Project Management - MS Project
What feature assigns a schedule with continuous work?
24 Hour Calendar
How is a record of each task at a point in time l tracked for project progress?
Baseline chart
Note
acts as a sticky note for a task providing further information or instructions regarding a task.
Task
an activity the is completed to each a project goal
Night Shift calendar
assigns a schedule that is sometimes referred to as the "graveyard" shift schedule of Monday night through Saturday morning, 11:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. with an hour off for break.
Network Diagram view
displays tasks in a detailed box along with clearly representing task dependencies with link lines and displays critical path.
timescale
displays the unit of measure that determines the length of the Gantt bars in the Gantt chart
Cost resource
independent cost you want to associate with a task
What is Constraint within Project Management?
is a limitation set on a task.
Entry table
location in which to enter task information; located to the left of the Gantt chart and which contains columns and rows similar to Microsoft Excel 2013.
Lead time
moves a successor task back in time so the two tasks overlap and the Start date between the tasks gets closer.
Lag time
moves a successor task forward in time so the Start dates between the tasks are further apart.
work resource
people and equipment associated with a project task
task duration
prediction of time it will take to complete a task
Split bar
separates the Entry table and the Gantt chart.
What determines the project finish date?
tasks (or a single task) that determine the project's Finish date (or Start date).
Row selector
the box containing the row number of a task in the Entry table.
Start date
the date Project will use to begin scheduling tasks to calculate the Finish date.
Finish date
the date Project will use to begin scheduling tasks to calculate the Start date.
Status date
the date you set to run reports on a project's progress.
Project goal
the desired result of a project upon completion.
task information
the dialog box that includes all the details for a single task
Project Information dialog box
the dialog box used to update various aspects of a project such as the project's start date, status date, current date, and project base calendar.
Gantt chart
the graphical representation of the tasks listed in the Entry table; tasks are shown against a timeline displayed as horizontal bars in which the length of the bar is determined by the activities durations and start/finish dates.
Project manager
the person responsible for overseeing all the details of the project plan.
Current date
today's date as determined by your computer's clock.
Scope
what must be completed to deliver a specific product or service.
Resource
work, material, or cost associated with a project task.
Standard calendar
Project's default base calendar of 40 hours a week 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Why would you select Auto Scheduled?
When you want a task inputted by the program without our input
Select all
a button that selects all task and task information in the Entry table
Indicators column
a column in the Entry table view that will display an icon that provides further information about a task such as task constraint, task calendar, or task note.
task mode column
a column in the entry table that indicates the mode in which Project will schedule tasks, either manually or auto
task name column
a column in the entry table where the name of each task is entered
Nonworking day
a day which Project will not schedule work to occur.
Project Management
a process of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing a project's tasks and resources in order to accomplish a project's goal.
task dependency
a relationship between tasks that define which task have to finished before the next task can start
Material resource
a resource consumed during the project.
Manually Scheduled
a scheduling option where task dates are not calculated or adjusted by Project's scheduling engine, even if changes to related tasks are made.
Quick Access Toolbar
a series of small icons for commonly used commands.
Successor task
a task that has a predecessor
Milestone
a task that is used to communicate project progress or mark a significant point in a project.
Predeccessor task
a task that must be completed before the next task can start.
Critical task
a task that must be completed on time in order to meet the project's Finish date (or Start date).
view bar
a vertical bar on the left-hand side of the Project window that contains buttons for quick access to different Project views
calendar view
a view that displays tasks as bars on a calendar in a monthly format
Gantt chart view
a view that displays tasks, task durations, and task dependencies in a Gantt chart with horizontal bars and is the default view in Project.
timeline
a visual representation of the project from start to finish
