Microsoft Office Project 2003

I Managine a Simple Project

1  Getting Started with Project
            Managing Your Projects with Project
            Starting Project Standard
            Starting Project Professional
            Exploring Views
            Exploring Reports
            Creating a New Project Plan
            Setting Nonworking Days
            Entering Project Properties

2  Creating a Task List
            Entering Tasks
            Estimating Durations
            Entering Milestone
            Organizing Tasks into Phases
            Linking Tasks
            Documenting Tasks
            Checking the Plan's Duration

3  Setting Up Resources
            Setting Up People Resources
            Setting Up Equipment Resources
            Setting Up Material Resources
            Entering Resource Pay Rates
            Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
            Documenting Resources

4  Assigning Resources to Tasks
            Assigning Resources to Tasks
            Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
            Assigning Material Resources to Tasks

5  Formatting and Printing Your Plan
            Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
            Drawing on a Gantt Chart
            Formatting Text in a View
            Formatting and Printing Reports

6  Tracking Progress on Tasks
            Saving a Project Baseline
            Tracking a Project as Scheduled
            Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
            Entering Actual Values for Tasks

II  Advanced Project Scheduling

7  Fine-Tuning Task Details

            Adjusting Task Relationships
            Setting Task Constraints
            Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
            Interrupting Work on a Task
            Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
            Changing Task Types
            Entering Deadline Dates
            Entering Fixed Costs
            Setting Up a Recurring Task

8  Fine-Turning Resource and Assignment Details
            Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
            Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
            Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
            Delaying the Start of Assignments
            Applying Contours to Assignments
            Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
            Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates

9  Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
            Examining Resource Allocations over Time
            Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
            Leveling Overallocated Resources
            Examining Project Costs
            Checking the Project’s Finish Date

10  Organizing and Formatting Project Details
            Sorting Project Details
            Grouping Project Details
            Filtering Project Details
            Customizing Tables
            Customizing Views

11 Printing Project Information
            Printing Your Project Plan           
            Printing Views
            Printing Reports

12  Publishing Project Information Online
            Copying Project Information as s GIF Image
            Saving Project Information as a Web Page
            Changing the Look of a Project  Web Page

13  Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
            Copying and Pasting with Project
            Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
            Opening Other File Formats in Project
            Saving to Other File Formats from Project

14  Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
            Updating a Baseline
            Tracking Actual and Remaining Values  for Tasks and  Assignments
            Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignment
            Rescheduling Incomplete Work

15  Viewing and Reporting Project Status
            Identifying Tasks That Have Slipped
            Examining Task Costs
            Examining Resource Costs
            Reporting Project Cost Variance with a stoplight View

16  Getting Your Project Back on Track
            Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
            Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
            Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems

III  Special Subjects

17  Applying Advanced Formatting
            Formatting Bar Styles in a Gantt Chart View
            Formatting the Network Diagram View
            Formatting the Calendar View

18  Customizing Project
            Working with the Organizer
            Recording Macros
            Editing Macros
            Customizing a Toolbar

19  Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
            Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
            Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators

20  Consolidating Projects and Resources
            Creating a Resource Pool           
            Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
            Updating Assignment in a Sharer Plan
            Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
            Updating All Project’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
            Linking  New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
            Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
            Working with Consolidated Projects
            Creating Dependencies Between Projects

IV  Introducing Project Server

21  Planning Work with Project Server
            Understanding the Key Pieces of Enterprise Project Management
            Building a New Plan from an Enterprise Template
            Staffing an Enterprise Project with Resources
            Publishing a Plan to Project Server

22  Tracking Work with Project Server
            Reporting Actual Work Through Project Web Access
            Reporting Actual Work Through Outlook
            Handling Actuals from Resources
            Keeping Stakeholders Informed

23  Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents with Project  Server
            Managing Risks
            Managing Issues
            Managing Documents