Introducing Project
Managing Files and Setting Options
Using Templates
Ribbon and Tabs
Working with Schedule Details
Creating a New Project Plan
Entering Task Names
Entering Durations
Task Durations?
Entering a Milestone
Organizing Tasks into Phases
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning
Linking Tasks
Switching Task Scheduling from Manual to Automatic
Setting Nonworking Days
Checking the Plan’s Duration
Documenting Tasks and the Project Plan
Setting Up Work Resources
Equipment Resource Considerations
Entering Resource Capacity
Entering Resource Pay Rates
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
Setting Up Cost Resources
Documenting Resources
Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
Scheduling: Duration, Units, and Work
Controlling Work When Adding or Removing Resource Assignments
Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
Customizing the Gantt Chart View
Customizing the Timeline View
Pan and Zoom the Gantt Chart View from the Timeline View
Drawing on a Gantt Chart
Copying Views
Printing Views
Customizing and Printing Reports
Saving a Project Baseline
Tracking a Project as Scheduled
Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
Entering Actual Values for Tasks
Advanced Scheduling
Adjusting Task Relationships
Setting Task Constraints
Interrupting Work on a Task
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
Changing Task Types
Assignment Units, Peak, Peak Units, and the Scheduling Formula
Task Types and Effort-Driven Scheduling
Entering Deadline Dates
Entering Fixed Costs
Setting Up a Recurring Task
Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
Scheduling Summary Tasks Manually
Inactivating Tasks
Setting Up Resource Availability
to Apply at Different Times
Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
Setting Up Material Resources
Delaying the Start of Assignments
Applying Contours to Assignments
Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
Variable Consumption Rates for Material Resources
Viewing Resource Capacity
Adjusting Assignments in the Team Planner View
Examining Resource Allocations over Time
Project Management Focus: Evaluating Resource Allocation
Resolving Resource Overallocations Manually
Leveling Overallocated Resources
Checking the Project’s Cost and Finish Date
Sorting Project Details
Grouping Project Details
Filtering Project Details
Customizing Tables
Create Custom Fields Quickly
Customizing Views
Updating a Baseline
Saving Interim Plans
Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
Entering Actual Costs Manually
Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
Project Management Focus: Collecting Actuals from Resources
Rescheduling Incomplete Work
Identifying Tasks that Have Slipped
Project Management Focus: Is Variance Ever a Good Thing?
Project Management Focus: Getting the Word Out
Examining Task Costs
Examining Resource Costs
Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
Reduce Task Durations by Assigning Resource Overtime Hours
Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
Special Subjects
Formatting a Gantt Chart View
Formatting a Timeline View
Formatting a Network Diagram View
Formatting a Calendar View
Printing Views: Advanced Options
Printing Reports: Advanced Options
Sharing Custom Elements Between Project Plans
Recording Macros
Editing Macros
Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
Copying Project Data to Other Programs
Opening Other File Formats in Project
Saving to Other File Formats from Project
Working with File Formats from Previous Versions of Project
Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
Creating a Resource Pool
Creating a Dedicated Resource Pool
Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
Updating All Plans’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
Consolidating Project Plans
Creating Dependencies Between Projects