The calendars in Microsoft Project are a complete mystery to some users of the application.  Examples of this are where you see the bars on the Gantt chart are not beginning at the start of the [...]

Most people using Microsoft Project pay strict attention to the critical path. Tasks which exist on the critical path have no slack, and determine the soonest possible time that the project can [...]

In our last blog we described manually scheduled tasks as used in Microsoft Project.  As a reminder, here’s what they look like: In the above illustration, task 1 is an automatically scheduled [...]

The visual difference between Manually Scheduled versus Automatically Scheduled tasks A big change to Microsoft Project occurred in the 2010 version with the introduction of manually scheduled [...]

A large part our services is helping our clients in a scheduling capacity, where we help build their Microsoft Project files. Occasionally, we’ll do this from a cold start – one where we’re [...]

If you’re planning an on-site Microsoft Project training course for your team, here are a few factors to take into account which will boost your return on investment. Taking a group of people [...]

Here’s a question that crops up a lot: The calendars in Microsoft Project are set up by default to show an 8 hour day, starting at 8:00am and finishing at 5:00pm, with a break of 1 hour between [...]

Here’s why self-taught Microsoft Project learners struggle… We know hundreds of our clients who successfully taught themselves Microsoft Excel. We did as well, by the way. We’re betting that you [...]