Category Archives: PRoject Management

WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) in MS PROJECT 2010

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, According to PMI (PMBOK 4th edition), WBS or Work Breakdown Structure is: “deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables, which each … Continue reading →

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Assigning Resources to fit right time!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I received a message from one of my reader. It states: “Hi Nenad, I have been reading through your posts but could not really find back an answer on an problem I’m puzzled with.Let’s say I have a … Continue reading →

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Assignment Units VS. Peak Units in MS PROJECT 2010

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, as you know the Magic formula is DURATION * UNITS = WORK! But there is a change in MS PROJECT in representing this field. I made a setup for this Post! I have three Tasks, each of them has … Continue reading →

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Manually Scheduled Summary Tasks, and how to deal with them!

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I will show you how to deal with Manually Scheduled Summary Tasks in MS PROJECT 2010! As you already know Manually Scheduled Task are new feature in MS PROJECT 2010, and those tasks are fully controlled by you. … Continue reading →

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Backstage in MS PROJECT 2010! What do we have here?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in Backstage View in Microsoft Project 2010 you can setup many parameters for using MS PROJECT 2010. I will cover some of them, because if I want to cover them all, this Post will be very, very long. … Continue reading →

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How to track Actual overtime work in MS PROJECT 2010

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I received a question from one of my Blog reader: “After calculating the costing for work and overtime work, I baselined the task and then did tried to do the actuals in the task usage sheet. I did … Continue reading →

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How to create and use Templates in MS PROJECT 2010?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, You can use MS PROJECT 2010, for various Project types (software development, event organization, production, construction, etc.). For each new Project (of same type), you can build your task, schedule, resource pool, assignments, costs, reports, etc. fro the … Continue reading →

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Working with Graphical Indicators in MS PROJECT 2010

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in this Post I’ll show you how to use graphical Indicators in MS PROJECT 2010. Here is The Scenario: I have may Project Baseline (and this is my Project Plan) I am tracking the Project Progress If my … Continue reading →

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How to work with Outline Codes in MS Project 2010?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in my last Post I have explained how to use custom fields in MS PROJECT 2010. One of custom field type is Outline Code. Suppose that you have resources group by skills like this: Developers (101 – C# … Continue reading →

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Customizing fields and specifying Lookup Values for a Custom Fields

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, in this Post I will explain how to use custom fields in MS PROJECT 2010. There are nine types of Custom Fields in MS PROJECT 2010: Cost. Use this type when you need a field in which you … Continue reading →

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