Re: Critical Path Reporting

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From: JackD (momokuri_at_gmail)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:23:01 -0700



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"lamby74" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:015101c4b240$01ba8ab0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> LOL!   Point taken!   I agree!
>
> Believe it or not, my mindset was as you describe, I just
> failed to communicate that mindset here.
>
> Ok, I'll give it another go here:
>
> I have a number of books on MS Project function.
> Not a one of them can tell me how to view the critical path
> OTHER than to print out a Gantt view.
>
> I don't want a giant bar graph that takes up sheets and
> sheets of "landscape" oriented printer paper. (Ok, and I
> understand that I can modify the timescale so that it only
> fits on one page, etc.)
>
> ***I need to see tasks, dependencies, and lag time all on
> one report for certain.***  Being able to show and report
> to our department heads lag time is HUGE for us.  Our
> projects are more dependent on lag time and less on resources.
> Also helpful for our purposes would be if I could also
> print something out (either on the same report or on a
> different one) showing task constraints, task types,
> deadlines, assigned resources.
1) Create a filter or use the built-in "critical" filter. This eliminates
rows that are not critical
2) Create a table that contains task name, and successors (or predecessors)
column.
3) If you want task constraints add the task constraint type column and the
constraint date column, deadline column, resources column.
4) Select the vertical bar that separates the table (on the left) from the
chart and drag it all the way to the far right of the window.
Use this as your report.
You can even cut and paste it to excel if you like.
What do you mean by lag time? Do you mean the lag that sometimes is put on
dependencies? In that case the predecessors or successors column will show
it. If it is something else then you will have to describe it better.
I've been thinking of writing a macro that would replace lags/leads on
dependencies with real tasks so that they will be more visible. I have to do
something similar on something I'm working on today, so with luck I may have
something tomorrow.
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just saying you need "useful" reports is way too vague
> and, well,  useless
> ><grin>.  Just exactly what would a "useful" report look
> like, as you define
> >the term "useful?"  What data would it contain?  You say
> you need something
> >with figures, but what figures exactly do you need?  There
> are hundreds of
> >data fields in Project that one *could* put on a report if
> one wished.
> >Which ones contain the information that *you* find useful?
> >
> >Seriously, different users will have different needs and
> what you find
> >highly useful someone else might find less than
> interesting.  If you can
> >phrase your question "How can I create a report that shows
> me this, this,
> >and this?" we might be able to be of more help.
> >-- 
> >Steve House [MVP]
> >MS Project Trainer/Consultant
> >Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
> >
> >
> >"lamby74" <lamby74@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:ABEE992D-B833-4A0A-AD12-F9729FB6A8DB@microsoft.com...
> >>I need to print out USEFUL critical path reporting.  Is
> there anything
> >> Project can allow me to print out besides the Gantt
> chart view?
> >>
> >> I want something with figures, not bars and lines.
> >>
> >> Have you found any such useful report?
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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