10 LinkedIn Profiles Project Planners and Schedulers Should Follow
Are you a Project Planner or Scheduler looking for how to enrich your LinkedIn feed? Then, allow me to recommend these 10 LinkedIn profiles of SMEs and MVPs.
How to create a rolling date Lookahead Filter in Microsoft Project
Tired of using Date Range filter for your lookahead in Microsoft Project or do you crave setting up a rolling date lookahead filter just like you would in Primavera P6?
An easy way to trace out of sequence activities in Primavera P6
Does the start date of an activity that has not started or finish date of an activity in-progress in Primavera P6 not look right? You might have an out of sequence activity in your schedule network, so follow this tip to easily identify the activity.
Show Microsoft Project schedule dates in mmm-yy (month and year) format
Show only the month & year of dates in a Microsoft Project schedule for senior management use or bid submission. This tutorial also shows you how to hide the Gantt chart of a Microsoft Project schedule.
Display different date formats in different Views of a Microsoft Project schedule
Microsoft Project, unlike Primavera P6, allows users to have different date formats for different Views of the same schedule.
How to display Primavera P6 dates in mmm-yy format
If you ever want to exclude the day portion of a date in a Primavera P6 schedule so that you are left with only the month & year portions of a date, then this tutorial is for you.
Assign Actual Dates in Microsoft Project using Task Details Form
Here is a quick tip on my preferred method for assigning actual start & finish dates to tasks in Microsoft Project, i.e. through the Task Details Form
One way to use Expenses for lumpsum cost in Primavera P6 to generate data for S-curves
Learn how to use Expenses for lumpsum cost in Primavera P6 to generate data for use in Excel to plot progress s-curves when you cannot use resources to generate the data.
Add Alphanumeric Activity ID Column to a Microsoft Project Schedule (Updated)
This tutorial is for Primavera P6 users who also need to manage a Microsoft Project schedule and would like to display an Activity ID column with unique alphanumeric ids in Microsoft Project.
How to show week number columns in a Microsoft Project schedule
Use custom fields to add start date and/or finish date week number columns, e.g. a column to show date in the format “2021 Week 10”, in a Microsoft project schedule
Display summary task percent complete when all subtasks are milestones in Microsoft Project
When all subtasks in Microsoft Project are milestones, the summary task percent complete is always 0% unless all the subtasks are 100%. The workaround in this tutorial will display a % complete based on number of milestones completed.
Monte Carlo Simulation, Schedule Overrun & Construction Schedule Enhancement
What are the key points to consider when creating a construction project schedule? Do you know how to perform a Monte Carlo analysis on your project schedule? These are addressed in our latest roundup of blog posts from other sites.
Baseline Execution Index (BEI) in Microsoft Project
Baseline Execution Index (BEI) is one of the metrics in the DCMA 14-Point Assessment for project schedules and in this post, we are going to look at how to calculate and display BEI in a Microsoft Project schedule.
Add Decimal Places to Microsoft Project % Complete
By default, Microsoft Project does not display task % complete numbers with decimal places. In this tutorial, you will learn how to add decimal places to % complete using custom fields.
7 Tips for Effective Power BI Dashboards
Dashboards are important when it comes to summarising data for quick insights therefore your choice of visualisations becomes key in how effective your dashboards are.
Which Way is Critical Path?
Do you have an opinion on the state of CPM project schedules? Do you know why false critical paths are abound in schedules?
Microsoft Project Critical Path Myth
Do you know that Microsoft Project does not display Critical Path? Do you want to know more about Critical Path myth in Microsoft Project?
Microsoft Project Progress Status Traffic Light (RAG Status)
Learn how to use Custom Fields to display traffic light (RAG Status) for progress status of tasks in a Microsoft Project schedule.