Hi,
Project has hundreds of columns of possible data. To make things simpler,
Project only shows around 7 or so columns at once. To show any combination
of columns you want:
Click View, Table:
Click New
Name your table and check the box that says Show in menu
Insert whatever columns you want and data alignment at the same time
OK
Now at any time you can swap from the standard Entry Table to your table via
the View, Table menu. Edit the data in any Table and the same columns in
other tables are updated at the same time. You never have to double-enter
data in Project.
Project is difficult to use if you don't understand how it works. Otherwise
it is as easy to use as Excel. However, in Excel you only need to know 5% of
the program to create a simple budget. In Word 5% creates a good letter. In
Project, you need to know 40% to be able to follow the life cycle of a
project and accurately create critical paths, track and report etc. It
definitely saves a lot of time and money getting training!
Baselines are important, firstly from a project management process point of
view, but secondly because when a task is 100% complete, start and actual
start are the same, finish and actual finish are the same. It is the
baseline dates that show when the Task was originally scheduled to happen.
--
Rod Gill
Project MVP
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