Project Timeline using Microsoft Project

Two things to start creating your first project using Microsoft Project application: How to start the Microsoft Project software installed on your computer. Must have a broad idea of your own project and its activities (also referred to as tasks). For the Sample Project: Project Manager with an Event Management firm organizing a musical concert at one of the local auditoriums

TASK PANE CALENDAR PANE

Ready to start. Here we go... Entering Data Enter Tasks and Duration For the moment, ignore the first column in the Task pane, and enter the data only under Task Name and Duration columns The tasks and the durations you need to enter are as follows (the default unit for duration is "days," and therefore you only need to enter the numeric part) As you enter the task duration, you can see a Blue bar appearing on the right, graphically indicating the duration. This is the task bar, and the collection of these bars is called the Gantt chart

Enter Project Start Date and Task Dependencies Wondering why all the activities are starting on the same date, right? By default, Microsoft Project will assume the Project and all activities start on the current date. How to give instructions to Microsoft Project that our activities need to follow some logical sequence? Done by using "Task dependencies" or "Precedence relationships ". For this lesson let us do it by simply "linking" the tasks graphically.

Enter Project Start Date and Task Dependencies – continue On the Gantt chart, position the mouse on the center of the task bar corresponding to the first task, until the mouse cursor turns into a 4-way arrow. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer over the second task (Finalize artist..) which is to be linked. and then release the mouse button. You will notice a link line from the finish of the first task to the start of the second task.

Task Insertions, Amendments and Other Features in Microsoft Project Insert new tasks in an existing project, and assess their impact on overall schedules. Make changes to tasks. Understand and define milestones in Microsoft Project. Group tasks in some logical fashion. Add notes to tasks to provide additional information about specific tasks

Insert New Tasks Insert new tasks in an existing project, and assess their impact on overall schedules. Make changes to tasks. Understand and define milestones in Microsoft Project. Group tasks in some logical fashion. Add notes to tasks to provide additional information about specific tasks.

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dependencies automatically happens by default insert a task between two tasks that sequentially followed one another prior to the insertion of the new task has no clear clue on where it should be placed this task is assumed to start on the Project start date without any predecessor or successor dependencies