Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out

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Back Loaded work contour, Contouring Resource Assignments

backing up<$endrange>, Protecting Your Project Files with a Password

backing up<$startrange>, Backing Up Your Project Files

BAK file format, Backing Up Your Project Files

balancing workloads, Balancing the Resource Workload

Bar Rollup view, Table 4-1: Microsoft Project Gantt Charts

bar style\

changing, for milestone markers, Figure 5-21: You can change the milestone marker to appear on the Finish date rather than the Start date.

Bar Styles dialog box, Formatting the Appearance of Gantt Bars, Formatting the Appearance of Gantt Bar Text, Modifying the Appearance of Resource Graph Bars, Modifying the Calendar View

bar styles\

Calendar view, Modifying the Calendar View

changing, for Gantt chart views, Working with Gantt Charts, Adding Initials of Assigned Resources to the Gantt Bar

Gantt Chart view<$endrange>, Formatting the Layout of Gantt Bars

Gantt Chart view<$startrange>, Formatting the Appearance of Gantt Bars

Resource Graph view<$endrange>, Modifying the Appearance of Resource Graph Bars

Resource Graph view<$startrange>, Modifying the Appearance of Resource Graph Bars

Base Calendar report, More Built-in Reports

base calendars<$endrange>, Calendars in Microsoft Project

base calendars<$startrange>, Setting Your Project Calendar

base calendars\

as templates, Modifying a Resource Calendar

assigning to tasks , Assigning a Base Calendar to a Task

creating, for resource calendars<$endrange>, Working with Supplemental Resource Fields

creating, for resource calendars<$startrange>, Creating a New Base Calendar for Resources

creating<$endrange>, Assigning a Base Calendar to a Task

creating<$startrange>, Creating a Base Calendar

multiple resources and, Figure 6-13: The Resource Working Times pane of the Project Guide assists you through the process of setting resource calendars.

reports, Using the Working Days Report, More Built-in Reports

baseline ( term ), Project Management Terminology

baseline information, protecting project, Protecting Baseline Information

baseline plans, Executing the Project, Creating a Model of Your Project, Keys to Successful Project Management

baseline plans<$endrange>, Clearing a Baseline

baseline plans<$startrange>, Saving Original Plan Information Using a Baseline

baseline plans\

clearing, Clearing a Baseline

costs and, Monitoring Project Costs

current plans, variances, and<$endrange>, Saving Original Plan Information Using a Baseline

current plans, variances, and<$startrange>, Saving Original Plan Information Using a Baseline

earned value analysis and, Saving the Baseline

earned value and, Troubleshooting: My earned value fields are showing $0.00

editing, Reviewing Baseline Information

interim plans vs. multiple, Project Management Practices: Scope and Quality Verification

multiple<$endrange>, Project Management Practices: Working with the Baseline

multiple<$startrange>, Saving Additional Baselines

Project database tables, Understanding the Microsoft Project Database

project management and, Project Management Practices: Working with the Baseline

project performance and, Baseline, Scheduled, and Actual Project Information

protecting, Protecting Baseline Information, Protect project baselines

resource control and, Monitoring Resource Workload

reviewing<$endrange>, Troubleshooting: Your baseline information doesn't roll up

reviewing<$startrange>, Reviewing Baseline Information

saving interim plans<$endrange>, Inside Out: Do we need interim plans any more?

saving interim plans<$startrange>, Saving Additional Scheduled Start and Finish Dates

saving new, after changes, Need a New Baseline?

saving<$endrange>, Saving a Baseline

saving<$startrange>, Saving a Baseline

schedule variances and, Monitoring Schedule Progress

viewing multiple, Saving Additional Scheduled Start and Finish Dates

Baseline table, Reviewing Baseline Information

Baseline task table, Table 4-9: Task Tables and Their Default Fields

BeforeClose event, Integrating Your Form into Microsoft Project

Bell work contour, Contouring Resource Assignments

best-case scenarios, Calculating Your Most Probable Duration

bidding, Sources of your project scope, finish date, and budget

big picture perspective, Planning the Project

binding, event procedure, Creating Application Event Procedures

binding, Visual Basic, Table 30-1: Data Types, Writing Efficient Code

Bit data type, Yes/No Data

blank lines, Visual Basic, Formatted Code

block statements, Visual Basic, Understanding Decision Structures

book links, Project Help, Browsing Help Contents

booking types, Proposing Tentative Resources, Assigning Tasks to Enterprise Resources

