Microsoft Project For Dummies. Cynthia Snyder Dionisio

Chapter 19: Setting Up a Sprints Project Creating a Sprints Project Enjoying a Whole New View Adding Information to Tasks Prioritizing Tasks Inserting a Sprints Project into a Plan-Driven Project Chapter 20: Tracking a Sprints Project Viewing Your Sprints Project Data Creating Sprints Reports Chapter 21: Getting Better All the Time Reviewing the Project Comparing Versions of a Project Building on Success

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: Ten Golden Rules of Project Management Roll with It Put Your Ducks in a Row Expect the Unexpected Don’t Put Off until Tomorrow … Delegate, Delegate, Delegate Document It Keep the Team in the Loop Measure Success Maintain a Flexible Strategy Learn from Your Mistakes Chapter 23: Ten Cool Shortcuts in Project Task Information Resource Information Frequently Used Functions Subtasks Quick Selections Fill Down Navigation Hours to Years Timeline Shortcuts Quick Undo

      11  Glossary

      12  Index

      13  About the Author

      14  Advertisement Page

      15  Connect with Dummies

      16  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 Project Variables

      2 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Limiting BehaviorsTABLE 5-2 Task Constraints

      3 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Layout Options

      4 Chapter 17TABLE 17-1 Filters That Isolate Problems

      5 Chapter 19TABLE 19-1 Sprints Project Views

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Waterfall approach. FIGURE 1-2: What you see when you open Project. FIGURE 1-3: Project templates. FIGURE 1-4: A blank project. FIGURE 1-5: Backstage view with the Navigation pane. FIGURE 1-6: The Task Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-7: The Resource Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-8: The Report Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-9: The Project Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-10: The View Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-11: The Help Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-12: The Format Ribbon tab. FIGURE 1-13: Customizing the Quick Access toolbar. FIGURE 1-14: The Timeline. FIGURE 1-15: The status bar.

      2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The Desert Rose Security project charter. FIGURE 2-2: High-level WBS. FIGURE 2-3: The result of choosing the File ⇒ Info command. FIGURE 2-4: The Project Information dialog box. FIGURE 2-5: Desert Rose Security WBS. FIGURE 2-6: The Task Information dialog box. FIGURE 2-7: Manually and automatically scheduled tasks. FIGURE 2-8: Changing the task mode from the Ribbon. FIGURE 2-9: Inserting a link to another project. FIGURE 2-10: Linking a file.

      3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Summary tasks and subtasks. FIGURE 3-2: The project summary task. FIGURE 3-3: Outline options. FIGURE 3-4: Level 2 outline. FIGURE 3-5: The Recurring Task Information dialog box. FIGURE 3-6: Inserting a milestone. FIGURE 3-7: Marking a task as inactive. FIGURE 3-8: Creating a task note.

      4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Dependencies. FIGURE 4-2: The start-to-start relationship. FIGURE 4-3: The finish-to-finish relationship. FIGURE 4-4: Leads and lags between tasks. FIGURE 4-5: Linking and unlinking tasks. FIGURE 4-6: Setting dependency relationships. FIGURE 4-7: Setting dependency relationships with a drop-down list.

      5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Setting the task type. FIGURE 5-2: Setting the duration. FIGURE 5-3: Setting a constraint. FIGURE 5-4: Setting a deadline. FIGURE 5-5: Setting a start or end date. FIGURE 5-6: Planning Wizard box. FIGURE 5-7: Splitting a task.

      6 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: View choices. FIGURE 6-2: Available views in Project. FIGURE 6-3: Multiple panes of information. FIGURE 6-4: Gantt Chart view. FIGURE 6-5: Resource Sheet view. FIGURE 6-6: Team Planner view. FIGURE 6-7: Timeline view. FIGURE 6-8: Network Diagram view. FIGURE 6-9: Calendar view. FIGURE 6-10: The Timescale dialog box. FIGURE 6-11: New columns to insert. FIGURE 6-12: The Box Styles dialog box in Network Diagram view. FIGURE 6-13: Modifying the Network Diagram layout. FIGURE 6-14: The modified Network Diagram view.

      7 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: The Effort Driven check box. FIGURE 7-2: The Resource Information dialog box. FIGURE 7-3: Generic consolidated resource. FIGURE 7-4: Time periods and units of availability.

      8 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Define typical work times. FIGURE 8-2: The standard calendar with default working times. FIGURE 8-3: Modifying the default calendar. FIGURE 8-4: Changing the task calendar. FIGURE 8-5: The Details dialog box. FIGURE 8-6: Changing working time on a resource calendar. FIGURE 8-7: Creating a new calendar. FIGURE 8-8: Copying a calendar to other projects.

      9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Using the Find feature. FIGURE 9-2: Resource list. FIGURE 9-3: The Assign Resources dialog box. FIGURE 9-4: Work Contour options. FIGURE 9-5: Team Planner view.

      10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Cost accrual