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[Muddypaws]

Hi I am a newbie to MS Project but here goes my question.

I am working on a temporary project for 6 months in the Project Office.
There is the overall project plan which is basically in Excel with
milestones and thats about it. What my boss is looking for is a
Project Plan that consolidates sub projects such as Operations,
Finance, Training, Service which will be produced by the team leaders.
Is this possible ie one overall Project Plan that I can pop in the
Milestones and then link the other projects to it to see when tasks
should be done, when they have passed their end date so it notifies me
etc? And what is due ot be completed with a notification?

Thanks

 

[Ryan]

Muddypaws,

Checkout Articles 17 and 18 at the following site:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23

(I just asked a similar question on here and Mike Glen directed me there)
If you're new to Project, I'd make sure to spend the time to review
everything on this site. I just started with Article 1 and am almost done
and it's answered a lot of questions.

-Ryan

 

[John]

Yes,m that is all possible.
Unless the project is large, or unless you need the different departments to
modify their schedules simultaneously, I would recommend keeping everyone in
the same project file as one program.

You can create summary tasks for each functional area to monitor progress.
If there is a deadline date, that can be keyed into the task information
(Project/Task Information...) then pull the advanced tab. Depending on your
situation you can establish a deadline, or, place a constraint such as
"Finish No Later Than" [date]. Project will then give you a notification if
you will miss a deadline or violate a constraint.

One of the MVPs has some tutorials that may be of assistance; they will
probably also post.

The tutorials Jim referred to can be found on our MVP website at:
http://www.mvps.org/project/links.htm. Look for the link to fellow MVP,
Mike Glen's tutorials.

John
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Thanks, Ryan, for you kind reference! I'm glad you're getting something out
of them Good luck!,


Mike Glen
Project MVP