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Resolved · Low Priority · Version 2003

Reply Wed 3 Dec 2008, 16:23Delegate Linda said...

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Project

what is a baseline

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Reply Thu 4 Dec 2008, 09:59Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Project

Hi Linda

Thanks for your question. The baseline captures values relating to your activities (including start, finish, duration, work and cost) so that you can compare your starting and current positions to identify slippage.

The tracking Gantt view (View > Tracking Gantt) shows the baseline below your live project as grey task bars.

I hope this helps - let us know if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,
Andrew

Wed 10 Dec 2008: Automatically marked as resolved.

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Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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