Cancel an Unneeded Task
Background Information During the Planning stage of a project, it is appropriate to delete unneeded tasks from the project. After you have saved a baseline for your project, however, it is a very bad practice [...]
Delay the Start of Resource Work on a Task
A Problem and a Solution Several months ago, there was an interesting question in the Project Standard and Professional user forum on the Internet. The user who posted the question had the following situation in [...]
Understanding the Meaning of Scheduling Ignores Resource Calendars
Background Information In Microsoft Project, you can completely override the schedule of any task by assigning a Task calendar to the task. Common needs for using a Task calendar might include the following: In [...]
Drag and Drop Tasks from One Resource to Another
Dragging and Dropping Tasks Many Microsoft Project users probably know that you can move tasks in any task view, such as the Gantt Chart view, by “dragging and dropping” the tasks. To drag and drop [...]
Microsoft Project Quick Tip: Set the Split Bar Location for All New Blank Projects
Background One minor issue I have with Microsoft Project is that it places the split bar to the right of the Resource Names column by default every time I launch the software [...]
Set Date Formatting by Project
BackgroundThere was an interesting question recently in the Microsoft Project user forum. The question was so interesting, as was my answer to the question, that I wanted to share this information with you. A Microsoft [...]