Baseline modifications when project scope changes

[Ram]

Hi,

My question is regarding modification of baselines, specifically when
project scope changes.

a. The project is baselined with all the required resources and costs.
The baselined cost of complete project is 'x'.
b. The project proceeded ahead and some tasks completed with
additional resources and/or extended schedules. The baseline cost for
the completed tasks was 'a'. But due to additional efforts/slippages,
the actual cost till then became 'b'. The overall 'Cost Variance' is
shown as 'b'-'a', which it should be.
c. At this juncture, there was a requirement to add another set of
tasks. These were added and baselined in 'selected tasks' mode
(without effecting the earlier baseline). The baseline cost for
these added tasks is 'y'.
d. Now the 'Cost Variance' shows 'y'+'b'-'a' and 'Baseline Cost' of
overall project continues to show 'x'.

Since this additional task is due to scope change, I would like it to
be added to the Original Baseline. That is, I would like to see the
project Baseline cost as 'x'+'y' and Cost variance as 'b'-'a'.

Pls let me know the steps to accomplish the above, without having to
re-baseline 'complete project'. (Current 'cost variance' information
will be lost if whole project is re-baselined)

Tks & Rgds,

Ram.

 

[Olaf Seidel]

Hi Ram,

Hi, ....
Pls let me know the steps to accomplish the above, without having to
re-baseline 'complete project'. (Current 'cost variance' information
will be lost if whole project is re-baselined)

Tks & Rgds,

Ram.

I don't know, if I understand your problem exactly, but adding new tasks to an
existing baseline works in an easy way:

Hilight the new tasks.
Go to <Tools><Controlling><Save Baseline...>
and select "Only for hilighted tasks".
(Sorry, maybe it's called something similar in your MSP, because I've a german
version and the translation is surley not perfect. In the german versions it's
called <Extras><Ueberwachung><Basisplan speichern...> ).

The baseline of your new tasks is added, without affecting the already existing
baseline data for your old tasks.

Bye

Olaf

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Ram,

Welcome to the Microsoft Project newsgroup

When you baselined the extra tasks did you check the box to Roll up baseline
to all summary tasks?

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Sarah]

Ram,

If you have the Project Summary line showing, select that, then
baseline just that task, as you did with the added tasks. It will only
change the Baseline values for that line, not the whole project.

Sarah

 

[Sarah]

Ram,

It is redundant to post in more than one related group. I answered
this question in another group.

Sarah