MS Project 2000 / 2003
Luke E. Reese
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
[email protected]
September 17, 2009
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.
Define
the
project
Build
the
plan
Track
and
manage
8. Set a baseline
9. Enter actuals
1. Set a project start date
10. Adjust the plan
2. Enter tasks
3. Enter durations / work
4. Assign resources
5. Link tasks
6. Print the plan
7. Fine-tune the plan
Close
the
project
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Gantt Charts
Program Assumptions
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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MS Project Web Templates
http://office.microsoft.com/enus/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?av=ZPJ
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.