MS Project 2000 / 2003

1. MS Project 2000 / 2003 Luke E. Reese Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering reesel@msu.edu September 17, 2009

2. What is project management? …the process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a defined objective, usually within constraints on time, resources, or cost. A project plan can be simple, for example, a list of tasks and their start and finish dates written on a notepad. Or it can be complex, for example, thousands of tasks and resources and a project budget of millions of dollars.

3. Define the project Track and manage Build the plan Close the project • Set a baseline • Enter actuals • Adjust the plan • Set a project start date • Enter tasks • Enter durations / work • Assign resources • Link tasks • Print the plan • Fine-tune the plan

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21. How do you get started? • Plan on a piece of paper • Think of broad sub-project task categories • Determine all tasks required to complete sub-projects • Organize sub-projects into a logical flow • Estimate each task’s duration / effort • MS Project

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32. MS Project Web Templateshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?av=ZPJ

33. Adding Individual Resources Click on View Tab, then select View Bar (expand selection if you don’t see this option). Click on Resource sheet, and a window will open Type your name under Resource Name, hit enter, then right click on your name. Click on Resource Information Set the start and end dates and then click the Working Time tab Set Base Calendar = 24 hours Then set available hours for each individual day or by the week (click on M for all Mondays.) This time will then be used to establish work durations. Plan on a minimum of 10 hours/week (per team member) to successfully complete course objectives.