Tag Archives: Micorosft Project 2016 – Tasks

Task Summary Name–new field in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

Hi, There is one new Task related field in MS PROJECT 2016: Task Summary Name. It is very useful. Usually Summary Tasks have a lot of subtasks, and when you group them, filter them or just look at them, you … Continue reading →

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Placeholder field in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

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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Move vs Update Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

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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Fixed duration Tasks and over allocation resolution in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on November 21, 2016 by

Hi, I have interesting question form one of my Blog Readers: “I have below query in Fixed Duration Task.Step1: created a task “paint the wall” with duration as 10 days (work starts by a Monday). Task is fixed durationStep2: created … Continue reading →

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Replacing Resources on partial done Tasks–Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Hi, I have a question from my Blog reader: “Hi Nenad and thank you very much for your blog. I have a question for you. Suppose you have a 10d task with a generic resource assigned to it ( total … Continue reading →

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Some leveling options in Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Hi, my Blog reader has a question: “Would you please give an example with “Leveling Can Adjust Individual Assignments on a Task” and an other example with “Level Resources with the Proposed Booking Type” in MS Project 2016 resource leveling … Continue reading →

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%Complete vs. %Work Complete in MS PROJECT 2016!–when to use what?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by

  Hi, very often I have questions like this one: Dear Nenad, I am going to develop a scheduled for a petrochemical plant shutdown project. My question is: “What percent complete should i use (% Complete or Work % Complete) … Continue reading →

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