Re-baselining

[Bryan A]

All,

I have a predicament. I'm 1/2 way through my project when one of the major
summary tasks has to completely revamp their task list and time estimates.

Some of the previous tasks have already either exceeded the baseline work or
have finished early.

If I re-baseline now, the new baseline will change my costs (actual cost &
cost variance). Because the new baseline will contain the new work figures,
this will make my cost the same as my baseline cost therefore giving me a 0
cost variance.

Am I reading this right? How do I now after I've collected actual work and
calculated actual costs do I re-baseline?

thanks for you help!!
Bryan

 

[William Raymond [Project MVP]]

Hi Bryan,

You are right that the old baseline information will be overwritten. If it
is very important for you to keep this historical information, save the
baseline to Baseline1 (you've got quite a few extra baselines). Your other
option is to re-save a baseline just for selected tasks (say, just the
current phase you are in that has the scope change ocurring).

Does this address your problem?

-Bill

 

[Ed Kilner]

Bryan,

think about it this way. That first "Major Summary" tasks has done its job.
Update each task by saying it has zero remaining duration. All will show
100%.

Create a new summary with the durations etc that match the work to be done.
Set a baseline for the new summary and each of the detail tasks, after
setting the appropriate pred. and succ. links.

This is the way to handle plan changes. Take credit for the old plan and
make the new one.

Sometimes one tries to do too much with one task. I think this was happening
to you.

--
Ed Kilner, P.Eng., PMP

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