Baseline

[% Complete vs Actual Work]

Is there a way to set up a project (2003) where we can see the lastest and
greatest baseline of each section...example: I have a project and have saved
a baseline for the entire thing, then as things or dates shift I save a
different baseline for each section. So for our development section I have 3
baseline saved, and for testing I have 2 baselines saved - how to I get to
see the lastest of both?

Thanks!

Katie

 

[John]

% Complete vs Actual Work

Is there a way to set up a project (2003) where we can see the lastest and
greatest baseline of each section...example: I have a project and have saved
a baseline for the entire thing, then as things or dates shift I save a
different baseline for each section. So for our development section I have 3
baseline saved, and for testing I have 2 baselines saved - how to I get to
see the lastest of both?

Thanks!

Katie

Katie,
It depends on which baseline data you want to display (i.e. there are
several baseline fields). I assume you are saving each new baseline into
one of the ten separate baseline fields. Depending on how much
information you want to show for any given view, you could just add the
appropriate baseline fields as columns in the view. However if you only
want to look at the specific baseline for each section, I suggest you
set up a flag field and then use that in a unique filter for each
section. Or, you could even create a pre-filtered custom view by section.

If you are NOT using a separate baseline field for each saved baseline
(i.e. you are simply re-setting the normal baseline fields), then
displaying the normal baseline fields will give you the latest data.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Katie,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You might like to see FAQ Item: 10 on viewing multiple baselines.
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
Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials

 

[Steve House]

Just something to think about. IMHO, you should only revise the baselines
if the nature of the project itself has fundamentally changed - ie, new
tasks have been added or existing ones removed. If the tasks themselves
haven't changed but instead they have had revised durations entered or their
start and/or finish dates have been revised as a consequence of acutals
turning out different from plan, what you have recorded is a variance and
both the actuals and the new plan for the future should always be compared
against the original baseline rather than having a new baseline set that
wipes out your variance information. Progress and performance should be
measured against the project you had originally intended to work, not
against revised expectations set in mid-stream?