Tag Archives: ms project – scheduling

Duration with different Resources working time in MS PROJECT 2013!

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

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Duration, Units, Work and Schedule in MS PROJECT 2013. How are they linked, and some tips and tricks!

Hi, this is my first Post in this year and it will be a quite long. Again, one of my Blog readers ha a problem, and this problem is about scheduling. Here it is: “Dear Nenad,Glad to find your site … Continue reading

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How to Move Project when Project has Manually Scheduled Tasks and/or Constraints in MS PROJECT 2013

Hi, I’ll how you how to move Project when it has Manually Scheduled Tasks or Constraints in MS PROJECT 2013 First I will make a simple Project with no manually Scheduled Tasks or Constraints. Now suppose that your plan is … Continue reading

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Scheduled Duration, Start and Finished Date in MS PROJECT 2013

Hi, A question from my Blog reader is: “Please clarify the purpose  of fields Schedule Duration, Schedule Start & Schedule Finish. In which context they are used and how they differ from Duration, Start & Finish Fields ?” I will … Continue reading

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Resources and Durations – how are they linked in MS PROJECT 2013!

Hi, very good friend of mine has a problem: “Nenad, please help me. I want to have some Resources with different working hours (for Example, John 1 hour per day, Mary 2 hours per day), and when I assign Single … Continue reading

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How to make a right Schedule for your Project, after it begin in MS PROJECT 2013

Hi, in this post I will explain what to do with your Project when you are late, and how to make your schedule Accurate! First, I will create some Tasks in MS PROJECT 2013: Then some Resources: Finally I will … Continue reading

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Scheduling Problem in MS PROJECT 2013

Hi, again a question from one of My Blog Readers: “What if you work 9 hrs per day mon to thurs and 8 hrs per day friday for week 1, and for week 2 you work 9 hrs per day … Continue reading

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Workload without Resources in MS PROJECT–what will happen?–PART 1 of 2

  Hi, in this post I will explain what happens when you add resource (recourses) to the Tasks which already has Work assigned in MS PROJECT 2010. As you know, the magic Formula is WORK = DURATION * UNITS. Let’s … Continue reading

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WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) in MS PROJECT 2010

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

  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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