Archive for December, 2006
MS Project training notes
2006/12/15
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- Course is about setting up a project, not tracking (but beginnings will be covered)
- file menu
- save as: e.g. webpage
- edit
- undo: only 1 undo level
- tasks
- split
- view
- calendar
- :base calendar: tools / options
- tools / change calendar [how does this relate?]
- these are company holidays
- can it load holidays like outlook – yes, from project central server
- attach the calendar to the project: project / project information
- many projects are built from finish date, but that leaves no slack time
- tasks pane
- used only with project central server?
- tool bars
- standard
- format
- ask pane
- project: quicker ways than that
- insert subtasks
- simply press insert key to insert rows
- 0 duration = milestone (can also have a milestone with a duration)
- constraints
- difference between a deadline and a constraint: deadline is less important
- review
- start
- project start date: menu / project:
- calendars:
- base calendar = tools / options / calendar
- project calendar = tools / change working time / new
- assign / attach that project calendar to the project: menu: project: project information
- show holidays on Gantt chart: context menu: Gantt chart: nonworking time (option: in front of the taskbars: interrupts the taskbars)
- recurring tasks: menu: insert: recurring task
- set duration: d = day, m = minute, mo = month, w = week
- creating link relation ships
- visually by dragging tasks onto each other in the Gantt chart
- writing in field predecessors (sf is default, s=stat, f=finish, relation ship), -lag and +lead time
- constraints and deadlines
- resources
- types
- WORK: REUSABLE
- MATERIAL: CONSUMABLE
- groups
- teams
- internal or external
- suppliers
- max units
- e.g. FULL TIME OR HALF TIME PERSON
- types
- start
- last hour
- resources – critical (overrun) tasks
- reallocating resources to reduce slack and slippage
- baseline
- set: menu: tools / tracking / baseline
- in the Gantt chart, the blackline is the baseline
- tracking
- recommended to always display the tracking toolbar
- reports
- menu: view / reports
- resources – critical (overrun) tasks
- Outlook: level 2 training
- tracking
- split task
- update task
- customization (views, reports, filters)
- master projects
- resource pools
- tracking