Ismet Kocaman, MCTS, PMP, is a Mechanical Engineer and has more than 15 years of project management experience in the manufacturing sector. He currently provides consultancy to small to mid-sized companies on project management, reorganizing, and streamlining the manufacturing operations. He also conducts training seminars for engineers on MS Project. Contact Ismet at ikocaman.pm@gmail.com.
If you want to identify which tasks don’t start at 8 a.m. and don’t finish at 5 p.m., here’s how: Enter the following formula to a custom flag field, for […]
To illustrate how much of a task is done when you’re working with Microsoft Project, just insert a PHYSICAL % COMPLETE line to the Bar Styles dialog box as shown […]
If you’re using Project 2010 or Project 2013, use the following subroutine to display the formula in a custom field: ‘ © Ismet Kocaman ‘ Sub Show_Formula() If Application.CustomFieldGetFormula(ActiveCell.FieldID) <> […]
In all versions of Project, in a task line, click a Duration cell to activate the spin button control and then click the arrows to increase or decrease the duration […]
In the active project plan file, apply the proper command sequence to open the File Properties dialog box. In Project 2013, that’s File > Info > Project Information > Advanced […]
Here’s how you can see the revision number and “Last saved by” information of a Project file without opening it: 1. Right click the desktop shortcut of the Project file […]
1. Here’s a keyboard shortcut for any version of Project: Click F4 and T on the keyboard to quickly enter today’s date into any date field in a table: 2. In […]
This document is related to the standalone desktop editions of Project 2013. Project 2013 contains some new built-in task filters such as Tasks Due This Week, Tasks Starting Soon, and Milestones Due This Month. […]
For Project 2013 and Project 2010 (Screenshots from Project 2013) Assign Resources dialog box enables us to apply custom resource filters to the resource table while working on resource assignments. […]
Microsoft Project 2007 offers many features to customize the components of a Gantt chart. If you’re presenting your schedule using a Gantt chart, you can use Project 2007’s advanced formatting […]
