Category Archives: PMI

Actual duration for manually entered actual work in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from my Blog reader, and I’m going to explain the problem step by step. Of course I will use MS PROJECT 2016! My blog reader’s problem is written with Italic. 1. Let’s create a 5 … Continue reading →

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Effort without specific Tasks in Projects using Microsoft Project 2016!

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, often I have a question like this: “How to assign Work to someone when that work is not to be linked with any specific Task?”. I will show you how with MS PROJECT 2016! But first I have to … Continue reading →

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Over allocation not shown in MS PROJECT 2016 with Windows 10–Bug or not?

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, My blog reader has a problem. He explained it step by step, and I will answer at it in the same way. Project in certain instances doesn’t flag over allocated resources.For example, I created a resource John and assigned … Continue reading →

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Multiple relationships between Tasks – using dummy Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my last post Multiple relationships between Tasks–is this possible?, caused a lot of reactions. all of them are about using dummy Task. Here is one of them: “Insert a dummy milestone to carry part of the logic between the … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, MS PROJECT 2016, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Micorosft Project 2016, Micorosft Project 2016 - Schedule | 2 Comments

How to show different Baseline in Gantt Chart–MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got a question about MS PROJECT 2016: “Dear Nenad,How we can have a new baseline (adding task or resource and delete task or resource) and how viewing that new baseline on the Gantt Chart.” I will show you … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Micsrosoft Project 2016, MS PROJECT 2016, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged MS PROJECT, MS PROJECT 2016 - Baseline, MS PROJECT 2016 - Schedule | 3 Comments

Task Calendar and Resources – how they fit together in MS PRIJECT 2016?

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I had a lot of question about the Topic I will write about today. Basically it is about relations between Resource (with no Calendar, or, to be more precise, which has Standard Calendar assigned), and specific Task with Specific … Continue reading →

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Scheduled Start and Scheduled Finish fields in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, today I will explain two fields, not so often used in MS PROJECT 2016: Scheduled Start and Scheduled Finish. First I will create one simple Project with three Tasks, connected like this: As you can see Scheduled Start is … Continue reading →

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How to show duration in different units for the same Task in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, today I’m going to show you ProjDurConv function which is very useful in MS PROJECT 2016. Here is the Scenario. Suppose that I have a simple Project with one Task, and it’s Duration is 5 days: I want to … Continue reading →

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Multiple Costs types for Resource in a same Task

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have very interesting question from on of my Blog readers: “I have a problem with MS Project: I don’t know how to manage 2 type of cost for 1 person, I mean, I have 1 employee with 100USD … Continue reading →

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New way of choosing Predecessors and Successors in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, If you work with the latest version of MS PROJECT 2016, and you have update it regular you will notice one great improvement in Predecessor field. Let me show you that. First I will create brand new Project with … Continue reading →

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