Archive for the ‘Tech Tips’ Category

Factoring Risk in Schedules: Primavera Risk Analysis

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Factoring risk into project schedules has never been easier or more methodical than using Primavera Risk Analysis. Providing a better method of analysing the risk to your programme, you can quickly provide a more realistic picture of the risks to your project.

Weather Modelling a Project Plan: Primavera Risk Analysis Reviewed

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Using Primavera Risk Analysis to account for inclement weather in your programmes is a breeze. What’s more is that the process leads to a more reflective and realistic result because we utilise an approach to risk management and analysis that in itself, is a reflection on real world events.

Quick Multiple Resource Assignments

Friday, June 11th, 2010

How to quickly add resource assignments to collections of activities – all in one go!

4 Weekly Filter

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Setting a simple filter to show activities that should have started but have not finished or activities that are supposed to start within the next month.

Better Rollup Reporting – Defining Outline Codes

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

How to provide better rollup reporting through outline codes in Microsoft Project

The Dreaded Task Type

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

One of the most confusing parts of Microsoft Project is the Task Type. The relationship between Activity Duration and Resource Assignment is defined by this field value. This article explains in detail the use of each task type and it’s effect on resource assignment calculations.
MS Project allows 3 parameters:
- The task Duration
- The number of [...]

Advanced Filtering

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Some advanced filtering techniques that you can use on your projects

Display Free, Total and Negative Float

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

An article describing how to display Free, Total and Negative Float within a MS Project Gantt Chart view.

Deadline Tasks – Avoiding Constraints

Friday, May 14th, 2010

What effect do deadline dates have to activities? How can we adjust the critical path properly and avoid using constraints?

Task Splitting & Out of Sequence Handling

Friday, May 14th, 2010

How to display out of sequence progressing in MS Project and how to update the plan to reflect true progress.