Mastering Microsoft Project 2002

Overview

The single most important phase in project management is the project definition phase. If this is done well, the project has the best chance of success. In the first three chapters, you’ve learned about the project cycle, project components, and project management tasks. You are now ready to start building a project.

Here’s what you’ll learn how to do in this chapter:

• Setting up a project

• Establishing start and end dates and other scheduling information

• Checking project statistics

• Defining and managing the project calendar

• Setting project properties