#project basics

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Different Types Of Resources – Microsoft Project Tips

In Project, after entering tasks we need resources and materials to perform it. There are different types of resources which can be assigned for the tasks. Once you enter the details of the resource cost and availability, it helps you to track the progress on project cost and schedule.

If you want to view the complete details of the resources of a project, in Microsoft Project 2010, you can view…

What is WBS and how do we create them? – Microsoft Project Tips

WBS stands for “Work Breakdown Structure”. As we have discussed in our earlier posts, summary tasks and sub tasks are smaller parts of our bigger goal which is our project. In order to manage our project well, we need these smaller manageable parts. Allocating unique ID value for these manageable tasks are called WBS codes. These codes are used in project while we need reports on scheduling and…

Creating Recurring Tasks In Your Project – Microsoft Project Tips

Recurring tasks are the tasks which repeats at a regular intervals in our project. Let us think, what are the tasks repeats at a regular interval in our project? Client Meetings, Conference Call With Client, Internal Team Update Meetings etc. In this posting we are going to see, how we schedule these kind of recurring tasks.

1. Click on the blank row, where you want to create the recurring task.

Creating Summary Task – Microsoft Project Tips

When you have a bigger goal to accomplish, the experts’ advise us to break it down to manageable phases and manageable phases are further broken down to smaller tasks. Even in Project world, our Project is the major goal for us, to accomplish them, you needto break down the project into Phases and Phases should be further broken down to tasks. Here the Phases refers to “Summary Tasks” and smaller…