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Planning activities in "Hours" with MSP

Greetings,

I was using P6 on my previous Project. I have a a 4 day shutdown plan to develope and I need to plan the start and finish in hours for the same.

I just cant find aany option with MSP 2007, like Primavera P6 where i can enter the planned start or the actual start in hours along with the date.

I will be working on a 12 hours per day calendar during the 4 day shutdown and i need to plan the activities in hours. and then update the actuals in hours too.

Please advise.

Thanking You,

Abdullah.  

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MSP 2010 wont let me baseline project

Hi All,

MSP 2010 will not let me set the entire project as a baseline. Ive tried it by selecting the entire project check box as well as highlighting all tasks then checking 'selected tasks'. It will let me assign a baseline if I select only a few tasks but thats it. My plan has 2500 tasks. I tired selecting 500 tasks but it wouldn't do this either.

Any ideas greatly appreciated as you can imagine this is causing me some frustration.

Cheers

Steve

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Total slack

Good evening guys,

I have got one question i have scheduled one project in picrosoft project.

start date is : 18.07.2011

End date is 30.08.2011

Relation :FS

i have entered status date as 28.07.2011 and i dint updated any tasks, then i enetred F9 to caleculate mannually , i am not able to see any negative slack of 10 days (or delay of 10 days since i dint started any work) 

if any one has answer please let me know. thanks in advance please note i have tried with must finish contraint too but the resilt is zero

 

 

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move complex set of tasks/subtasks without losing the structured numbering

I need to copy/move a complext set of tasks & sub task (many levels) under newly added task without losing the relative structured numbering.  Can't find it in the manuals.

 

I have Proj 2007.   I have been given a 1,000+ row plan, and need to move various chunks of the long plan into (under) new phase/task/subtasks.  When I expand all levels I had hoped to select all and paste them in to a blank set of rows, but I can't get the relative numbeing to be maintained.  My alternative is to print out the whole 1000 lines

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How can I create a "Custom Work Field"

I would like to implement custom fields which display a work value, for example "20 d". The fields can be either calculated (e.g. the work of a specific resource group), or entered (e.g. an initial estimate of work, which should not be entered in the standard "Work" field yet).

How can I create a field which displays the values including the units (e.g. "d" or "hrs").

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Cash Flows for Subprojects/ Grouping Projects by Project Managers

Hi All,

I am very new to MSP. I have created master project linking sub projects but when i go for the cash flow resports it gives cash flow for all organisation not for indivisual departements of organisation

GROUP (Master Schedule/Project)

CIVIL( Sub Project)

INFRASTRUCTURE( Sub Project)

ENVIRONMENTAL( Sub Project)

WATER RESOURCES ( Sub Project)

 

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MS project 2003 Duration and Finish does not reconcile

I have a strange problem, I want change my clander from 8 hrs to 9 hrs. Before doing it on the project i experimented

Created a new project put an activity

Name              Duration           Start              Finish

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Driving calendars

Everyone,

 

I currently have a 14 day (7 day calendar-no BH holidays) running through Christmas. It is the last path on the network, barring a finish milestone for 'planned completion'. which is its successor. This milestone has a 5 day claendar. As the previpous 14 day task is showing a finish of 30/12/11 the milesone finishes at the same (not honouring its calendar). If it was to honour its calendar, it should read 09/01/12. Can anyone tell me how to make the succeeding task calendar be the driver in MSP 2007 Pro.

 

Thanks Stuart

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