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From: Sai on 4 Feb 2010 23:00
On Feb 4, 6:43 pm, Doug <D...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I've been using Primavera for a couple of years, I'm no expert, but have
> gotten used to the way P6 does things.
>
> Me and a couple guys in my group are being asked to do a few relatively
> small projects (not even worried about resources etc now, just schedule)
>
> Is there a website or document that might spell out the things one needs to
> know to move from Primavera to Project?  I'm not talking about converting a
> file, just understanding what things I should expect to be done differently
> in Project than the way it was done in Primavera.
>
> It seems that Project leans heavily on the relationships and can't except
> that sometimes things don't start when they were supposed to.  In the case of
> updating status date past when an activity was supposed to start, it appears
> Project thinks it's more likeley that we will travel back in time to start
> the activity on time than it is that we'll start the activiy on or after the
> status date.

Doug - Regarding your statement "In the case of updating status date
past when an activity was supposed to start", I would say it is
default behaviour of Project is to ignore the status date while
recoridng actuals.

But, you change the way Project behaves by following the below steps:

1. After the Status date is set in Project Information dialog box
2. Choose Tools | Options, Calculation tab and under Schedule
adjustments for early and late tasks section
3. You can turn on / off the below check boxes
a Move end of completed parts after status date back to status date
b Move end of completed parts after status date back to status date
and And move start of remaining parts back to status date
c Move start of remaining parts before status date forward to status
date
d Move start of remaining parts before status date forward to status
date And move end of completed parts forward to status date

Please let us if clears your question.

- Sai, PMP, PMI-SP, MCT, MCTS
http://saipower.wordpress.com
From: Doug on 11 Feb 2010 09:32

I thought I replied a few days ago, but it doesn't seem to have ever made it
here, so I'll try again.

Thanks for the responses. I can see how trying to use blank lines for
formatting could get to be a big problem, I will definatley stop doing that.

Luckily, the schedules I am being asked to do right now are very informal
and change drastically on a weekly basis. While that may not be the best way
to learn the right way of doing things in MSP, at least it allows me to poke
around in the program and see what things work for me and what things don't.

I actually took a intro MSP class a couple years ago, but don't remember
much from it and it really wasn't very in depth anyway.

I'll keep an eye on the posts in this group and maybe I'll learn some stuff
from those.

Dougb
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