It is feasible to define work, cost, and material resources in Microsoft Project. Let’s look at the definition of material resources first. What makes the material resource definition interesting is the requirement to include a unit of measure in addition to a standard rate. This unit definition may be any unit of measure specified by […]
Deleting Tasks in Microsoft Project and How to Delete a Relationship
There is more than one way to delete a task in Microsoft Project. Here we explore a few different approaches that folks use. Relationships often change throughout the planning stages of a project. And it may be just as helpful to know how to delete a relationship, as it is to create one. Yes, there […]
Microsoft Project Lag Filter
How to use the Microsoft Project lag filter. Recently one of our readers asked whether it is possible to create a filter in Microsoft Project to capture all tasks that have lag. Lag is waiting time between a predecessor task and a successor task. Tasks in Microsoft Project may have either a positive lag or […]
Microsoft Project Resource Delay
Microsoft Project Resource Delay What can you do when you have multiple resources working on a task, but some of these resources have a delayed start? Well, Microsoft Project supports an assignment delay for resources in these situations. In your scheduling scenario you have several resources working on a task, and some of these resources […]
Displaying The Task Path In Microsoft Project
Using Microsoft Project’s Gantt charts have a way of quickly becoming cluttered with numerous tasks and joining relationships. In these situations you may want a way to inspect a respective task path through the network. In analyzing a schedule it is common to inspect all tasks coming before a particular task, the predecessors, and all […]
Task Bar Labels Using Multiple Fields In Microsoft Project
In Microsoft Project, you can display task bar labels on your Gantt chart. You can set the position labels left, right, top, bottom, or inside a task bar. Each task label position is set to display one label. However, when we apply a little ingenuity we can display multiple fields in each label. Microsoft Project […]
Resources With Multiple Pay Rates In Microsoft Project
In Microsoft Project you can have a single resource with multiple pay rates. You could use Microsoft Project to simulate a resource that wears multiple hats, i.e. a resource that has more than one role. Each role can have a different pay rate. Or, you may have a situation where a single resource has differing […]
Using a Microsoft Project Temporary Master Schedule for External Dependencies
One efficient way in Microsoft Project to insert external dependencies is through a temporary master schedule. Let’s say you have two individual projects you want to link with an external dependency. Previously we explained a way to connect two projects together using an external dependency, and not a temporary master schedule. Refer to the blog […]
Using Contract Completion Dates In Microsoft Project
Projects come with deadlines. They may be Contract Completion Dates (CCD) or deadlines imposed by your project sponsor. There is more than one way to monitor Using Contract Completion Dates in Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project has a deadlines feature that may impose a deadline date on a respective milestone. This deadline appears as a static […]
Slow Microsoft Project XML Integration with Deltek Cobra
Sadly, a common issue we are encountering is abysmally slow integration of Microsoft Project XML files with Deltek Cobra. Customers attempting to perform integration are waiting quite literally hours for the process to complete: and then only to have it fail on some occasions. As you would expect, this is both frustrating and basically a show […]