Re: MS Project blues

On Dec 18, 9:30 pm, Richard Henry <pomer...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For contractual and corporate reasons, I am obliged to use MS
Project. I find many of its features irritating. For example, when
updating a plan with actual progress, the SW changes other values in
an often-clueless manner. For an 80-hour task that has been
completed, if I mark it 100% complete and change the planned finish
date to the actual finish date, the SW will change the number of hours
assigned to the task.

Any advice on how to make Poject behave rationally?

I've just joined a company that relies heavily on MS Project - which I
hate. One thing that has helped me get over my loathing of MSP is a
plugin called WBS Chart Pro from Critical Software. It costs about
$150 and is worth its weight in gold IMHO. It lets you organize your
project graphically as a Work Breakdown Structure and magically
creates an MS project which is linked to the WBS. Drag and drop
interface to generate critical path etc.

Bob
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