Microsoft Project 2003Table of Contents
Microsoft Project 2003Introductory
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Microsoft Project 2003Table of Contents
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................2SECTION ONE......................................................................................................................................7INTRODUCTION TO MS PROJECT................................................................................................7W
HAT
IS
M
ICROSOFT
P
ROJECT
?.............................................................................................................8U
NDERSTANDING
P
ROJECT
M
ANAGEMENT
.................................................................................................9MS P
ROJECT
L
ANGUAGE
........................................................................................................................10T
ERMINOLOGY
........................................................................................................................................11S
TARTING
MS P
ROJECT
........................................................................................................................14The Office Assistant................................................................................................................14MS P
ROJECT
- T
HE
S
CREEN
.................................................................................................................16E
LEMENTS
OF
THE
D
EFAULT
V
IEW
.........................................................................................................17V
IEWS
AND
T
ABLES
...............................................................................................................................18T
HE
T
RACKING
G
ANTT
V
IEW
................................................................................................................20MS P
ROJECT
- M
ENUS
.........................................................................................................................21MS P
ROJECT
- T
HE
T
OOL
B
ARS
..........................................................................................................23P
ROJECT
M
ANAGEMENT
.........................................................................................................................26T
HE
S
TAGES
OF
P
ROJECT
M
ANAGEMENT
................................................................................................28M
ONITORING
AND
A
DJUSTING
..............................................................................................................29MS Project - Operational Basics...........................................................................................29SECTION TWO..................................................................................................................................30PLANNING THE PROJECT..............................................................................................................30D
EFINING
THE
P
ROJECT
.........................................................................................................................31The Goal.......................................................................................................................................31The Objectives...........................................................................................................................31The Specification......................................................................................................................31The Limitations...........................................................................................................................31P
ROJECT
P
LANNING
...............................................................................................................................34C
OMPLETE
THE
P
ROJECT
P
LAN
................................................................................................................35W
HERE
TO
B
EGIN
WITH
MS P
ROJECT
..................................................................................................36Starting a New Project...........................................................................................................36Project Properties....................................................................................................................37T
HE
C
ALENDAR
.....................................................................................................................................38C
REATING
A
N
EW
B
ASE
C
ALENDAR
........................................................................................................39S
AVE
THE
N
EW
P
ROJECT
F
ILE
..............................................................................................................40Saving a Project.........................................................................................................................40E
NDING
A
P
ROJECT
S
ESSION
................................................................................................................42Closing a Project........................................................................................................................42SECTION THREE...............................................................................................................................43Page 2 ©
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Microsoft Project 2003Table of ContentsTASK ENTRY AND LINKING..........................................................................................................43E
NTERING
T
ASKS
..................................................................................................................................44The Task Information box/Task Sheet..............................................................................45T
HE
T
ASK
E
NTRY
F
ORM
.......................................................................................................................47T
ABLES
AND
DESCRIPTIONS
...................................................................................................................48Predecessor Table....................................................................................................................48O
THER
M
ETHODS
OF
A
DDING
T
ASKS
....................................................................................................50In the Gantt Chart or the Task Sheet................................................................................50Using the Task Information Form........................................................................................50Using The Network Diagram Chart.......................................................................................50A
DD
T
ASKS
...........................................................................................................................................51L
INKING
T
ASKS
....................................................................................................................................52D
EFINING
THE
S
UMMARY
T
ASKS
...........................................................................................................53T
HE
A
UTO
C
ORRECT
F
EATURE
................................................................................................................57SECTION FOUR.................................................................................................................................58RESOURCE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................58R
ESOURCES
...........................................................................................................................................59Define the Resources...............................................................................................................59Reviewing and Navigating the Resource Sheet..................................................................60E
NTER
R
ESOURCES
.................................................................................................................................61Adding Resources to the Resource Sheet...........................................................................61V
IEW
R
ESOURCES
.................................................................................................................................64The Resource Sheet.................................................................................................................64The Resource Graph.................................................................................................................64Viewing Resource Usage..........................................................................................................64Viewing the Details of a single Resource............................................................................65S
ET
R
ESOURCE
C
ALENDARS
...................................................................................................................66Allocate Resources...................................................................................................................66E
DITING
R
ESOURCE
I
NFORMATION
........................................................................................................68Editing Data Entered by the User........................................................................................68R
EVIEW
R
ESOURCE
U
SAGE
.....................................................................................................................69I
NSERTING
AND
D
ELETING
R
ESOURCES
..................................................................................................70Working with Resources on the Fly......................................................................................70Updating Resource Information on the Fly.........................................................................71P
LANNED
T
IME
S
CALE
...........................................................................................................................73Lead Time and Lag Time..........................................................................................................73T
HE
O
UTLINING
V
IEW
(S
UMMARY
)......................................................................................................74P
ROMOTING
AND
D
EMOTING
T
ASKS
.......................................................................................................75SECTION FIVE...................................................................................................................................76DISPLAY DATA AND COST FACTORS........................................................................................76U
SING
G
ANTT
C
HARTS
.........................................................................................................................77Gantt Chart Principals..............................................................................................................77Changing the split between chart and table.......................................................................77Changing Time Scale.................................................................................................................77Changing the Palette................................................................................................................78Page 3 ©
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