It’s not uncommon that you have weekly status meetings and that the time and cost of those meetings is not immaterial? If this is the case then Microsoft Project has a great feature that allows you to schedule recurring tasks
Top-Down Scheduling In Microsoft Project
Before you start diving in and creating a schedule you should first consider what the major deliverables of your project are. Furthermore, you need to decompose these deliverables into components in order to create what is known as a Work Breakdown Structure
Defining Task Relationships In Microsoft Project
If you are not familiar with the process of defining relationships between tasks in Microsoft Project, the following may be of help. These examples are shown using Microsoft Project 2013, however these steps are the same in most recent versions
Updating Schedule Progress in Microsoft Project 2013
Knowing how to update your schedule in Microsoft Project is essential to accurately tracking your schedule progress. Here we look at the major steps to updating your Microsoft Project 2013 schedule based upon the progress
Assigning a Project Specific Fixed Price Material Expense in Microsoft Project
The Resource Sheet and Resource Names column In Microsoft Project are great for assigning labor and material generic resources to a schedule. However, if you have a subcontractor doing all the work
Microsoft Project: Displaying the Total Float (Slack) of Tasks on the Gantt Chart
To better understand the total float of tasks in your schedule, it’s often very useful to display these on the Gantt chart. A Gantt chart view of total slack may complement or even provide more insight than a tabulated list of values.
Setting up a Baseline in Microsoft Project 2013
If you are not sure how to set up a baseline to measure project progress in Microsoft 2013 then you may find this article very helpful. After completion of the initial planning phase of the project, where the tasks
Monitoring Near Critical Tasks in Microsoft Project
Monitoring your near critical activities can be, in some schedules, as important as the critical ones. You need to be aware of where these activities are located on your schedule, so you can keep an eye
Adding Generic Labor Resources In Microsoft Project 2013
One of the more sophisticated areas of scheduling is the assignment of resources to the tasks. To do effective resource assignment in Microsoft Project you need to be familiar with the methods for assigning labor, material, and costs
Auto & Manual Schedule Task Entry in Microsoft Project 2013
Microsoft Project 2013 allows for the manual and automatic entry of task data. The manual entry option simply records the name of the task you enter. It does not provide a duration or Start and Finish dates. The automatic entry provides an