Re: Key tips while changing schedules

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Thanks Julie..So you mean to say it is better practice to change the duration
for tracking. One more query i have is

1. If we change the % complete, will the Start date and duration change
automatically?

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Thanks and Regards,
Aravind G


"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Aravind G,

I assume you are referring to tracking when you ask about "updating"
schedules. So, a couple of quick tips:

1) Save a baseline before providing any tracking data to tasks. You
may not wish to baseline the entire project file at once depending
upon your project, but you should baseline tasks before tracking.

2) If you feel your project may be very volatile, consider saving a
copy of the baseline into one of the spare baseline fields --
Baseline 10 for example. Then if you should need to rebaseline due
to a significant change (loss of resources for example) you can
rebaseline and still have a copy of the original baseline stored.

3) If tracking at a task level, update Actual Duration and Remaining
Duration to have Project calculate % complete or update Work and
Remaining work to have Project calculate % work complete.

4) If you have the data available, consider tracking Actual and
Remaining work in either the Task Usage or Resource Usage views.
This allows you to still track variances if the task was completed
as was originally scheduled but the amount of actual work was
different than initially planned.

I imagine others will check in with their thoughts as well.


I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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"Aravind G" <AravindG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm currently in the process of knowing more about Project 2007.
Can anyone
give me a list of key tips or pointers that one should be keeping
in mind
while updating schedules?

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Thanks and Regards,
Aravind G



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