Project 2016 Intermediate

Lesson – Working with Baselines

Project 2016

Steps

Practice Data

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A new Baseline 1 is saved.

Practice the Concept: If necessary, display the Cost table. Change the Fixed Cost for the 2 Conduct Site Survey task to $ 50 . Select the 2 Conduct Site Survey task and open the Set Baseline dialog box. Select Baseline 1 from the Set Baseline list and select the Selected tasks option. Select OK and then Yes to confirm overwriting the baseline.

Select the Variance column, use the [Insert] key to insert a new field, and insert the Baseline1 Cost field. Notice that the Baseline1 Cost is calculated with the $50.00 Fee cost. ( $630.00)

S AVING A P ROJECT I NTERIM P LAN

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Discussion

Project can also save Interim Plans. Interim Plans save only the start and finish dates for tasks. This set of dates is referred to as an interim plan. Create an interim plan during the planning stage or after the work has started. Microsoft Project allows you to compare an interim plan with the baseline or current plan to manage your project.

Microsoft Project provides ten sets of interim baseline dates to use for comparison in addition to the original baseline dates (saved in the Baseline Start/Finish fields). The interim baseline dates are saved in fields named Start1 through Start10 and Finish1 through Finish10 . Save the current dates for comparison against these baseline dates, which helps you analyze problem areas both during and after the project. These fields are for dates only; work and cost values are not included. In addition, no resource or assignment data is saved in an interim plan.

Interim Plans are saved the same way as Interim Baselines. In the Set Baseline dialog box, specify in which of the ten fields you want to place the saved data. If you select fields that already contain data, the new data overwrites the existing data.

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