Lesson10.2.Viewing Project Costs

Lesson 10.2. Viewing Project Costs

Figure 10-2. The project and project summary task costs in Task Sheet view.

The Project Statistics dialog box is useful for viewing the total costs of the project. But this lesson will show you how to view an even more detailed account of the overall costs of the project.

1. Select View The More Views dialog box appears.

2. Select the Task Sheet view and click Apply.

   The project appears in Task Sheet view.

3. Select Tools The Options dialog box appears.

   You can't see it, but Project keeps a bottom-line task called the Project summary task, which is like a summary for the entire project. So to view information about the project as a whole, show the Project summary task.

4. Click the View tab. Click the Show Project summary task check box and click OK.

   The summary task appears at the top of the Task Sheet.

5. Select View The total costs for the project appear, as shown in Figure 10-2.

   Notice that there are different fields for the original calculated cost for the project, the cost of the project up to the current date, and so on.

   Hide the project summary task once again.

6. Select Tools View tab, click the Show Project summary task checkbox, and click OK.

QUICK REFERENCE

TO VIEW PROJECT COSTS:

1. SELECT VIEW

   SELECT THE TASK SHEET VIEW AND CLICK APPLY.

2. SELECT TOOLS

   CLICK THE VIEW TAB.

3. CLICK THE SHOW PROJECT SUMMARY TASK CHECKBOX AND CLICK OK.

4. SELECT VIEW