Summary of skills in using ms project2010 project management software

Background

The whole article is explained by taking 2010 as an example. Subsequent versions are similar and will be updated one after another, little by little

Set project start time

How do you assign each of your tasks back to the start of your project, rather than starting on a date that's long overdue?

How to set the calendar and time

The calendar that comes with the project is more general, but it is not suitable for everyone, so when you want to use it to plan a project, always create it according to your company's working hours:

1. Go to "Project → Properties → Change Working Hours Options", open
   
2. Create a new calendar, there are two places to pay special attention to, the exception date and the work week
3. Exception dates: refers to the dates you choose, which are supplementary rules that cannot be expressed normally in the "working week"
   a. For example: You set the working hours to be Monday to Friday every week, at 8:00 a.m.Until 5 o'clock in the evening, but the company benefits, you can get off work at 12 o'clock on the last Friday of every month, at this time, you can set it through the exception date

Duration listed as a decimal problem

After manually setting your own calendar, if you do not modify the schedule time of the project, there will be a problem that the construction period is decimal days

Tips

Decimals are usually caused by non-integer days. It is recommended that you adjust the system time format so that the interface displays hours, which can help you adjust the calendar
project-options-general

Solution

1. Modify the project-options-schedule column:
2. Default start time: It must be earlier than or equal to the start time set by yourself in your calendar-work week, otherwise there will be a decimal (the reason is that if the start time of your calendar is 8:00,If the default start time is 9:00, then you set a one-day duration, starting from 8:00, the project will think that you need two days to combine)
3. Default end time: later than your calendar-workweek end time set by yourself, for the same reason as above
4. Daily working hours: To be equal to (equal to equal to equal to say important things three times) your calendar-workweek self-set working hours
5. These three steps are completed, and there will be no decimals.
   

Transitional assignment of resources for this task

When creating a summary task with multiple subtasks, the 'Transitional allocation of resources for this task' little red man prompt often appears,

Reason: Summary row – resource column, check the same resource as the subtaskconflict

Solution

Cancel the "Resource" assignment from the Summary row

How to compare the plans and changes of each duration period

1. After creating a new project, set a benchmark

For the first creation, select "Comparison Baseline 0" in sequence, and then you can overwrite the creation, or you can create new benchmarks in different periods

2. After a period of time, compare the project

In the blank space on the right side of the Gantt chart, select "Show/Hide Bar Chart Style" - "Baseline" - Baseline (which you created earlier)

Then, the comparison page appears, the gray part below is your original benchmark, and the black part above is the current oneSome schedules
The specific color is subject to the style you set

Benchmarking Tips

After setting the benchmark, try not to modify the task name, task order, add tasks, etc., which will cause confusion in the comparison