GETTING STARTED WITH PROJECT
• Exploring Views & Reports
• Creating a New Project Plan
CREATING A TASK LIST
• Entering Tasks & a Milestone
• Organizing Tasks into Phases
• Linking & Documenting Tasks
• Checking the Plan’s Duration
SETTING UP RESOURCES
• Setting Up People, Equipment & Material Resources
• Entering Resource Pay Rates
• Documenting Resources
ASSIGNING RESOURCES TO TASKS
• Assigning Resources to Tasks & Additional Resources to a Task
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
FORMATTING AND PRINTING YOUR PLAN
• Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View & Drawing on a Gantt Chart
• Formatting and Printing Reports
TRACKING PROGRESS ON TASKS
• Tracking a Project as Scheduled
• Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
FINE-TUNING TASK DETAILS
• Adjusting Task Relationships
• Setting Task Constraints
• Entering Deadline Dates & Fixed Costs
FINE-TUNING RESOURCE AND ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
• Setting Up Pay Rates & Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
• Applying Contours to Assignments & Different Cost Rates to Assignments
FINE-TUNING THE PROJECT PLAN
• Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
• Leveling Overallocated Resources
• Examining Project Costs
• Checking the Project’s Finish Date
ORGANIZING AND FORMATTING PROJECT DETAILS
• Sorting, Grouping & Filtering Project Details
• Customizing Tables & Views
PRINTING PROJECT INFORMATION
• Printing Your Project Plan
• Printing Views & Reports
PUBLISHING PROJECT INFORMATION ONLINE
• Copying as a GIF Image
• Saving as a Web Page
SHARING PROJECT INFORMATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS
• Copying and Pasting with Project
• Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
TRACKING PROGRESS ON TASKS AND ASSIGNMENTS
• Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
• Tracking Time phased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
• Rescheduling Incomplete Work
VIEWING AND REPORTING PROJECT STATUS
• Examining Task Costs
• Examining Resource Costs
• Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
GETTING YOUR PROJECT BACK ON TRACK
• Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems, & Cost and Resource Problems
• Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
APPLYING ADVANCED FORMATTING
• Formatting Bar Styles in a Gantt Chart View & the Network Diagram View
• Formatting the Calendar View
CUSTOMIZING PROJECT
• Working with the Organizer
• Recording Macros
• Editing Macros
• Customizing a Toolbar
MEASURING PERFORMANCE WITH EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS
• Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators & Cost Indicators
CONSOLIDATING PROJECTS AND RESOURCES
• Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
• Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
• Working with Consolidated Projects
