Project 98 - Foundation

Microsoft project 98 - introduction

·          The toolbars

·          The standard toolbar

·          The formatting toolbar

·          The calendar view

·          The gantt chart view

 

Defining the project

·          Project information entry

·          The project calendar

·          Changing the default working day

·          Choose your calendar for the project

·          The statistics window

·          File properties

 

Tasks

·          Entering tasks

·          Entering a task duration

·          Estimating durations

·          Milestones and phases

·          Recurring tasks

·          Recurring tasks continued

·          Editing tasks

·          Changing task priority

·          Inserting a task

·          Deleting tasks

·          Moving tasks

 

Task linkages

·          Creating a logical sequence

·          General tab

·          Task predecessors

·          Task resources

·          Task advanced

·          Task constraints

·          Task types

·          Task notes

·          Outlining a task

·          Summary tasks

·          Linkage types

·          Finish to start relationship

·          Start to start relationship

·          Finish to finish relationship

·          Start to finish relationship

·          Simple linkage

·          Linkages on a gantt chart

·          Lag and lead time

·          Lead time on the gantt chart

·          Lag time on the gantt chart

·          Types of constraint

 

Resources

·          Resource sheet view

·          Entering resources

·          Units

·          Rates

·          Accrue at

·          Assigning a calendar to a group of resources

·          Assigning a resource to a task

·          Assigning resources (- continued)

·          Assigning a resource calendar

·          Removing a resource

·          Replacing resources

·          Removing a calendar

 

Pert view

·          Examining a pert view

·          Summary tasks

·          Changing task linkages

 

Shortening your project

·          Setting the critical path

·          The critical path view

·          Filtering for critical tasks only

·          Ideas for shortening the project

 

Overallocations

·          Resource usage view

·          The resource management toolbar

·          Resource allocation view

·          Resource allocation graph

 

Resolving overallocations

·          Delaying tasks manually

·          Resource leveling

·          Resource leveling continued

·          The leveling gantt view

·          Decreasing work time

·          Split tasks

·          View slack in a table view

·          Viewing slack in a gantt view

·          Reassigning resources

·          Increasing working hours

·          Assign overtime to a task

·          Resource contouring

 

Printing project reports

·          Print preview

·          Report generator

·          Project summary report

·          Print options