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Introduction To MS Project 2007 Professional

10 Project Information

One would be able to get MS-Project to schedule from a specified project end date

2-4 Must Start on 10/8/2009 Constrain should be removed to do this

It is advisable to introduce all project constrains at the very end of your planning session.

Task : Remove the constrain for 2-4 and specify project end date as 12/01/2009 and schedule from Project Finish Date.

What is the project Start Date now

Use the undo button to get it back to schedule from the Project start date.

© Indunil Seneviratne B.Sc (QS), M.Sc(Const. Mgmt), AIQSSL Program : M.Sc / PG-Dip in Project Management :2008 Page : 7

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11 Assigning Resources to ActivitiesCheck : TOOLS / OPTIONS / GENERAL

Define Rate Works on Working Hours Max Units

Peter 100 T/S 8-5

Harry 100 T/S 8-5

Martin 100 T/S 8-5

Bob 200 T/S 8-5

Chris 100 t/s 8-5

cat 5 network wire 5000 per 100m

sk-lab 40 T/S 8-5 400%unsk-lab 20 T/S 8-5 800%

12 Fields to Insert to Resource work sheet

Type Material , Work, Cost

Material Label Units

Cost

Booking Type Committed , Proposed

Max Units

Base Calendar

Accrue at : Prorated / Start / End

Available From

Available To

Can you delete them ?


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13 Material

Cost

Material Label

Max Units

Fie

ld Desc

riptions


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14 Booking Types

Accrue at

Base Calendar

Fie

ld Desc

riptions

. Custom


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15 Assign 1-2 Peter1-4 Chris

2-4 Peter 200 m of cat 5

2-3 Bob 200 m of cat 5

3-5 Bob

2-5 Harry 300 m of cat 5

4-5 Peter

5-7 Peter

7-9 Peter

5-6 Sk Lab 100%6-9 Harry

5-8 Martin

8-9 Martin

What is the project duration ?

When it is going to finish ?

What is the Project Cost?

16 1-2 Peter Add One More Skilled Lab to 1-2

1-4 chris

2-4 Martin 200 m of cat 5 How to Answer ? What does it mean ?2-3 Bob 200 m of cat 5 Very Critical to get this right ….!

3-5 Bob

2-5 Harry 300 m of cat 5

4-5 Peter5-7 Peter

7-9 Peter

5-6 Harry

6-9 Harry

5-8 Bob

8-9 Bob

Increase work . Keep the duration


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Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Introduce

constrain As

Late AsPossible to

Phase 1 and

Phase 2

Activities

Do you see

any change in

project

duration ?


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20 Making Changes to the project : Change -- ONE

Chris is unavailable and replace him with Bobby

Rate Works on Working Hours Instructions

Bobby 200 T and W only 8-5

Needs to define additional calendar for Bobby

Assign to 1-4

What has happened to the Critical Path now ?

What is the project duration ?

When it is going to finish ?

Project Cost

21 Tracking - Saving Baseline : What does it mean ?

Ready to Implement / Construct

End of Month / Quarter

Major Change

Next Phase

Project Assumption Contract is signed and construction is starting

Save your Baseline Baseline :Original Scope


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22 Tracking Method : Percentage of work done

23 Project Status Date Report Following Percentages

1-2 100

What does the project status date mean ? 1-4 30

2-4 0

2-3 0

Set the Date to 10/15/2009 3-5 0

2-5 0

4-5 05-7 0

7-9 0

5-6 0

6-9 0

5-8 0

8-9 0

View / Tool Bars / Tracking

Report that first 2 progress meetings

has been done too


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24 More options to report progress

Remember to have your tracking table and also move the cursor to the activity you want to update

Try out the options : Would be faster than

doing it one at a time


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25 Getting progress lines

Experiment with the

progress lines using

10/15/2009 project

status date

Try Line Styles tab too


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26 Setting Baselines : Manipulation of baselines / others start finish dates : What if sessions

Discuss the use of this option

Helps in managing baselines

and interim plans


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