Using Microsoft Project 2010

Media Table of Contents......Page 6
What Microsoft Project 2010 Can Do for You......Page 20
Laying a Foundation......Page 22
Show Me: Media 1.4—Introducing the Ribbon......Page 24
Team Planner View......Page 25
Timeline......Page 26
New Table Customization......Page 27
SharePoint Collaboration......Page 28
Using the Ribbon......Page 30
Using the Timeline......Page 31
What Views Are Available in Project 2010?......Page 32
Grouping Data in a View......Page 52
Sorting Data in a View......Page 54
Show Me: Media 2.6—Filter Data in a View......Page 55
Highlighting Data in a View......Page 57
Displaying Two Views at Once......Page 59
Creating a New Project......Page 61
Setting Project Properties......Page 65
Modifying an Existing Base Calendar......Page 69
Understanding Task Types......Page 81
Adding a New Task......Page 83
Tell Me More: Media 4.4—Best Practices for Working with Manually Scheduled Tasks......Page 85
Understanding Resource Types and Other Factors......Page 98
Show Me: Media 5.2—Adding a Resource......Page 99
Adjusting Resource Calendars......Page 102
Splitting a Task to Create a Gap in Work......Page 106
Fine-Tuning a Resource’s Work Schedule for a Task......Page 107
Understanding Types of Costs......Page 110
Creating and Assigning Budget Resources......Page 111
Comparing Actual Cost and Work Values with the Project Budget......Page 116
Baselining Your Project......Page 122
Show Me: Media 7.1—Entering Actual Start, % Work Complete, and Remaining Work......Page 126
Show Me: Media 7.2—Entering Actual Start, Actual Work, Remaining Work, and Finish Date......Page 130
Show Me: Media 7.3—Entering Actual Work Per Day, Remaining Work, and Finish Date......Page 133
Assessing the Impacts of Updates......Page 135
Reporting on Your Project......Page 137
Collaborating with Others on Your Project......Page 151
Creating Custom Fields......Page 153
Show Me: Media 9.3—Graphical Indicators......Page 155
Saving a Set of Columns as a Table......Page 159
Creating and Editing Views......Page 161
10 Understanding Project Options......Page 165
Customize the Ribbon......Page 198
Quick Access Toolbar Options......Page 200
Problem: One of My Resources Is Overallocated......Page 205
Show Me: Media 11.2—Manually Leveling Resources......Page 206
Table of Contents......Page 8
How This Book Is Organized......Page 17
Using This Book......Page 18
About the Using Web Edition......Page 19
Updated User Interface......Page 23
Filtering Data in a View......Page 56
Saving a Project......Page 63
Setting Project Options......Page 66
Choosing a Project Start or Finish Date......Page 67
Setting Up Your Project’s Calendars......Page 68
Changing a Working Day to a Nonworking Day......Page 70
Changing a Nonworking Day to a Working Day......Page 71
Changing Default Working Times......Page 72
Creating a New Base Calendar......Page 73
Setting Up Your Project’s Calendar......Page 75
Scheduling Methods in Project 2010......Page 76
What Factors Does the Project Scheduling Engine Consider?......Page 77
Which Scheduling Method Should I Use?......Page 78
Fixed Work......Page 82
Setting a Task Calendar......Page 86
Indenting and Outdenting Tasks......Page 87
Setting Up Task Dependencies......Page 88
Adding Dependencies Between Tasks......Page 90
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)......Page 92
Setting Your Project’s WBS Code Structure......Page 94
Adding Resources to Your Project......Page 100
Assigning a Resource Using the Task Information Dialog Box......Page 103
Editing an Existing Resource Assignment......Page 105
Assigning Remaining Work on a Task to Another Resource......Page 108
Pairing Resources with Budgets......Page 114
Planning for Overtime Work and Costs......Page 118
Recording Actual Overtime Work and Costs......Page 119
Gathering Status Updates from Resources......Page 124
Actual Start, Percent Work Complete, Remaining Work......Page 125
Actual Work Per Day, Remaining Work, Expected Finish Date......Page 132
Generating and Customizing a Visual Report......Page 139
Generating and Customizing a Basic Report......Page 142
Sharing Data with Others......Page 147
Exporting Data to Excel......Page 148
Taking a Picture of Your Project Data......Page 149
Saving the Project As a PDF or XPS File......Page 150
Adding and Removing Columns in a View......Page 156
Adding a Column to a View......Page 157
Hiding a Column in a View......Page 158
User Interface Options......Page 166
Project View......Page 167
Display Options......Page 169
Currency Options for This Project......Page 170
Schedule Options......Page 172
Calendar Options for This Project......Page 173
Schedule......Page 175
Scheduling Options for This Project......Page 176
Schedule Alerts Options......Page 178
Calculation Options for This Project......Page 179
AutoCorrect Options......Page 181
When Correcting Spelling in Project......Page 182
Save Projects......Page 183
Cache......Page 184
Advanced Options......Page 185
General......Page 186
General Options for This Project......Page 188
Display......Page 190
Display Options for This Project......Page 193
Cross Project Linking Options for This Project......Page 195
Calculation Options for This Project......Page 196
Add-Ins Options......Page 202
Trust Center Options......Page 203
Problem: My Schedule Goes Longer Than My Deadline......Page 209
Problem: My Costs Are Exceeding My Budget......Page 211
Trimming Budget Amounts......Page 213
C......Page 214
M......Page 215
Q-R......Page 216
U-V......Page 217
X-Y-Z......Page 218