1. ME-402 Workshop: Microsoft Project Chiradeep Sen ME-402 Teaching Assistant 136 Fluor Daniel EIB csen@clemson.edu (864)593-9838

2. 2 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Project Creation File → New → Blank Project Give a name… Project → Information

3. 3 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Form the Team Tools -> Assign Resources (ALT+F10)

4. 4 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Milestones, Phases, Tasks, Activities… Milestones are tasks of zero duration – important check points or events The hierarchy of control points in the project is your choice Typically Phases include tasks, tasks include activities, and so on… Identify the phases first, assign boundary conditions Then work within each phase, and assign similar boundary conditions Dependencies may be built between phases, between tasks (within or across phases), or between a phase and a task, and so on…

5. 5 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Recurring Tasks Insert → Recurring Task

6. 6 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Report Generation Critical path analysis Degree of completion (task wise) Resource utilization / task utilization Cost monitoring Task assignment (who does what and by when) …

7. 7 of 7 csen@clemson.edu Questions?