From the course: Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training
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Looking for schedule progress problems
From the course: Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training
Looking for schedule progress problems
- Once a project is underway, you need to watch the schedule to see if it's progressing according to plan. Project offers several tools that help you spot schedule problems and correct them before the get out of hand. The Tracking Gantt is a really good view to start with because it shows the baseline. On the Tasks tab, click the bottom half of the Gantt Chart button and then choose Tracking Gantt. Here, you can see the gray task bars in the time scale show the baseline start and finish dates. The blue and red task bars show the scheduled start and finish dates for the same tasks. One of the places you can look for problems is tasks that start late. You can use the Should Start By filter to look at these tasks. On the View tab, click the down arrow in the filter box. Then, choose More Filters. Click Should Start By, and then click Apply. You have to give it a Start By date, In this case, I'll choose October 12th. Now, you can see the list of tasks that should have started by October…
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