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Chat Transcript of Simplilearn Virtual class II on MS Project

Please find the chat transcript of the Virtual Class II on Project Scheduling using MS Project on 13th November,2009.

Krishna was the instructor of the session.

Welcome to your Web Meeting.

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me: Hello All, We have 7 minutes to go, before we start this class

Aaron: ok

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Felicia: Hello Everyone

Beverly Wilson: Hello Felicia!

Aaron: hi

Beverly Wilson: I think we are the only ones here so far.

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Aaron: yes

Felicia: yes i can hear

Beverly Wilson: I can here you.

Santhosh Abraham: Hi everyone

folusho obe: i can here folusho here

Felicia: yes clear

Aaron: yes

Beverly Wilson: yed\s

folusho obe: will the slides be available to us later

folusho obe: ok

Santhosh Abraham: Is Resource calendar is mandatory when we have a project calendar?

Santhosh Abraham: ok

folusho obe: is the baseline the initial schedule

folusho obe: can you add to the baseline as you go along

Santhosh Abraham: yes

Felicia: yes thank you for sending

folusho obe: i dont have the first lesson

folusho obe: where can we get it

Beverly Wilson: yes

folusho obe: ok

Felicia: MS project saves up to 10 baselines fo r 1 project, is that what you mean?

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Felicia: ok

Santhosh Abraham: Is there any limit for baselines?

Santhosh Abraham: ok

folusho obe: after the first baseline which is v1 it is version next which will not be a base line anymore

folusho obe: version 2

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folusho obe: after the first baseline is it still a baseline

folusho obe: when does it stop being a baseline

Felicia: yes

Anand Chawla: Yes we can view

Attendee8: Yes

me: 1. Show u how to setup Project Calendar

me: 2. Define 10 dummy ctivity

me: 3. make all activity type as fixed wor

me: 4. Organize activities in phases

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Santhosh Abraham: yes it is clear

Felicia: what is the difference betwen nondefauls work days and nonwork days

Beverly Wilson: yes

Felicia: ?

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Felicia: ok

Felicia: yes

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me: The next steps tat we are going to learn is

me: 1. enter the effort in hours

me: 2. Define Dependencies between activities

me: 3. Enter Resource name against each activity

Felicia: Resource names will be the personnel (team)

Beverly Wilson: yes

Felicia: yes

me: 1. Check whether Resources are overallocated

me: 2. If not overllocated, do it deliberatey

me: 3 I will show how to do resource leveling

Santhosh Abraham: how to add a constraint?

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Beverly Wilson: yes

folusho obe: clear

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Santhosh Abraham: yes

folusho obe: yes

Felicia: no why isn’t activity 11 not in baseline?

Anand Chawla: yes

Beverly Wilson: yes

Felicia: oh, i see.

Felicia: yes

Santhosh Abraham: after adding activity 11 can we save the plan as baseline?

Santhosh Abraham: ok

Santhosh Abraham: start is the actual start date

Felicia: it’s the start of activity 1

Felicia: ?

folusho obe: actual start planned start

Felicia: i get it, one is actual the other is estimated

Santhosh Abraham: baseline start is the original planned start date

Felicia: How do I schedule parttime workers who do not work at 100% capacity?

Santhosh Abraham: clear

Beverly Wilson: yes

Anand Chawla: yes clear

folusho obe: clear

Santhosh Abraham: how to link a resource calendar to project

Eduardo Villarroel: clear

Felicia: ok

Santhosh Abraham: ok

Santhosh Abraham: Can we set the Budget to a project

Santhosh Abraham: ok

Santhosh Abraham: good

Beverly Wilson: I am confident

Santhosh Abraham: yes very much

Felicia: i think i can manage well

Eduardo Villarroel: yes

folusho obe: yes

Anand Chawla: yes

Felicia: ok

folusho obe: i will be asking questions during the week

Felicia: The forum is fairly new, I’m sure more and more will participate

folusho obe: is this in a podcast so you can listen in the car

folusho obe: can you download to a cd

folusho obe: we can listen from an iphone?

folusho obe: ok internet from iphone

folusho obe: ok

folusho obe: thank you for the class

Santhosh Abraham: Thank you very much for your efforts

Beverly Wilson: Thank you

Felicia: thank you so much for doing this. I certainly appreciate your time and committment!

Santhosh Abraham: us

folusho obe: I am in newyork

Eduardo Villarroel: thank you !!

Santhosh Abraham: dc

Felicia: new york

Beverly Wilson: va

Anand Chawla: Thanks a lot this has beegret work keep it up

Eduardo Villarroel: Oakville

Anand Chawla: Toronto

Santhosh Abraham: we will

folusho obe: we will

Felicia: have a good night.

folusho obe: have a good weekend

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Anand Chawla: Thank You again Bye

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