• View resource capacity and track progress
• Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
• Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports
• Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans
• Customize Project to maximize your efficiency
• Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility.
• Master PM best practices while you learn Project

Part 1: Scheduling

Chapter 2 Start a new plan

• Create a new plan and set its start date
• Set nonworking days in the project calendar
• Enter the plan title and other properties

Chapter 3 Build a task list

• Create tasks
• Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
• Enter task durations and estimates
• Enter milestone tasks
• Create summary tasks to outline the plan
• Link tasks to create dependencies
• Check a plan’s duration and finish date
• Document task information

Chapter 4 Set up resources

• Set up work resources
• Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
• Enter work resource pay rates
• Adjust working time in a resource calendar
• Set up cost resources
• Document resources by using notes

Chapter 65 Assign resources to tasks

• Assign work resources to tasks
• Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
• Assign cost resources to tasks
• Check the plan after assigning resources

Chapter 6 Format and share your plan

• Add tasks to a Timeline view
• Customize a Gantt chart view
• Customize reports
• Copy views and reports
• Print views and reports

Chapter 7 Track progress: Basic techniques

• Understand progress tracking
• Save a baseline of your plan
• Track a plan as scheduled
• Enter a task’s completion percentage
• Enter actual values for tasks

Part 2: Advanced scheduling techniques

Chapter 8 Fine-tune task scheduling

• See task relationships by using Task Path
• Adjust task link relationships
• Control task scheduling by using constraints
• Interrupt work on a task
• Adjust working time for individual tasks
• Control task scheduling by using task types
• See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector

Chapter 9 Fine-tune task details

• Enter deadline dates
• Enter fixed costs
• Create a recurring task
• View the plan’s critical path
• Schedule summary tasks manually

Chapter 10 Fine-tune resource and assignment details

• Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
• Work with multiple resource pay rates
• Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
• Delay the start of assignments
• Apply contours to assignments
• Create and assign material resources
• View resource capacity
• Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)

Chapter 11 Fine-tune the Project plan

• Examine resource allocations over time
• Resolve resource overallocations manually
• Level overallocated resources
• Check the plan’s cost and finish date
• Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)

Chapter 12 Track progress: Detailed techniques

• Update a baseline
• Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
• Track timephased actual work for tasks and assignments
• Reschedule incomplete work

Chapter 13 View and report project status

• Examine a plan’s variance
• Identify tasks that have slipped
• Examine task costs
• Examine resource costs

Part 3: In-depth and special subjects

Chapter 14 Format and print views: In-depth techniques

• Format a Gantt chart view
• Format a Timeline view
• Format a Network Diagram view
• Format a Calendar view
• Print and export views

Chapter 15 Format reports: In-depth techniques

• Create a custom report
• Customize charts in a report
• Customize tables in a report

Chapter 16 Share information with other programs

• Copy Project data to and from other programs
• Open files in other formats in Project
• Save to other file formats from Project
• Generate reports with Excel and Visio

Chapter 17 Consolidate projects and resources

• Share a resource pool across multiple plans
• Consolidate plans
• Create dependencies between plans

• View resource capacity and track progress
• Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
• Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports
• Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans
• Customize Project to maximize your efficiency
• Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility.
• Master PM best practices while you learn Project

Part 1: Scheduling

Chapter 2 Start a new plan

• Create a new plan and set its start date
• Set nonworking days in the project calendar
• Enter the plan title and other properties

Chapter 3 Build a task list

• Create tasks
• Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
• Enter task durations and estimates
• Enter milestone tasks
• Create summary tasks to outline the plan
• Link tasks to create dependencies
• Check a plan’s duration and finish date
• Document task information

Chapter 4 Set up resources

• Set up work resources
• Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
• Enter work resource pay rates
• Adjust working time in a resource calendar
• Set up cost resources
• Document resources by using notes

Chapter 65 Assign resources to tasks

• Assign work resources to tasks
• Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
• Assign cost resources to tasks
• Check the plan after assigning resources

Chapter 6 Format and share your plan

• Add tasks to a Timeline view
• Customize a Gantt chart view
• Customize reports
• Copy views and reports
• Print views and reports

Chapter 7 Track progress: Basic techniques

• Understand progress tracking
• Save a baseline of your plan
• Track a plan as scheduled
• Enter a task’s completion percentage
• Enter actual values for tasks

Part 2: Advanced scheduling techniques

Chapter 8 Fine-tune task scheduling

• See task relationships by using Task Path
• Adjust task link relationships
• Control task scheduling by using constraints
• Interrupt work on a task
• Adjust working time for individual tasks
• Control task scheduling by using task types
• See task schedule details by using the Task Inspector

Chapter 9 Fine-tune task details

• Enter deadline dates
• Enter fixed costs
• Create a recurring task
• View the plan’s critical path
• Schedule summary tasks manually

Chapter 10 Fine-tune resource and assignment details

• Change resource availability over multiple date ranges
• Work with multiple resource pay rates
• Change resource pay rates over different date ranges
• Delay the start of assignments
• Apply contours to assignments
• Create and assign material resources
• View resource capacity
• Adjust assignments in the Team Planner view (Project Professional only)

Chapter 11 Fine-tune the Project plan

• Examine resource allocations over time
• Resolve resource overallocations manually
• Level overallocated resources
• Check the plan’s cost and finish date
• Inactivate tasks (Project Professional only)

Chapter 12 Track progress: Detailed techniques

• Update a baseline
• Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
• Track timephased actual work for tasks and assignments
• Reschedule incomplete work

Chapter 13 View and report project status

• Examine a plan’s variance
• Identify tasks that have slipped
• Examine task costs
• Examine resource costs

Part 3: In-depth and special subjects

Chapter 14 Format and print views: In-depth techniques

• Format a Gantt chart view
• Format a Timeline view
• Format a Network Diagram view
• Format a Calendar view
• Print and export views

Chapter 15 Format reports: In-depth techniques

• Create a custom report
• Customize charts in a report
• Customize tables in a report

Chapter 16 Share information with other programs

• Copy Project data to and from other programs
• Open files in other formats in Project
• Save to other file formats from Project
• Generate reports with Excel and Visio

Chapter 17 Consolidate projects and resources

• Share a resource pool across multiple plans
• Consolidate plans
• Create dependencies between plans