So many people find themselves frustrated with Microsoft Project because they do not understand what makes Microsoft Project tick. What makes it drive? I am here to tell you that there is an elaborate engine behind the scenes that we must all take care of.
Microsoft did a great job with breaking down the different components and what they mean. Here are the topics that are covered:
- How does the project start date affect the schedule?
- How do task links affect the schedule?
- How do constraints on tasks affect the schedule?
- How do task types affect the schedule?
- How does effort-driven scheduling affect the schedule?
- How do manual and automatic scheduling affect the schedule?
- How does float (or slack) affect the schedule?
- How do deadline dates affect the schedule?
- How do calendars affect the schedule?
- How do resource assignments drive the schedule?
- Yet more technical stuff about how Project schedules
The entire article can be found here on Microsoft’s website.
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