Tag Archives: MS PROJECT – Resources

Actuals and Variances with Material Resources in MS PROJECT 2013! – Part 2

Hi, In my previous Post I wrote: “Dear Nenad, I have a doubt in MS Project updation and tracking of material resources. For example, i have budgeted quantity of cement as 100bags but in actual site construction the quantity consumed … Continue reading

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Cancelling Project when using Resource Pool in MS PROJECT 2013! – The easiest way

Hi, I will repeat a lot of Pictures from my previous Post, and I’ll show you how to break the Link between a Project, and Resource Pool.. I will show you a case in MS PROJECT 2013! First, as usual … Continue reading

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Generic Resources and different capacity in MS PROJECT 2013

Hi, again one interest question from my Blog reader: “Dear Nenad,Thank you VERY much for your very informative blog! I enjoy reading your posts and visit the site often. I would appreciate if you could answer my question regarding managing … Continue reading

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Resource pool and subprojects in MS PROJECT 2013!

Hi, again one of my Blog readers has a problem: “I followed your instructions but I am running into a small issue. While my master project shows all the sub-projects and the attached resource pool in the resources sheet, when … Continue reading

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Cost Resources and Actual value in MS PROJECT 2013

  Hi, I have a question about Cost Resources and Actual value in MS PROJECT 2013: “Dear Nenad, I defined a cost resource “Hotel” and a work resource “Thomas” with hourly rate of 50 USD. For both of these resources … Continue reading

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Resources and Over allocation in MS PROJECT 2013!

  Hi, very often there is a question: “When is Resource over allocated, and how MS PROJECT 2013is dealing with it?” That is very easy to explain. First I will ad the three Tasks: and my Resource will be John … Continue reading

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Resource Pool and Local Resources in MS PROJECT 2013

  Hi, I have a question from one of my Blog readers: “Hello, Nenad. First, I’d like to thank you by your posts. They are very helpful. Now, to my question. I have a central team coordinating and working in … Continue reading

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Sharing Resources among Projects with MS Project 2010 – Part 2

  Hi, in my previous post I have explained hot to create and use the Resource pool.  Suppose that you want to open your project file which uses a Resource pool in MS PROJECT 2010. You will get: My strong … Continue reading

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Sharing Resources among Projects with MS Project 2010 – Part 1

  Hi, I will explain how to share Resources among different Projects in MS PROJECT 2010. Suppose that you have many Projects in your company, and you want to know which Resources do you have, and are they available. If … Continue reading

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Assigning Resources to the Tasks, Step by Step!!! – Part 2

  Hi, I will continue with my last Post. I will add John to the Task1. As you can see, in the Work field there is 16 hours (2 days X 8 hours per day). I will now assign Mary … Continue reading

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