Baseline alters when I enter actual task values

[lynflegg]

I set up my project and saved it as a baseline and am now running my
project. Some tasks are completed quicker than estimate and the
baseline is automatically adjusting to compensate for his. However, I
would like the baseline to remain static so that my customer can
compare the baseline to actual. How can I do this?

Thank you

 

[JulieS]

Hello lynflegg,

I think there may be some misunderstanding. When you save a baseline,
data is copied into baseline fields (Baseline start, Baseline finish,
Baseline duration, Baseline work, Baseline cost). That baseline data
does remain static unless you save another baseline. What you see
when you look at the Start and Finish fields in a typical Gantt chart
view is not baseline start and finish. To see baseline data choose
View > Tables > More tables > Baseline. To see calculated variance
between Baseline start/finish and current start/finish apply the
Variance table.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

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[Dip]

Hello Julie,

1) So, we can see the baseline (planned) and the current schedule
separately. Is there any way to see on the same gantt (task view) similar to
the way we can see the resource view (planned vs actual hours)?

2) How would the "variance" table show us the variance -- in hours or %?

Thanks,
Dip

 

[JulieS]

Hello Dip,

1) Yes. You can display the Baseline in the Gantt chart (right
side) by running the Gantt chart wizard. The Tracking Gantt view
also shows baseline by default. You can also add the baseline
fields of interest to you to any table view.

2) Variance is shown in days (for start or finish variance), hours
(work variance), days (duration variance) or money (cost variance).

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project