Category Archives: PRoject Management

Duration with different Resources working time in MS PROJECT 2013!

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, with permission of my MVP friend Gérard Ducouret I will explain how different Resources working time affect Task duration in MS Project 2013! I will show you on the example. First, I will create (as I always do), the … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2013 - Resources, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling, MS PROJECT, MS PROJECT - Resources, ms project - scheduling | Leave a comment

Updating Project to status date versus Leveling in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, yesterday I was teaching one of my Blog Readers about Leveling and Updating Projects in MS PROJECT 2013. The main problem was that after updating Project over allocated resources are still over allocated. I will explain the difference between … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013 - Resources, Microsoft Project 2013 - Scheduling | 1 Comment

Critical Path in Timeline View with MS PROJECT 2013!

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, there is a question from one MS PROJECT user: “Hi! In the MS PROJECT 2013, is it possible to have the critical path displayed in the timeline View?” This Post will be short, because it is easy to do … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Critical Path | 5 Comments

Importing Resources from Excel into MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog reader has a problem: “Hi Nenad, I am Carlos Altamirano from Ecuador, South America. First of all I want to thank you very much for your always useful and concise work your are doing with your excellent … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged microsoft project - Resources, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Resources | 2 Comments

How to create graphic indicator for Task Status in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, here is the question from one of my Blog Reader: “Hi Nenad, You are a lifesaver my friend 🙂 many thanks .., Another question, is there anyway I can color-code the various statuses ? so if LATE then show … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2010-Custom fields, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Tasks | 2 Comments

Lead time in relative Terms with MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, Lead is time which allow Successor Task to start before Predecessor is finished, and still keep Finish To Start relationship. I wrote about that in my Blog Post: https://ntrajkovski.com/2011/04/12/scheduling-problems-in-ms-project-2010-part-2/ Let’s see how to make it relative in MS PROJECT … Continue reading →

How to set Resources to work at different time with different amount of work at the same Task in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from one of my Blog Readers: “” “Nenad, I have two Resources on the same Task. I want to assign them at different time and different work. Let’s say that John will work 40 hours … Continue reading →

Multinational Calendars and how to use them in MS PROJECT 2013?

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again, I have a question from one of my Blog readers: “Okay I have a question not certain if it belongs in this thread. I’m managing a project for resources in multiple locations using MS Project 2007: US and … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project Server 2010, MS PROJECT 2010, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft Project 2013 - Calendars, MS PROJECT 2010 - Calendarts | Leave a comment

Changing max units field in Assign Resources window in MS PROJECT 2013

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, this is my last post for this year. I will show you what is happening when you change Units in Assign Resource field in MS PROJECT 2013! First, I’m going to create new Project with only one Task: and … Continue reading →

Posted in MICROSOFT PROJECT, Microsoft PRoject 2010, Microsoft Project 2013, Microsoft SharePoint, PMI, PRoject Management | Tagged microsoft project - Resources, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Project 2010 - RESOURCES, MS PROJECT 2010, MS PROJECT 2013, MS PROJECT 2013- Resources | 5 Comments

Slack and Microsoft Project 2013

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, again my Blog reader has a problem: “Hi,I have a question about Slack, I am preparing a construction schedule for my small project and using M.S.P. the problem I have is, when I active the slack on the schedule, … Continue reading →