Re: Scope, Schedule and Budget.
- From: "jseiler" <jseiler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:51:03 -0700
Mike:
Thanks for the reply. I am not that familiar with MS Project, although I
have used an earlier version around 1995. I have used Timeline, Suretrak and
Primavera (corp. std). Since I want to track projects at the office and at
home, I thought it would be better to use MS Project since both systems are
Windows based (it's cheaper also).
I have most, if not all of the task info (duration, links, work, start
dates, costs....). Should I be looking at setting up the projects for simple
tracking or earned analysis? I am not that familiar with earned analysis
reports.
Regards,
--
Joe
"Mike Glen" wrote:
>
> Hi jseiler ,
>
> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
>
> I know nothing of Oracle. Project, however, is not a program to be taken
> lightly. If you have no training, expect a long learning curve! You can't
> have half of Project or half-use it - you will have to enter all the data
> (tasks, precedences, durations, resource details, resource calendars,
> costs...) let Project calculate the dates based on that data and give you an
> end date which can be viewed on the Gantt chart. You then have to tweak
> your project to achieve what is acceptable and possible. Then you will have
> to receive updates from those carying out the work and enter these into
> Project. You will then have to re-schedule to see what effect that has and
> then re-tweak..... Project will be as time-consuming as you want - if you
> don't apply yourself to keeping the schedule on track, then you might as
> well not bother!
>
> FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
> this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/
>
> Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)
>
> Mike Glen
> MS Project MVP
>
> jseiler wrote:
> > I have created a template for 10-12 projects that I will be tracking.
> > The template includes tasks and typical durations (typically 20 to 40
> > days). The projects are, or will be entered into an Oracle accounting
> > program.
> > Oracle bi-weekly reports include approved cost budgets (total task)
> > and actual cost budgets (dollars spent to date). There is a
> > correlation between dollars and hours based on the technical and
> > price proposal.
> > I want to use MS Project as a tool to view the Ghants to see what
> > tasks are being worked on and the current % completes so I can focus
> > the necessary resources. I do not want MS Project to become a time
> > consuming process. What would a best practice be to enter Oracle
> > dollars/hours for periodic updates?
>
>
>
>
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