From the category archives: Functional
Although it is possible to assign resources to summary tasks in Microsoft Project, it’s a bad idea. Assign resources to detail tasks only, otherwise you are duplicating the work that is calculated. In Project 2013, there’s ev ...
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The Task Path button can be found on the Format Ribbon and when you click it, you have four options: Predecessors, Driving Predecessors, Successors and Driven Successors. The first two are explained below and from that you wi ...
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Find information on the new Project 2013 certification exams here: Managing Programs and Projects with Project Server 2013 and Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013. Want to brush up on your skills before attempting ...
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If you need to create a custom template in MS Project Professional 2013, good luck finding it once it has been created. Sure, you can navigate to folder you saved it to, but try finding it when you go to File, New. I mean, th ...
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I’m not a person who enjoys change so moving from Project Server 2010 to Project Server 2013 was somewhat of an ordeal. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but you know what I mean. One source of frustration for me was find ...
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During Requirements Gathering and Configuring a Project Server ‘10 environment there is often confusion between the PMBOK process groups of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitor and Controlling, and Closing and the ...
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If you are creating a SSRS report in Visual Studio 2008 and would like a parameter to display multiple values including NULL values, you will get a message saying, “A multi-value parameter cannot include null values”. Howe ...
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How to enable the “Add Yourself to a Task” functionality in PWA
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Recently, I had a client who was unable to open a schedule in Project Professional by clicking on the icon in Project Center. Normally, when you click on the schedule icon (see below) in Project Center, it launches MS Project ...
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In Step 6, we looked at defining and assigning resources to the tasks in our schedules. Once you’ve done that, it’s time to take a closer look at what activities are actually driving the schedule. For most of us, the minute w ...
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For Step 6, I’m not going to write a new post because I’ve already written one that covers this topic well. Instead, I’ll just give the link.
Happy Scheduling 
Hi again. To start, I have to say that I’m setting a record here. I’ve posted 6 weeks in a row now and I think that deserves some accolades, don’t you? Continuing our series on 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, in this post we ...
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So what’s all the fuss about dependencies, anyway? I mean, it’s a nice way to tie tasks together but it’s also a lot of work! Besides, I can just enter the start date to get tasks to start where I want them to and there’s not ...
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In 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, we started with Step 1: Defining the Project and then moved on to Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. If you haven’t had the chance to read those posts, follow the links and check th ...
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Continuing with our 8 Steps to Success, this week we’ll focus on Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. Step 1 was to Define the Project which basically means setting the important options and making sure you have your ...
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Recently, a client was experiencing an issue with custom field values in Project Server 2010. She changed the values in the lookup table for a Project custom field but was unable to see the new values in Project Professional. ...
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As promised last week, here is Step 1 of 8 steps to scheduling success with MS Project 2010. It is probably the simplest step but one that should not be overlooked. There are some settings and options that need to be set befo ...
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Do you find yourself spending too much time working in Microsoft Project? Want to learn how to minimize the amount of time required but maximize the benefits? I thought you might. Following the 8 basic steps outlined below ca ...
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This is session #pc206 at #mspc12. To be held at 5pm Wednesday 3/21.
Jacques Goupil will be speaking the #mspc12 for session #pc243. His session is workshop based. The associated PowerPoint deck will be posted on My PC for attendees.
If Active Directory Synchronization is as mysterious to you as it was to me, you’ve landed in the right place. Although I’ve been working with Project Server since its inception, I’ve never worked in Active Directory and had ...
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So you finally figured out how to create a custom view in Microsoft Project and now you want to make that view available in all of your schedules. Let’s face it, recreating it in every file is bound to be getting old and ther ...
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Have you been struggling to get resources assigned to tasks in Microsoft Project 2007 or 2010? Are you constantly over allocating resources and then beating your head against the wall as you attempt to resolve those over allo ...
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If you are manually choosing your connection, you have the option to Load Summary Resource Assignments when you launch Project Professional. If you are not manually controlling your connection, you may have no idea what I’m t ...
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