Project and Project Terms Overview

Understanding project management

The Project 2007 interface

Getting help

 

Entering and Linking Tasks

Entering tasks

Setting durations and milestones

Basic task linking

Unlinking tasks

Predecessors and successors

 

Navigation and Project Views

Keyboard shortcuts for Views

Use the Got Selected task button

Using zoom

Format Time-scale

Gantt Chart

Calendar View

Network Diagram

 

Task Relationships and Critical Path

Understanding task relationships

Avoiding dangling tasks

Understanding Critical Path

Applying a Critical Path

Slack time

 

Project Calendar

Default working hours & week

Altering hours of working day

Setting non-working days such as Bank Holidays

Creating new calendars

 

Resources

Understanding resources

Managing People, Rooms, Equipment and Materials

Priorities

Levelling

Split tasks

Level only within available slack

Resource calendars

Sorting and Filtering

Sorting data by priority and date

Using the Auto-filter

Filtering tasks

 

Task Constraints and Advanced Task Management

General constrains

Hard constraints

Soft constraints

Scheduling project from the start date

Scheduling project from the finish date

Lag, lead and delay

Resource driven v fixed duration

Task calendars

 

Project Costing

Resource costs

Duration driven

Cost per use

Pro rata

Cost rate tables

Fixed task costs

Show project statistics

 

Producing Reports

Overview

Task usage

Current activities

Costs

Work load

Custom views

 

Printing

Gantt charts

Network diagrams

Calendar view

Page setup options