Change % complete type for earned value analysis

How do you measure the completeness of your project? If it depends on whether a physical item is completed (rather than elapsed time or an amount of work performed), you might want to set the Default task Earned Value method option to Physical % complete. Note    Other [...]

Set the status date for project reporting

Usually, you report your project’s progress on a day you set— the status date, to use project management-speak. For example, if you want sales report figures for last month, you set the status date to the last day of that month. Or, if progress reports are due Friday, [...]

Set and save a baseline

When your boss asks how your project is doing compared to your original plan, the last thing you want to say is “I don’t know.” You can avoid that fate by setting and saving a baseline as a snapshot of your original schedule before your project gets rolling. Click [...]

How do I replace a generic resource for a named resource?

 Log into Project Professional  Go to Tools>> Build Team from Enterprise Click on the Generic Resource you would like to swap (on the right side) Click on the named resource you would like to swap (on the left side) Making sure that both resources are highlighted, click on Replace [...]

How do I add a generic resource to my schedule?

You would add a generic resource the same way you would add any other enterprise resource Log into Project Professional Go to Tools >> Build Team from Enterprise Click on the Generic resource you would like to add (you can tell if a resource is a Generic Resource because [...]