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Question I have created a Budgeted resources by accident. Now I can't remove the Budget from the Type - it is greyed out in the Resource Centre when I go to edit and I cannot change it in MS Project Professional when I take the resource in there. Not even sure how I created this […]

In Step 6, we looked at defining and assigning resources to the tasks in our schedules. Once you’ve done that, it’s time to take a closer look at what activities are actually driving the schedule. For most of us, the minute we start the project we’re already behind schedule, right? There never seems to be […]

For Step 6, I’m not going to write a new post because I’ve already written one that covers this topic well. Instead, I’ll just give the link. Happy Scheduling

Hi again. To start, I have to say that I’m setting a record here. I’ve posted 6 weeks in a row now and I think that deserves some accolades, don’t you? Continuing our series on 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, in this post we’ll take a look at Step 5: Entering Deadlines. Before we can […]

So what’s all the fuss about dependencies, anyway? I mean, it’s a nice way to tie tasks together but it’s also a lot of work! Besides, I can just enter the start date to get tasks to start where I want them to and there’s nothing wrong with that, right? WRONG!!!!! If you are entering […]

In 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, we started with Step 1: Defining the Project and then moved on to Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. If you haven’t had the chance to read those posts, follow the links and check them out before reading on. In Step 1, I mentioned Task Types and suggested […]

Jacques and I (Dan) met with our friends Matt and Greg from Pike Industries today to do some analysis on a report of theirs and provide a few tricks with MS Project.  These guys are great, and are quickly growing their user base of Project Server on a regular basis. Thanks for the productive meeting […]

Continuing with our 8 Steps to Success, this week we’ll focus on Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. Step 1 was to Define the Project which basically means setting the important options and making sure you have your calendars in order. If you missed it, go ahead and click the link so you can check it out!

Recently, a client was experiencing an issue with custom field values in Project Server 2010. She changed the values in the lookup table for a Project custom field but was unable to see the new values in Project Professional. Oddly, she could see them fine in PWA. Of course, my first question was whether or […]

As promised last week, here is Step 1 of 8 steps to scheduling success with MS Project 2010. It is probably the simplest step but one that should not be overlooked. There are some settings and options that need to be set before you ever start entering tasks into the schedule. Well, technically, they don’t […]

I am trying to create a new workspace template for 2007 version of MS Project and Server. I used MSDN instructions "Extending the Project Workspace Template". When I try to create a new project the workspace is not created because I am getting a "Web is already linked to another project" error. Error summary/areas: Web […]

Do you find yourself spending too much time working in Microsoft Project? Want to learn how to minimize the amount of time required but maximize the benefits? I thought you might. Following the 8 basic steps outlined below can help you do just that if you implement a few scheduling best practices along the way. […]

Jacques Goupil will  be speaking the #mspc12 for session #pc243.  His session is workshop based.  The associated PowerPoint deck will be posted on My PC for attendees.

If Active Directory Synchronization is as mysterious to you as it was to me, you’ve landed in the right place. Although I’ve been working with Project Server since its inception, I’ve never worked in Active Directory and had a hard time understanding how it interfaced with Project Server. Now that I do understand it, I […]

So you finally figured out how to create a custom view in Microsoft Project and now you want to make that view available in all of your schedules. Let’s face it, recreating it in every file is bound to be getting old and there’s a better way. Making custom views, filters, groups, fields and even […]

Have you been struggling to get resources assigned to tasks in Microsoft Project 2007 or 2010? Are you constantly over allocating resources and then beating your head against the wall as you attempt to resolve those over allocations? Although there are many different ways to assign resources, my favorite is to use the Assign Resource […]

If you are manually choosing your connection, you have the option to Load Summary Resource Assignments when you launch Project Professional. If you are not manually controlling your connection, you may have no idea what I’m talking about. Before I explain the Summary Assignments, I’ll first walk you through how to see the option when […]

Budget resources. They are a great feature of Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project 2010 if only you can figure out how to use them. I had a hard time figuring it out and am thinking maybe some of you are, too. So here are the directions that will help you create and assign budget […]