such a thing like … Continue reading

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Project Management Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, very often I hear a question like: “OK Nenad, you are explaining how to make a good schedule, and how to assign Resources properly to Tasks!. But what about Task which are impossible to plan upfront, like, for example, … Continue reading

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“Real” daily work on Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016!

Hello, today I’m going to deal whit one significant question which basically has many answers, or none. How many hours to assign to Resource per day? Let me show you one very, very simple example. Let’s say that we have … Continue reading

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Project management Task and Administrative work in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, my blog reader has a question about Project management Task, and administrative work, and how to handle it in MS PROJECT 2016? Here is Scenario. This is Project Schedule: First of all, I will advice not to use Project … Continue reading

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Fixed work Task Type with limited Resource availability in MS PROJECT 2016!

Hi, my Blog reader run into problem with limited Resource availability. I will show the scenario and explain it with MS PROJECT 2016. I will create simple Project with one Task, 4 day duration, and I will assign John to … Continue reading

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How to “loan” Resources from non-critical to critical Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, today I will explain one specific Case which one of my Blog users have. And I will do it by reproducing this Case step-by-step, using MS PROJECT 2016! There are three tasks with resources assigned to them: I will … Continue reading

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Delay on Task in progress with MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, today I’m going to show you where is the difference between Task in progress and delay, with MS PROJECT 2016. Let’s say that we have a simple Project with one single Task: and that we have John as Resource: … Continue reading

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Costs for no work done in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, again my Blog reader has a problem, which is: “I have a question. Let’s say I have 4 hours of delay against a project as “ALL RESOURCES” had to wait for a crane to arrive before work could commence. … Continue reading

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Assign Resources to different time on the same Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Hi, one of my Blog readers has a questions: “One activity has 3 days Duration,  and we need to assign 2 resources. First resource will work all 3 days on it,  but second is only needed for 2nd day. How … Continue reading

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Recording task progress ahead of schedule in MS PROJECT 2016!

Hi, my Blog reader has a problem with scheduling Task ahead of planned time! I will reproduce his scenario in MS PROJECT 2016!. First I’m going to create simple Project with two Tasks: Now I’m going to create two Resources … Continue reading

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