Microsoft Project is a project management software that allows users to define tasks, assign resources and track schedule and budget. It was first released in 1984 and helps project managers plan by creating Gantt charts and calculating critical paths. Key features include task scheduling, resource allocation, budget tracking and progress monitoring. The software allows defining projects, building plans, assigning resources, tracking progress against baselines and closing completed projects.

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2. Introduction Microsoft Project is a project management software program developed and sold by Microsoft Designed to assist project managers in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workloads. The application creates critical path schedules, and critical chain which can be visualized in a Gantt chart. Available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional. MS Project's proprietary file format is *.mpp.

4. The first commercial version of Project was released for DOS in 1984. Subsequent DOS versions: V2 (1985), V3 (1986) and V4 (1986)

5. First Windows version-1990

6. Macintosh version -1991

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18. Develop Tasks

19. Establish Timeframes

20. Resource Availability

22. Build the Plan

23. Set a start date

24. Enter tasks/durations

25. Assign resources

26. Link tasks

27. Fine tune the plan

28. Track and Manage

29. Set a baseline

30. Enter actuals

31. Adjust plan

33. Build the plan

34. Purpose 1. Set up Project Defaults: Set working order. (Schedule from Start Date forward or Finish Date backwards) Set a start or finish date. Select/create the project calendar to use. (Controls working days and hours) 2. Enter tasks: In chronological order, enter the tasks necessary to complete the project. Set the task’s duration. When appropriate, set a task’s Start / Finish date. 3. Set Task Sequencing: Link tasks that must be completed sequentially. Do not link tasks that can be completed simultaneously. 4. Create a Resource List: Create a list of contractors, laborers, equipment rental, fees, etc. and their corresponding rates. Set working hours for each resource. 5. Assign Resources to Tasks 6. Analyze/Reevaluate/Adjust Project 7. Document Task Progress

35. Miscellaneous Settings

36. Scheduling a Task When tasks must either end on a specific date or begin on a specific date, you can create constraints.

37. Resource Management

40. The baseline includes task start and finish dates, resources, and costs.

43. More resources are needed to speed-up a part of a project

45. Crash from the least expensive to most expensive.

46. Crash an activity only until:

47. It reaches its maximum time reduction.

48. It causes another path to also become critical.

50. Export the work package tasks (ID and Task Name fields), the original duration (Duration field), and the original cost (Cost field) from your MS Project schedule, and open that file in Excel.

51. You must calculate the potential crash duration for each critical path task and the cost to crash each task.

52. On the Excel worksheet, add a column to calculate crash reduction, which is how many weeks you can crash each task. Crash reduction is simply the original duration minus the crash duration.