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Fiona has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

Active project

Once I've set up all tasks etc and my project is underway, is it then possible to insert additional tasks if there's anything I've forgotten to include at initial set up?

RE: Active project

Hi Fiona

Thankyou for your question

There is no limitation on what you can add after you have baselined your project

Any tasks you add will appear without a corresponding baseline. If they have successor tasks that already exist then the tasks of course might be delayed, causing a variance in the schedule.

If your new tasks are to be resourced, then this will also cause cost variances.

If the project has been baselined, but little or no progress made on the existing tasks, it might be better to remove the baseline, add the new tasks and then baseline the project again. This would include the new tasks in the baselined schedule and budget.

Regards

Stephen


 

MS Project tip:

Set default task type - Project 2010

a. In Project, click on the File tab
b. Select Options from left hand side
c. Click on Schedule to set the scheduling options
d. Set the Default Task type box to your chosen option
i. Generally if you plan/estimate your projects using durations you should use fixed duration, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven, if you plan/estimate with person hours use fixed work, or for plans estimated with the proportion of resources time use fixed units, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven)
e. Click OK to apply your changes

View all MS Project hints and tips


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