Project Management Concepts

Getting Started

Project Menus and Commands

Manipulating Project Files

Combination Views

Switching Between Panes

Using the Go To

Using the Zoom Feature

PROJECT CREATION

Project Information

Entering Additional Information

Adjusting Default Calendar Options

Creating a Task List

Entering Task Names

Entering Task Durations

Duration Abbreviations

Milestones

Editing the Task List

Modifying Text in Tasks

Inserting Tasks

Deleting Tasks

Moving and Copying Tasks

Changing the Column Width

Spell Check

Outlining the Task List

Outlining Concepts and Buttons

Creating an Outline

Displaying the Outline

Task Dependencies

Linking and Unlinking Tasks

Modifying Task Dependencies

Specifying Lead and Lag Time

Task Information

Adding Task Notes

PROJECT RESOURCES AND COSTS

Project Resources

Adding Resources

Resource Information

Assigning Resources

Using the Task Entry View

Working with Project Calendars

Adjusting Default Calendar Options

Modifying Work Hours

Modifying Days of the Week

Modifying Nonworking Days

Creating a New Base Calendar

Working with Resource Calendars

Modifying Resource Calendars

Working with Task Calendars

PRINTING SCHEDULE INFORMATION

Page Setup Options

Headers and Footers

Previewing Views and Reports

Previewing a Predefined Report

Printing Project Information

TASK TYPE SETTINGS

Applying Task Type Settings

Modifying a Fixed Units Task

Modifying a Fixed Duration Task

Modifying a Fixed Work Task

Task Constraints

Types of Constraints

RESOLVING RESOURCE CONFLICTS

Editing Resource Assignments

Resource Overallocations

Locating Resource Overallocations

Resolving Resource Overallocations

Using Resource Levelling

Viewing Levelling Changes

Clearing Levelling Changes

Manually Resolving Overallocations

SETTING THE BASELINE

Viewing Baseline Statistics

Clearing the Baseline

TRACKING PROJECT PROGRESS

Tracking Task Progress

Updating Tasks

Tracking Toolbar

Using Tracking Toolbar

COMPARING BASELINE AND ACTUAL DATA

Viewing Project Statistics

Tracking Gantt View

Viewing the Variance Table

FORMATTING THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

Formatting Views

Adjusting Timescales

Modifying the Appearance of Nonworking Time

Formatting Text Font

Formatting the Gantt Chart

Formatting Individual Gantt Bars

Adding Text to Gantt Bars

Adding Text Boxes to the Gantt Chart