Duration Fields
Table B-3 lists all duration fields available in Microsoft Project. For more information about durations, see Setting Task Durations on page 138. The amount of time that actual work has been performed on a task, up to the current date. Assignment AssignmentTime- Timephased OvertimeWork Resource ResourceTime- Timephased OvertimeWork The amount of overtime work already completed by a resource on a task. The amount of work already completed by a resource on a task. The amount of actual overtime...
Maintaining Your Enterprise Projects
Now that your projects are stored on the project server, you can work with them as enterprise projects. What does that mean to you Essentially, it means that you check the project out of the server when you want to work on it and check it back in when you're done for the day, for example. It also means that you're now using the enterprise global template containing any standard project elements that have been defined for your organization, including custom fields, outline codes, macros, views,...
Inside Out Wbu
Where did all these assignments come from When reviewing assignments across multiple projects in the Resource Usage view of the resource pool file, there's no way to discern which assignments are from which projects. If you want to see the projects responsible for each assignment, add the Project field to the sheet portion of the Resource Usage view. Click the Work column heading, for example, and then press the Insert key. In the Field Name box of the Column Definition dialog box, click...
Project Management Practices Building in a Buffer
Building in a duration buffer is a method that many project managers use as a contingency against project risk. Some say that the durations should be as real and accurate as pos sible, already taking into account any possible risk. Others say it just isn't realistic to believe that you can account for all possible problems while you're still in the project plan ning processes. To build in a buffer, also known as reserve time, you can do one or more of the following Add a percentage of the...
Establishing User Accounts and Permissions
Project Server is loaded with a set of built-in user groups, each of which is associated with a set of permissions having to do with various aspects of enterprise project management and workgroup collaboration. Consider using the built-in groups and permission sets as a starting point. As you and your organization gain more experience with Project Server and start to get a better idea about how you want to implement enterprise and workgroup features, you can make adjustments and customizations....
Currency Fields
Table B-1 lists all currency and currency rate fields available in Microsoft Project. For more information about working with costs, see Chapter 8, Planning Resource and Task Costs, and Monitoring and Adjusting Costs on page 338. For more information about analyzing project information with earned value, see Chapter 13, Analyzing Project Information. cost for work performed, plus fixed costs. value budgeted costs of work performed BCWP costs. value budgeted cost of work scheduled BCWS costs....
Defining a Lookup Table
If you want more control over how you or other users enter information in the outline code fields, you can set up a lookup table for them to choose from. A lookup table comprises a list of values for the outline code. To define a lookup table, do the following 1 In the Customize Fields dialog box, click the outline code for which you want to create a lookup table. 2 Be sure that the code mask is defined for the selected outline code. Click Define Code Mask to set up or review the code mask. If...
Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Excel
Embedding Between Microsoft Project and Excel....................... Linking Between Microsoft Project 504 and Excel.................... Importing and Exporting with Excel . . . . 521 Several techniques for information interchange are at your disposal to exchange information in Microsoft Office Project 2003 with Microsoft Excel. Not only can you integrate Excel information into your project plan, but you can also feed information from Project 2003 to an Excel workbook. Such capabilities provide...
Importing Information into Microsoft Project
You can bring information into Microsoft Project from another application and another file format by importing it. Importing converts another application s file format into the Microsoft Project file format. You start an import process by simply using the File, Open command. To import data to Microsoft Project, follow these steps 1 In Microsoft Project, click File, Open. 2 In the Files of Type list of the Open dialog box, click the file format of the file you are importing for example,...