booking types, filters for resource, Create a Filter for Resource Booking Type

booking types\

enterprise resource<$endrange>, Reviewing Resource Allocation and Availability

enterprise resource<$startrange>, Proposing Tentative Resources

bookmarks, Debugging with Navigation Tools

Boolean data type, Using Fields, Table 30-1: Data Types, Yes/No Data

Boolean fields<$endrange>, Table B-10: Yes/No Fields

Boolean fields<$startrange>, Yes/No Fields

borders, page, Page Setup Options

bottom-up cost estimating, Working with Costs and Budgeting

Box Styles dialog box, Formatting the Content and Appearance of Boxes, Formatting the Layout of Boxes

brainstorming, tasks and, Entering Tasks

breaking application links, Hyperlinking to Documents in Other Applications

breaking links, Viewing Links

breakpoints, Using Breakpoints

browsers, Web, Getting Started with Project Web Access

Budget report, Reviewing Task Costs, Viewing Project Costs, Reviewing Budget Status, Using the Budget Report, Saving Acquired Project Knowledge

budget-constrained projects<$endrange>, Adjusting Assignments to Reduce Costs

budget-constrained projects<$startrange>, Reducing Project Costs

budget-constrained projects\

adjusting assignments to reduce costs, Adjusting Assignments to Reduce Costs

adjusting schedules to reduce costs, Adjusting the Schedule to Reduce Costs

checking cost assumptions, Checking Your Cost Assumptions

cost control and, Monitoring and Adjusting Costs

managing surplus money, What if you have more money than you need?

monitoring costs<$endrange>, Reviewing Budget Status

monitoring costs<$startrange>, Monitoring Project Costs

reducing costs, Realigning the Project with the Budget

sources of budgets , Sources of your project scope, finish date, and budget

strategies for reducing resource costs, Strategies for Reducing Resource Costs

viewing project costs<$endrange>, Viewing Project Costs

viewing project costs<$startrange>, Viewing Project Costs

Budgeted At Completion (BAC), Interpret the Earned Value Figures, Understanding the Earned Value Fields

budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP), Working with Your Team through Microsoft Project, Interpret the Earned Value Figures, Understanding the Earned Value Fields

Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS), Reviewing Overall Cost Totals, Reviewing Overall Work Totals, Interpret the Earned Value Figures

budgeting, cost, Working with Costs and Budgeting

budgeting, cost. <charcntd>See also<default para font> cost planning<$nopage>, Working with Costs and Budgeting

budgets. <charcntd>See<Default Para Font> costs<$nopage>, Controlling the Project

buffers, task duration, Project Management Practices: Building in a Buffer

Build Team dialog box, Creating Generic Resources as Placeholders, Working with Enterprise Resource Outline Codes, Assembling Your Project Team, Adding Enterprise Resources by Name , Finding Enterprise Resources that Meet Specific Criteria, Replacing and Matching Existing Resources, Replacing and Matching Generic Resources, Proposing Tentative Resources, Inside Out: Tracking progress? Don't substitute resources

Build Team dialog box\

RBSs and, Establishing the Resource Breakdown Structure

Build Team feature, Managing Resources

Build Team page, Finding the Right Resources, Adding Resources to a Project, Replacing and Matching Existing Resources, Review a resource's availability graphs, Replacing and Matching Existing Resources, Proposing Tentative Resources

built-in project templates, Working with Project Templates, Built-In Templates

built-in reports. <charcntd>See<default para font> reports<$nopage>, Generating Reports

built-in templates, Creating a Project File

built-in work contours , Contouring Resource Assignments

Button Editor dialog box, Changing the Properties of a Toolbar, Modifying Button Images

buttons, form, Adding Buttons

buttons, toolbar. <charcntd>See<default para font> toolbars <$nopage>, Adding and Removing Buttons on a Toolbar

buttons\

creating toolbar, for macros<$endrange>, Creating Toolbar Buttons

creating toolbar, for macros<$startrange>, Creating Toolbar Buttons

buyoff, stakeholder, Chapter 9: Checking and Adjusting the Project Plan, Obtaining Buyoff on the Project Plan