Microsoft Project Tables and Views We are talking about Microsoft Project Tables and Views. Recently Al asked a question and I thought that a quick response could help him and maybe you as well. Question: I inadvertently seem to have changed something that now when I add [...]
How to Default Project Summary Task for All Plans Recently one of our customers requested to have Project Summary Task option selected for all Projects by default. This one actually is a local setting and each Project Manager needs to perform below steps to implement it. Its [...]
Updating Enterprise Schedule Templates Using Enterprise Schedule Templates for new projects is a highly recommended best practice. Schedule templates save a lot of time because the task structure (WBS), task dependencies, work effort and even resources can be setup in the template in advance. We like to [...]
Earned Value Analysis, For the Rest of Us We came across this succinct Microsoft TechNet article on Earned Value. Read the entire article here. Earned value is a powerful tracking and budgeting feature in Project. Despite the slew of intimidating acronyms that defines it (like AC, BCWP, [...]
Different Cost Rates for a Resource Microsoft Project allows you to Enter multiple cost rates for a resource. You can enter up to 5 different cost rates for a resource and below are the steps to update the cost rate for Resources. 1. Log On to Project [...]
