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Microsoft Project 2003. Introduction. 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.
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Microsoft Project 2003 Introduction
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.
Microsoft Editions Project 2003 • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.