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Microsoft Project Baseline Percent (%) with Weighted Summary Roll-up

3 years 7 weeks ago

By default, Microsoft Project does not have a baseline percent (%) complete field or column like you would find in other scheduling software like Primavera P6.

This video outlines steps to follow if you want to display a baseline percent (%) complete column in a Microsoft Project schedule. It also shows how to roll-up percent (%) complete to summary tasks based on weighted percent (%)

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Show Calendar Days instead of Dates in MS Project Schedule columns

3 years 9 weeks ago

Sometimes during tender or bid submission for a project, the client might not provide a Project start date and bidders would be required to show ordinal dates in the Gantt chart timeline and calendar days in the start and finish dates columns, so that, for each activity, the schedule will show start and finish days, e.g. for a 10-day activity, the schedule will show day 1 in the start column

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Project Tools: Which to Choose?

3 years 10 weeks ago

There are many tools to help project teams manage their work, collaborate, and track performance.  The number of options is overwhelming—Capterra has published over 900-project management tool reviews. 

I teach project management classes and am often asked, “Which tool should we use?”  My

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2 Ways to Show Ordinal Dates instead of Calendar Dates in Primavera P6 Schedule

3 years 11 weeks ago

In this tutorial, I will show you 2 methods of displaying ordinal dates in a Primavera P6 schedule, the first method uses Microsoft Excel and the second uses Global Change facility in P6. Ordinal dates schedules are usually required when a project does not have a defined calendar start date.

This is the Primavera P6 version of the 

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Is It Important To Focus On Access Road Construction For Mega Complex Remote Project?

3 years 12 weeks ago

 

 

Summary

Energy and mining projects are complex and mostly being executed in remote areas. Site accessibility, weather, uneven terrain, and mobility are the factors that make it more difficult to execute remote area projects. After asset acquisition and getting all necessary permits, the construction

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Is It Important To Focus On Access Road Construction For Mega Complex Remote Project?

3 years 12 weeks ago

Summary

Energy and mining projects are complex and mostly being executed in remote areas. Site accessibility, weather, uneven terrain, and mobility are the factors that make it more difficult to execute remote area projects. After asset acquisition and getting all necessary permits, the construction of an access road to

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Is It Important To Focus On Access Road Construction For Mega Complex Remote Project?

3 years 12 weeks ago

Summary

Energy and mining projects are complex and mostly being executed in remote areas. Site accessibility, weather, uneven terrain, and mobility are the factors that make it more difficult to execute remote area projects. After asset acquisition and getting all necessary permits, the construction of an access road to

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“Keep in Touch”

3 years 14 weeks ago

I called an old colleague just to say “hello” and see how he was doing.  We have worked together at different companies over the past dozen years.  He is an inspirational finance executive and counted on me to implement his vision.   

After salutations, he remarked, “You’re that guy!  You are so good at keeping in touch.”  I brushed off

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How to remove gaps after data date for activities in progress in Primavera P6

3 years 15 weeks ago

Today I’m going to show you how to get rid of gaps that appear after the data date for activities that are in progress in Primavera P6.

To demonstrate this

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