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Add a High-level Schedule Narrative to a Microsoft Project Schedule Gantt Chart
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 25/05/2025 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 25/05/2025

Add a High-level Schedule Narrative to a Microsoft Project Schedule Gantt Chart

Add a schedule narrative or schedule basis & assumptions to your Microsoft Project schedule Gantt chart to provide context to stakeholders.

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Add a Changing Data Image to your S-curves, Dashboard or Gantt Chart in Excel
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/05/2025 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/05/2025

Add a Changing Data Image to your S-curves, Dashboard or Gantt Chart in Excel

How to add a dynamic data picture to your progress report dashboard, s-curves or Gantt chart in Excel and have image auto refresh anytime the data changes.

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How to Show Progress Bar on Summary Tasks in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 07/12/2024 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 07/12/2024

How to Show Progress Bar on Summary Tasks in Microsoft Project

How to show a progress bar on Summary Tasks in Microsoft Project or fix the issue with progress bar not showing correctly.

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Can I zoom in Primavera P6?
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 15/11/2024 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 15/11/2024

Can I zoom in Primavera P6?

How do you zoom in Primavera P6 when presenting your schedule online during a Teams or Zoom call? Here is a workaround…

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Pasting Dates into Excel from Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 & the 2029 Rule in Excel
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 30/06/2024 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 30/06/2024

Pasting Dates into Excel from Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 & the 2029 Rule in Excel

Paste or enter a 2 digit year (yy) date later than 2029 into Excel and you might notice that Excel converts it into a 19yy date instead of 20yy.

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Shade Working Periods in Microsoft Project (Primavera P6 Like Curtain)
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 07/04/2024 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 07/04/2024

Shade Working Periods in Microsoft Project (Primavera P6 Like Curtain)

How to highlight specific working periods (shaded background) on a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart and label them using textboxes.

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Display Number of Weeks from Project Start Date instead of Start & Finish Dates in P6
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 13/03/2024 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 13/03/2024

Display Number of Weeks from Project Start Date instead of Start & Finish Dates in P6

Steps to follow if you want to display number of weeks from the Project Start Date instead of Start & Finish dates in a Primavera P6 schedule layout.

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One way to highlight activities that are behind schedule on Primavera P6 Gantt Chart
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 04/12/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 04/12/2023

One way to highlight activities that are behind schedule on Primavera P6 Gantt Chart

Learn how to set-up a layout for highlighting activities that are behind baseline finish dates on a Primavera P6 Gantt chart.

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Highlight Tasks that are behind schedule on a Gantt Chart in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/11/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/11/2023

Highlight Tasks that are behind schedule on a Gantt Chart in Microsoft Project

One way of highlighting tasks that are behind schedule (Finish Variance greater than 0 days) on a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart.

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Check for Non-ASAP Constraint Type in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 26/08/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 26/08/2023

Check for Non-ASAP Constraint Type in Microsoft Project

Set-up a filter in Microsoft Project to show Tasks assigned a constraint type other than As Soon As Possible.

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Change Multiple Tasks Text Colour at same time in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 22/08/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 22/08/2023

Change Multiple Tasks Text Colour at same time in Microsoft Project

Semi-automatically change the colour of multiple tasks’ text in a Microsoft Project that meet a condition by running a simple macro (Microsoft Project conditional formatting).

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How to Produce a Report in Primavera P6 with Baseline Details for Multiple Projects
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 08/06/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 08/06/2023

How to Produce a Report in Primavera P6 with Baseline Details for Multiple Projects

How to produce a report in Primavera P6 that shows baseline details, such as Baseline Name, Baseline Data Date, Assigned Baselines etc., for multiple projects in a Portfolio.

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How to Show Variance against Multiple Baselines in a Microsoft Project Schedule
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 29/05/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 29/05/2023

How to Show Variance against Multiple Baselines in a Microsoft Project Schedule

Display variance against all other baselines (Baseline1 to Baseline10) in a Microsoft Project schedule not only the current baseline.

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Filter for Primavera P6 Activities with Lags
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 15/02/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 15/02/2023

Filter for Primavera P6 Activities with Lags

Here is a quick tip showing how to create a filter for activities with lags in a Primavera P6 schedule

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Microsoft Project Lookahead Schedule: Group Tasks by Dates
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 01/02/2023 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 01/02/2023

Microsoft Project Lookahead Schedule: Group Tasks by Dates

Present your Microsoft Project lookahead schedule with tasks grouped by dates in addition to the default View that groups tasks by WBS.

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 How to add a milestone symbol on a task bar in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 27/11/2022 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 27/11/2022

How to add a milestone symbol on a task bar in Microsoft Project

Follow the steps outlined in this video if you want to show a milestone on a task bar in Microsoft Project.

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2 methods of creating Level of Effort or Hammock Tasks in Microsoft Project
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 01/05/2022 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 01/05/2022

2 methods of creating Level of Effort or Hammock Tasks in Microsoft Project

Here are 2 ways to create P6 style Level of Effort or Hammock tasks in Microsoft Project; the recommended method from Microsoft Project and an alternative that is common in subsea construction.

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How to remove suffixes from actual and constrained dates in Primavera P6
Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/04/2022 Tutorials Jerome Odeh 24/04/2022

How to remove suffixes from actual and constrained dates in Primavera P6

Display your P6 dates without the “A” or “*” suffixes that come with actual and constrained dates. Also, display both start & finish dates for milestones.

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