Category Archives: PRoject Management

Assignment Delay field in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in Microsoft Project 2016 there is one very useful field called: Assignment Delay. Let me show you how useful is it, and how can you use it. First, as I always do, I will create simple Project: I will … Continue reading →

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Project Summary Task and Calendars in Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

  Hi, I have interesting question from my Blog reader: “How does one change the calendar for the Project Summary Task? The schedule is developed and has a calendar, other than the standard calendar, associated with all the tasks, but … Continue reading →

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How to change Start time for multiple Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog reader asked me a very good question: “How to change start time for multiple Task, after it was entered (calculated) in MS PROJECT 2016” I will show you what are we talking about at one simple example. … Continue reading →

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Placeholder field in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in MS PROJECT 2016, there is on, not so often used, field – Placeholder. Let me create new Project with three Tasks: As you can see, Task 1 and Task 2 are Manually scheduled, and Task 3 is Auto … Continue reading →

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Status Indicator in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, there are some fields in MS PROJECT 2016, which are very useful but not so often used. One of them is Status indicator. What does it work? I will explain it in a simple example. First I will create … Continue reading →

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Default Assignment units in Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got a question form one of my Blog readers: “I noticed that the generic resource is only used with 100% (default value) instead of the 140% or 240% (depending on the time when the task be processed). I … Continue reading →

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Units field in Resource assignment – MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I’ve got a question from one of my Blog readers: “Max units field in Assign Resources are always in %? I want to use QTY instead of %, like we have 10 cranes available, and how many cranes are … Continue reading →

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Task Calendar in MS PROJECT 2016 – the right way to use it

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, as we all know, there are three types of Calendars in MS PROJECT 2016: Base Calendars, Resource Calendars and Task Calendars. they are prioritized in that order (from low to high importance), which means that Task Calendar has  the … Continue reading →

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Move vs Update Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in my last post I wrote about differences between Move and Update options in MS PROJECT 2016 on the Project Level, Now it is time to explain those two different options on the Task level. First, I will create … Continue reading →

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Move vs Update Project in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, as a first post for this year I will answer to the question from my Blog reader: “Please advise on when to use Move vs Update Project to reschedule incomplete tasks after a specified date?” There is a huge … Continue reading →

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