Tag Archives: scheduling
Making Light Work of Schedule Risk Analysis – By Barbecana
Not a MPUG member? No problem! This session is free and open to everyone. Register today! *This is an MPUG Vendor Session. The presenter will discuss 3rd party Microsoft Project add-ons or services in a no pressure, stress-free environment. These add-ons are not out-of-the-box functionality and require product trial or purchase. Your information is safe, we…
Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template
Download the template and presentation files for this session. Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Microsoft Project can be turned into an estimating tool with continuously improving data. Making schedules for specific…
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 MSP in 1997, I had to learn it on my own without much guidance. During those early days, I…
Understanding Calendars and Scheduling in Microsoft Project
Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDUs in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Microsoft Project is a scheduling tool, and the schedule of every project is based on one or more calendars. In this high-energy webinar, Dale Howard will discuss…
Do Calendars or Scheduling Have You Stumped?!
Microsoft Project is a powerful scheduling tool, but how exactly does the software schedule? The answer is found in a single word: calendars. In fact, the schedule of every project is based on one or more calendars. Have you ever wondered how to do any of the following? Configure the Standard calendar in your Microsoft…
PMO Best Practices: 7 Steps for Better Schedule Management
A few years ago, I was hired as a Project Management Office (PMO) consultant for a software products company. My assignment was to setup their PMO, implement best practices, and oversee projects for twelve months before handing over the setup to the client. My assignment ended up lasting thirteen months. Some would say it’s an…
Removing Start-to-Finish Relationships from Mid-point Scheduling
Mid-point or block scheduling involves a sequence of tasks, the scheduling of which is dependent upon the start of a target task embedded within the sequence. In practice, as the sequence is moved forward or backward within the schedule, start-to-finish (SF) task relationships are used to drag the predecessors of the target task along with…
A Resource Leveled and Smoothed Schedule
In the figure above, a schedule was resource leveled using Project (left Gantt chart). It was resource smoothed using Excel (right Gantt chart). Both results are resource-feasible, but the schedule on the right has a smoother resource allocation. To contrast the resource optimization techniques of leveling and smoothing, I will share how both schedules…
How to Link Tasks Using a Master Project Schedule
Download the Presentation Slides Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs): This Webinar is eligible for 1 PMI® PDU in the Technical category of the Talent Triangle. Event Description: Sequencing activities is a critical process within the Schedule Management knowledge area. It is a key component to building in logic –…
Schedule a Task to Start As Late As Possible Based on the Start Date of Another Task
Problem Description I answered an interesting question recently in the Microsoft Answers user forum for Microsoft Project users. The user who asked the question stated that she was new to Microsoft Project. She indicated that she is managing a construction project and wanted to know the latest possible date she could order wood flooring so…
