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Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction     1 How This Book Is Organized     2 Using This Book     2 Special Features     3 About the UsingWeb Edition     3 1  Introduction to Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010     4 What Microsoft Project 2010 Can Do for You     4 What Version of Project 2010 Do You Need?     6 Laying a Foundation     6   Project     7   Task     7   Resource     7   Assignment     7 What’s New in Project 2010?     7   Updated User Interface     7   Manually Scheduled Tasks     9   Team Planner View     9   Timeline     10   New Table Customization     11   SharePoint Collaboration     12 2  Navigating Project 2010     14 Using the Ribbon     14 Using the Timeline     15   Share the Timeline with Others     16 Understanding Project Views     16   What Views Are Available in Project 2010?     16 Working with Project Views     36   Grouping Data in a View     36   Sorting Data in a View     38   Filtering Data in a View     40   Highlighting Data in a View     41   Displaying Two Views at Once     43 3  Starting a Project     45 Setting Up a Project     45   Creating a New Project     45   Saving a Project     47 Setting Project Properties and Options     49   Setting Project Properties     49   Setting Project Options     50 Choosing a Project Start or Finish Date     51 Setting Up Your Project’s Calendars     52   Modifying an Existing Base Calendar     53   Changing a Working Day to a Nonworking Day     54   Changing a Nonworking Day to a Working Day     55   Changing Default Working Times     56   Changing Working Times for a Specific Time Period     57   Creating a New Base Calendar     57   Setting Up Your Project’s Calendar     59 How Does Project 2010 Schedule Tasks?     60   Scheduling Methods in Project 2010     60   What Factors Does the Project Scheduling Engine Consider?     61   Which Scheduling Method Should I Use?     62 4  Working with Tasks     65 Understanding Task Types     65   Fixed Units     66   Fixed Work     66   Fixed Duration     67 Adding Tasks to Your Project     67   Adding a New Task     67   Setting a Task Calendar     70   Indenting and Outdenting Tasks     71 Setting Up Task Dependencies     72   Adding Dependencies Between Tasks     74 Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)     76   Setting Your Project’s WBS Code Structure     78 5  Working with Resources     82 Understanding Resource Types and Other Factors     82 Adding Resources to Your Project     84 Adjusting Resource Calendars     86 Assigning Resources to Tasks     87   Assigning a Resource Using the Task Information Dialog Box     87   Assigning a Work Resource Using the Team Planner View     89 Editing an Existing Resource Assignment     89   Splitting a Task to Create a Gap in Work     90   Fine-Tuning a Resource’s Work Schedule for a Task     91   Assigning Remaining Work on a Task to Another Resource     92 6  Accounting for Project Costs     94 Understanding Types of Costs     94 Creating a Budget for Your Project     95   Creating and Assigning Budget Resources     95   Adding Values to Budget Resources     98   Pairing Resources with Budgets     98 Comparing Actual Cost and Work Values with the Project Budget     100 Accounting for Overtime Spent on Project Tasks     102   Planning for Overtime Work and Costs     102   Recording Actual Overtime Work and Costs     103 7  Capturing Project Progress     106 Baselining Your Project     106 Gathering Status Updates from Resources     108   Actual Start, Percent Work Complete, Remaining Work     109   Actual Work Per Day, Remaining Work, Expected Finish Date     116 Assessing the Impacts of Updates     119 8  Sharing Your Project with Others     121 Reporting on Your Project     121   Generating and Customizing a Visual Report     123   Generating and Customizing a Basic Report     126 Sharing Data with Others     131   Copying the Timeline     132   Exporting Data to Excel     132   Taking a Picture of Your Project Data     133   Saving the Project As a PDF or XPS File     134 Collaborating with Others on Your Project     135 9  Customizing Project 2010     137 Creating Custom Fields     137 Adding and Removing Columns in a View     140   Adding a Column to a View     141   Hiding a Column in a View     142 Saving a Set of Columns as a Table     143 Creating and Editing Views     145 10  Understanding Project Options     149 General Project Options     150   User Interface Options     150   Project View     151   Personalize Your Copy of Microsoft Office     153 Display Options     153   Calendar     154   Currency Options for This Project     154   Show Indicators and Options Buttons For     156   Show These Elements     156 Schedule Options     156   Calendar Options for This Project     157   Schedule     159   Scheduling Options for This Project     160   Schedule Alerts Options     162   Calculation     163   Calculation Options for This Project     163 Proofing Options     165   AutoCorrect Options     165   When Correcting Spelling in Microsoft Office Programs     166  When Correcting Spelling in Project     166 Save Options     167   Save Projects     167   Save Templates     168   Cache     168 Language Options     169 Advanced Options     169   General     170   Project Web App     172   Planning Wizard      172   General Options for This Project     172   Edit     174   Display     174   Display Options for This Project      177   Cross Project Linking Options for This Project     179   Earned Value Options for This Project     180   Calculation Options for This Project     180 Customize Ribbon Options    182   Customize the Ribbon     182 Quick Access Toolbar Options     184   Customize the Quick Access Toolbar     186 Add-Ins Options     186 Trust Center Options     187 11  Dealing with Problems     189 Problem: One of My Resources Is Overallocated     189 Problem: My Schedule Goes Longer Than My Deadline     193 Problem: My Costs Are Exceeding My Budget     195   Assigning Work to Fewer People     197   Cutting Back on What Needs to Get Done     197   Trimming Budget Amounts     197 Index     198