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MS Project Tutorial: Setup & Task Management

This document provides an overview and instructions for using Microsoft Project. It outlines setting up a project, defining tasks, sequencing activities, determining durations and costs. Key steps include creating a project metadata task, listing tasks or using a work breakdown structure, entering task details in the entry table and linking tasks as appropriate. Resources are added via the resource sheet and costs are calculated by entering hourly rates for project resources.

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MS Project Tutorial: Setup & Task Management

This document provides an overview and instructions for using Microsoft Project. It outlines setting up a project, defining tasks, sequencing activities, determining durations and costs. Key steps include creating a project metadata task, listing tasks or using a work breakdown structure, entering task details in the entry table and linking tasks as appropriate. Resources are added via the resource sheet and costs are calculated by entering hourly rates for project resources.

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A tutorial on MS Project

James Burns

Outline
Setting up MS Project
Defining Tasks (activity Definition) Activity Subordination (WBS) Activity Sequencing Determining durations

Determining costs

Setting up MS Project
Your first task should be a PROJECT meta-task

Must start with


A list or tasks
Or A Work Breakdown Structure

Defining Tasks
This process is called Activity Definition

Can do it by developing the WBS down to work packages Can do it by use of template Can do it by use of a list Or just off the top of your head

Bring up MS Project
Start in the Gantt View
Set start date in Project Information box

Can do forward or backward scheduling


Enter task detail in the entry table to the left Subordinate tasks appropriately

Link Tasks as appropriate

Working from the WBS


WBSs utilize a standardized numbering scheme
WBS Subordination is indicated to MS Project

through indentation
Use the indentation arrow

Click on Project and then Project Information


Brings up this window

Can download add-ons from [Link]


To delineate (draw) the WBS
To do PERT (Neither of which are available within MS

Project)

Setting hard and fast task dates


Normally, this is not a good idea
Do this on the entry table

Adding resources
Resource sheet

Determining cost and duration


Must enter the hourly rates of the PROJECT

PLAYERS into the RESOURCE SHEET

Tables

Reports

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