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The cost overview report in MS Project

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The cost overview report in MS Project

Cost overview report in MS Project The Cost Overview Report in MS Project shows four areas with cost information about your project. The upper left corner of the report shows the Forecasted Cost (‘Cost’); this is the actual cost + the...

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Resource usage vs. budget

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Resource usage vs. budget

Resource usage vs. budget How the costs of the resources evolve (actual cost plus remaining cost) can be tracked using our custom view ‘Resource Usage vs Budget’. In this view, which you will only find in the template, you can see how your...

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How to compare costs to the budget

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How to compare costs to the budget

Compare costs to the budget With our custom view ‘Cost vs Budget‘ you can learn from your actual costs against budget. Note that we only have a budget on the Project Summary task, so for that reason only this task is displayed in this view....

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An introduction to cost management

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An introduction to cost management

Cost management Many, many times we see that project timing and project resourcing are managed in MS Project, while project finances are kept in Excel. Using the financial governance capacilities in MS Project is often an unexploited area. This is...

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Enter resources by using resource sheet

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Enter resources by using resource sheet

To enter resources in your schedule, the best option is to enter the information in the resource sheet.  The resource sheet The resource sheet is one of the views that are organized around resource information. All (resource) views are easiest found...

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Do not misuse constraints

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Do not misuse constraints

Do not misuse constraints As constraints will limit the dynamicity, your challenge is to avoid these as much as possible – do not misuse constraints. In some cases though you will need them. Consider for instance the following situations: Place...

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Using the earned value management report

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Using the earned value management report

Using the earned value management report In the reports tab, you find the earned value management report. We think this is very important and above all, very much appreciated by your manager. We also made it part of the Highlight Report you can...

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EdwinJul 04 actual costs, earned value management, MS Project, scheduled value 1 Comment

View duration of tasks vs. baseline

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View duration of tasks vs. baseline

View duration of tasks vs. baseline In our e-course we’ve created a custom view to compare the Duration Tasks vs. the Baseline. In this view you can learn from your actual progress. The smileys will tell you how your duration is doing compared...

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