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You manage a project for an organization that uses Project Professional 2013.
You reset the baseline for some selected tasks. After the baseline has been updated with the new values, you realize that some of the summary baseline duration values are not correct.
You need to resolve this problem.
What should you do?

• A.Reset the baseline for the selected tasks and select the Roll up baselines to all summary tasks option.
• B.Update the summary tasks manually with the new duration values.
• C.Reset the summary tasks to manual scheduling.
• D.Change all task durations to the same denomination values, such as days, weeks, or months.

Your project managers manage several projects using Project Professional 2013. Each individual project contains a saved baseline.
You need to capture in the master project the baseline data from the member projects at the summary levels for reporting purposes.
What should you do?

• A.Open all of the projects and create a New Window view. View the baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline data on the Variance table.
• B.Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects without an update link.
  View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Usage table.
• C.Turn on the option Inserted projects are calculated like summary tasks. Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects without an update link. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Usage table.
• D.Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects with an update link. Save a baseline in the Master Project. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Variance table.

Your organization uses Project Professional 2013.
A senior stakeholder in a project asks you to determine when a task is over budget by comparing the baseline cost of a task to the cost. Additionally, the senior stakeholder wants you to display a graphic indicator when the baseline cost is greater than the cost.
You write a formula to display the indicator, but it only displays for normal tasks and not for summary tasks.
You need to make the indicator display for summary tasks.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
Choose two.)

• A.Within the Custom Field, set Calculation for task and group summary rows to Maximum.
• B.Within the Graphical Indicators dialog box, check Summary rows inherit criteria from nonsummary row.
• C.Within the Graphical Indicators dialog box, check the Import Indicator Criteria button.
• D.Within the Custom Field, set Calculation for task and group summary rows to Use Formula.

You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Excel 2013.
Your company decides to migrate all of the current projects in Microsoft Excel 2013 to Project Professional 2013. They allow all employees to spend 8 hours migrating each project plan. Your current and unique project plan has 462 tasks with duration in days, and resources have been assigned and named. You have a status meeting in two days.
You need to provide your project's information by using Project Professional 2013.
What should you do?

• A.Rename the Excel file from .xlsx to .mpx, and open it by using Project Professional
  2013, activating the Mapping Excel Workbook feature. Map tasks, durations, and resources assigned into Microsoft Project fields.
• B.Create a VBA macro by using the Excel Record Macro feature to import all tasks, durations, and resources assigned from Excel into your new Project Professional 2013 project plan.
• C.Create a new project plan in Project Professional 2013 and use the Gantt Chart Wizard to import from an Excel Workbook.
• D.Open the Excel File .xlsx directly from Project Professional 2013, which will convert and map tasks, durations, and resources assigned into Project fields.

You are a program manager. Your project managers use Project Professional 2013 to manage projects. The project managers want to utilize the same resources across their projects.
You need to combine the projects, as well as the project resources, to see allocations across the projects.
What should you do?

• A.Open all projects in a new window.
• B.Share resources from an external resource pool.
• C.Create a Master project and insert subprojects by using Link to project.
• D.Copy and paste all resource assignments into a Master file.