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replyReply Fri 27 Jan 2012, 17:01Delegate Natasha said...

Natasha has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course
Visio Introduction course

Resource Planning

Is Microsoft Project the best program for working with resource only projects

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replyReply Mon 30 Jan 2012, 10:37Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Resource Planning

Hi Natasha

Thank you for your question and welcome to the Forum!

It's hard for me to answer your question as there are many alternatives to MS Project and I don't have direct experience of them.

Take a look at the Microsoft Project page
http://www.microsoft.com/project/en-us/project-management.aspx

You may find the case studies and background information helpful. I would say that MS Project has been around for a long time and as such is established and stable which can make a big difference not least from the perspective of performance and reliability.

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

Kind regards,
Andrew

replyReply Mon 30 Jan 2012, 10:55Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Resource Planning

Hi Natasha

One extra thing - I said I'd add some Earned Value information - I hope the following is useful for you.

Kind regards,
Andrew

From the Microsoft website:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/analyze-project-performance-with-earned-value-analysis-HA101819808.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/about-earned-value-analysis-HP001034258.aspx


Also the following forum posts may be of interest:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/post-17604-earned-value-formulas.html

http://www.microsofttraining.net/post-30293-budget.html

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