1. 1 Microsoft Project 2003 Introduction

2. 2 Overview Microsoft Project is a specialized database that stores and presents thousands of pieces of data. Examples of such data include tasks, durations, links, resource names, calendars, assignments, costs, deadlines, and milestones.

3. 3 Microsoft Editions Project 2003 Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003.

4. 4 Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 Microsoft Project Standard consists of all the essential features for individual project management, including the following: Task scheduling Resource management Tracking Reporting Customization

5. 5 Microsoft Project Professional 2003 Microsoft Project Professional 2003 provides everything that Microsoft Project Standard does. In addition, Microsoft Project Professional provides for team collaboration with a Web interface.

6. 6 Gantt Charts Provide a standard format for displaying project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format. Developed by Henry Gantt in 1917.

7. 7 Project Calendar Project calendar sets the working days and times for your project and its tasks. The project calendar indicates when your typically works on project tasks and when it’s off work.

8. 8 Base Calendars in Microsoft project Microsoft Project comes with three base calendars. These base calendars are like calendar templates that you can apply to a set of resources, a set of tasks, or the project as a whole.

9. 9 StandardWorking time is set to Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., with an hour off for lunch from noon until 1:00 P.M. each day. This is the default base calendar used for the project, for tasks, and for resources. Night ShiftWorking time is set to an 11:00 P.M. until 8:00 A.M. night shift, five days a week, with an hour off for lunch from 3:00 A.M. until 4:00 A.M. each morning. This base calendar is generally used for resources who work a graveyard shift. It can also be used for projects that are carried out only during the night shift. 24 HoursWorking time is set to midnight until midnight seven days a week; that is, work never stops. This base calendar is typically used for projects in a manufacturing situation, for example, which might run two or three back-to-back shifts every day of the week.

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