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Oct 11, 2020

Microsoft Project 2013 & 2016: Levelling Gantt

Microsoft Project 2013 & 2016 allow you to use the Leveling Gantt to show the visual impact of the leveling of resources across your project. Level Resource [...]

Sep 15, 2020

How-to: Add public holidays to a Microsoft Project 2013/2016 calendar

Microsoft Project comes installed with 3 basic calendars: Standard 24 Hours Night Shift Most people are using the Standard Calendar. This calendar has [...]

Aug 18, 2020

Create a Custom Tracking View in Project 2013

By creating custom tables and views, you’ll import the same data and still be able to switch back to the delivered Gantt chart and standard tables. If you don’t create a [...]

Jul 06, 2020

Display the message "Tasks due shortly" in Project

In project management, it is very important to know that a task is due to start shortly because of the following reasons: You have to make sure that the necessary [...]

Jul 03, 2020

Task types and scheduling in Project

One of the hardest aspects of working with Microsoft Project is being able to understand the relationship between the three main units of measurement. Correctly [...]

Jun 11, 2020

Customising the Project 2013 interface

First time users to Microsoft Project often ask me how to do an initial customisation of the Microsoft Project 2013 interface so I have created these four simple steps [...]

Apr 10, 2021

How to contour the resources usage in Microsoft Project

The person responsible for updating a Microsoft Project plan file can contour the work using predefined settings. The Work Contour option provides choices for the [...]

Feb 19, 2021

Creating custom task alerts in Microsoft Project 2010/13

Microsoft Project 2010 and 2013 have a built in functions which provides the user with powerful tools to monitor their project progress. One of the common issues in [...]

Sep 12, 2020

How to import a Microsoft Access resources list into Microsoft Project file

In my previous blog post, I explained the settings you would need to change in Microsoft Project to ensure you’re able to import a Microsoft Access database. In this [...]

Aug 28, 2020

5 steps to create a custom field in Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project 2010 and 2013 allows end users to customise their application views by creating custom fields. Not every industry has the same type of information [...]

Jul 22, 2020

Access your Access files in Microsoft Project

As mentioned in my previous blog posts (3 settings that will increase your efficiency in Microsoft Project & Automatically reach your deadlines with scheduled tasks [...]

Jul 07, 2020

3 settings that will increase your efficiency in Microsoft Project

In my last blog post (Automatically reach your deadlines with scheduled tasks in Microsoft Project), I explained that there are a number of global settings in Microsoft [...]

Jun 23, 2020

Automatically reach your deadlines with scheduled tasks in Microsoft Project

In order to work more efficiently in Microsoft Project 2010 and 2013, there are a number of global settings you must change. If you don't change these global [...]

May 06, 2021

Calculate the Resources Standard Rate in Microsoft Project

In my previous blog post, I explained how to use custom fields to calculate GST in Microsoft Project. Now that we know how to do that, we can now use this custom field [...]

Feb 07, 2021

Create and lookup custom fields in Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project allows end users to customise their application views by creating custom fields. Not every company or industry has the same type of information [...]

Jan 29, 2021

5 tips for successful project management

When it comes to project management, there are many challenges from beginning to end. There are several external and internal factors that may affect the original [...]

Jan 20, 2021

Earned Value Analysis with Microsoft Project

Why do project managers often fail in monitoring and controlling project plans? I've found the top reasons generally are inefficient ways to document and track the [...]

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