MS PROJECT BASELINE UPDATE
Update the baseline for selected tasks This does not affect the baseline values for other task or resource baseline values in the plan. Update the baseline for the entire project This simply replaces the original baseline values with the currently scheduled values. To keep an accurate baseline for later comparison, you have several options: After saving an initial baseline plan, you might need to fine-tune the plan by adding or removing tasks or assignments or making other adjustments. As time passes, however, you might need to change your expectations. Keep in mind that the purpose of the baseline is to record what you expected the plan to look like at one point in time. In the Set Baseline field of the dialog box, any previously saved baselines in the plan will be indicated by the dates they were saved. If you’re not sure whether a plan already has a saved baseline (or multiple baselines), or if you’d like to see when a baseline was saved, here’s what to do: On the Project tab, in the Schedule group, click the Set Baseline button, and then click the Set Baseline command. If you’ve previously saved a baseline, you might need to update it before recording actual work.
When you save (or set) a baseline, Project takes a “snapshot” of the existing values and saves it in the plan for future comparison. Recall that a baseline is a collection of important values in a plan, such as the planned start dates, finish dates, and costs of tasks, resources, and assignments.
MS PROJECT BASELINE HOW TO
In Chapter 8, “Track progress: Basic techniques,” you learned how to save a baseline for a plan. This chapter guides you through procedures related to updating a baseline, tracking actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments, tracking timephased actual work for tasks and assignments, and rescheduling incomplete work. Properly tracking actual work and comparing it against the original plan enables you to identify variance early and adjust the remaining portion of the plan when necessary. Variance is the difference between what you intended to happen (as recorded in the plan’s baseline) and what actually happened (as recorded by your tracking efforts). In general, the more complex the plan and the longer its duration, the more opportunity there is for variance to appear. Ideally, projects are implemented exactly as planned, but this is seldom the case. After the planning is completed, the implementation of the project starts-carrying out the plan that was previously developed.
However, planning is only the first phase of managing your projects.
MS PROJECT BASELINE DOWNLOAD
For practice file download instructions, see the introduction.īuilding, verifying, and communicating a sound plan might take much or even most of your time as a project manager. For this chapter, use the practice files from the Project2016SBS\Ch14 folder.