Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 5 – Working with Baselines

Project 2013

Change the Fixed cost to $70 for task 2 Conduct Site Survey. Notice that the total cost changes from $580.00 to $650.00 . The variance is $70.00. Select task 8 Obtain Permits.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Click the Project tab

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The Project ribbon is visible

2. Click the Set Baseline button.

The Set Baseline submenu opens.

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3. Choose the Set Baseline... from the submenu. The Set Baseline dialog box opens.

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4. Select the For: Select Tasks

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The Selected tasks option is selected.

5. Click the OK button.

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The current project baseline is updated.

7. Click Yes to overwrite the old baseline.

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Notice that the Baseline field for the 8 Obtain Permits task changed to $1,480.00 and the Variance field changed to $0.00 . The variance for the 2 Conduct Site Survey task remains at $70.00 since this task was not added to the baseline.

Practice the Concept: Select task 2 Conduct Site Survey , use the Set Baseline dialog box to save the selected task to the baseline.

S AVING A DDITIONAL B ASELINES

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Discussion

If you are creating a large project plan with many phases, you may want to save a separate baseline as you create or finish each phase of the plan. Microsoft Project can create up to 11 baselines with a project. The first baseline saved is named Baseline . Additional baselines can then be saved with the names Baseline 1-10 . Each

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