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Project 2002 in Easy Steps
The Basics [...]
Introduction
How to Use This Book
What's New in Project 2002?
Installing Project 2002
Activating Project 2002
Migration from previous versions
The Gantt Chart
Tasks and Milestones
Resource Usage
View Bar
Toolbars
How to Get Help
Getting Started 11 Conflicts and Constraints
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Resource Conflicts
Resource Levelling
Manual Adjustments
Task Constraints
Applying Constraints
Constraint Conflicts
Viewing Constraints
Setting a Baseline
Interim Plans
Clearing a Baseline
2 Project Guide [...]
Project Guide
Goal Areas
Task Goal Area
Listing the Tasks
Resources
Track
Reports 12 Viewing Data [...]
Views
Tables
Grouping
Customised Groups
Fiscal Year
Filters
AutoFilter
Filter Criteria
Filter by Resource
Custom Filters
Sorting
Highlight Filters
3 Managing your project [...]
A 4-Step Approach
Step 1 - Define Your Objectives
Keep it Simple
Starting a Project
Entering Summary Information
Step 2 - Develop Your Plan
Key Tasks and Deliverables
Project Milestones
Resources
The Full Monty
Step 3 - Carry it Out
Murphy's 1st Law
Saving Your Project
Step 4 - Hand it Over 13 Printing Reports [...]
Printing
Headers and Footers
Previewing Reports
Print Setup and Scaling
Printing Reports
Copy Picture
4 Tasks and Milestones [...]
Project Tasks
Creating a Task
Task Duration
Adding Tasks
Task Dependencies
Linking Tasks
Unlinking Tasks
Changing Dependencies
Moving a Task
Deleting a Task
The Task Form
Project Milestones
Recurring Tasks 14 Tracking Progress [...]
Progress Tracking
Progress Information
Completed Work
Part Completed Work
Percentage Completed
Duration Completed
Entering Costs
Updating as Scheduled
Baseline
Tracking Gantt Chart
Project Statistics
Progress Lines
When is a Task Completed?
5 Adding Structure [...]
Project Structure
Summary Tasks
Task Rollup
Changing the Time Scale
Project Stages
Implementing a 5-Stage Approach
Change Budgets
Adding a Change Budget
Breaking Tasks Down
Outline Numbering
Outline Codes
Subtasks
Stages, Tasks and Activities 15 Customising [...]
Customising Project 2002
Custom Tables
Custom Views
Combination View
Custom Reports
Custom Fields
Graphic Indicators
Sharing Custom Items
A Word of Caution
Murphy's 2nd Law
Murphy's 3rd Law
6 More About Tasks [...]
Lag Time and Lead Time
Task Notes
Deadline Dates
Moving Around
The Critical Path
Gantt Chart Wizard
Splitting Tasks
Moving Linked Tasks 16 Links and Exporting [...]
Using Hyperlinks
Inserting a Hyperlink
Publishing to HTML
Copying to GIF Files
Export to XML
Other File Formats
7 Resources [...]
Organising a Project
Project Stakeholders
Allocating Resources
The Resource Sheet
Resource Information
Material Resources
Resource Notes
Assigning Resources
Multiple Resources
Multiple Tasks 17 Network Diagrams [...]
Network Diagrams
Network Diagram View
Adding a Node
Changing Dependencies
Filtering
Changing Node Format
Changing the Layout
Assigning Resources
Descriptive Network Diagram
8 Project Costs [...]
Project Costs
Costs in Project 2002
Resource Costs
Fixed Costs
Variable Resource Costs
Cost Rate Tables
Applying Resource Rates
The Business Case 18 Consolidation [...]
Consolidating Projects
Resource Pools
Resolving Over-Allocations
Inter-Project Dependencies
Workspace
9 Project Calendars [...]
Calendars
Project Defaults
Standard Calendar
Creating a New Base Calendar
Assigning a Calendar
Task Calendar
Changing a Resource Calendar 19 Advanced Topics [...]
Earned Value Analysis
Customising the Gantt chart
Custom Toolbars
Collaboration
Allocating Assignments
Status Reporting
Templates
Project Server
Project Professional
10 Project Scheduling [...]
Scheduling
Fixed-Unit Tasks
Fixed-Duration Tasks
Fixed-Work Tasks
Contouring
Resource Contouring
Backward Scheduling
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