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