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Make Saturday a Working Day in Microsoft Project
Background There was an interesting question recently in the Tech Community Project user forum. A user asked how to change the default working calendar to allow Saturday as a working day. The question...Read More
Rescheduling Incomplete Work As Part of a Project’s 4-Step Tracking Cycle
In the first two articles of this series, a four-step tracking cycle was defined. It includes setting the status date, entering actuals, rescheduling incomplete work, and resource leveling the remaini...Read More
Understanding Calculation Options in Microsoft Project
Background Information In the realm of little-used features in Microsoft Project, there are a couple of Project Options settings worth noting. These are the calculation options found on the Advanced p...Read More
Thinking About Elapsed Durations
What is Elapsed Duration? Microsoft Project offers an unusual scheduling option known as Elapsed Duration. In the Duration column for any task, you can enter a Duration value two different ways: You c...Read More
Saving and Using Personal Templates in Microsoft Project
Background Information A few weeks ago, I created a Tips and Tricks video on creating and using personal templates in Microsoft Project. The step that is required for using personal templates is not o...Read More
Gantt Chart Wizard: A Blast Out of the Past
Background I was recently reading the latest posts in the Project Standard and Professional user forum, when I found a recent reply to a question that was originally posted in March 2011. I was greatl...Read More
Timesavers 2.0
My first article on the topic of “Timesavers” was published about two months ago. I covered many of Project’s data manipulation tools and best practices for setting up easy access to different command...Read More
Set Date Formatting by Project
Background There was an interesting question recently in the Microsoft Project user forum. The question was so interesting, as was my answer to the question, that I wanted to share this information wi...Read More
Top Five MS Project Scheduling Mistakes
I’ve been covering a variety of MS Project (MSP) tips and guidelines in my last few articles. This time, I thought I’d write about the most common errors found in MSP schedules. When I started using M...Read More
Webinar Recap: Understanding Calendars and Scheduling in Microsoft Project
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Dale Howard’s Understanding Calendars and Scheduling in Microsoft Project webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Y...Read More