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calculating pay rates, 158–59

Calculation tab (Options dialog box), 294, 388

Calendar tab (Options dialog box), 37

Calendar view

bar style formatting for, 353–55, 356

illustrated, 18, 354

Page Setup dialog box for, 225

calendars, 26–28, 30. See also base calendars; project calendars; resource calendars

defined, 486

editing in resource pool, 416

importing Outlook data to, 442

Night Shift base, 68

picking date with, 25

project, 26, 491

resource, xxii, 66–68, 442, 492

selecting base, 27

setting up nonworking time, 27–28

Standard base, 66, 67, 493

task, xxvii, 138–40, 152

task duration and project, 36–39

centers on Home page, 442

Change Project pane, 141, 142

Change Working Time dialog box, 27–28, 67, 139, 402–3

clearing check boxes, 188

Collaborate menu (Professional), 12

colors of task bars, 280, 304, 305

Column Definition dialog box, 87

columns, widening, 87–88, 110

Compare To Baseline export map, 308

connection status, manual or automatic, 11

consolidated projects, xli–xlii, 409–12, 416, 486

constraints. See also inflexible constraints; semi-flexible constraints

As Late As Possible, 129, 133

As Soon As Possible, 129, 130, 145

categories and types of, 128–29

choosing categories, 130

deadline dates and, 144–45

defined, 55, 486

driving, 323

Finish No Earlier Than, 129

Finish No Later Than, 129

inflexible, 489

Must Finish On, 129, 144, 152

Must Start On, 129

setting, xxvi, 131–32

Start No Earlier Than, 129, 130, 131–33

troubleshooting problems with, 129, 152

types of cost, 477

viewing details in ScreenTip, 132

consumable resources, 62

consumption rates

fixed, 488

material resources, xxix, 167–70

variable, 167

contour, 486

contour indicator, 164

contouring resource assignments, 63

applying contours, xxix, 163–66

back-loaded contour, 164

documenting, 166

split tasks and, 137

Copy Cell command, 242

Copy Picture feature, 242–45, 253, 256, 367

Copy Picture to Office Wizard, 260–64

copying and pasting

data into Project, 256–59, 275

portions of tables, 242

cost indicators in earned value analysis, xl, 385–87

Cost Overbudget filter, 312

cost performance index (CPI), 386, 486

cost rate tables, 155, 486

Cost table, 310, 314, 320

cost variance (CV)

defined, 386, 487

reducing, 330–34, 339

schedule and, 321

sorting resources by, xxxvi, 315–16

stoplight view of, 300, 318–21

viewing, xxxvi, 309–10

costs. See also cost variance; pay rates

burdened labor rate, 317, 486

defined, 486

displaying task’s baseline, 310

evaluating resource costs, 313–16

examining project, xxx, 190–92

fixed, xxvii, 147–48, 488

grouping resources by, 202–6

project triangle model and, 323, 477–78

reducing resource, xxxvii, 330–34

relationship to time and scope, 478–81

resource, 64–65, 166–67, 170

reviewing task, 308–13

tips for working with resource, 316

viewing details, 195

CPI (cost performance index), 386, 486

Create New Base Calendar dialog box, xxvii, 139

critical path

changing task relationships on, 338

defined, 133, 135, 152, 486

finish date and, 193, 195

viewing, xxvi, 133–35, 152

working with, 135

critical tasks

in Calendar view, 355

filtering, xxxvii, 335

illustrated, 134

cross-project links, 416

current costs, 190–91

Custom AutoFilter dialog box, 207

custom fields, 51, 193, 317

custom Gantt charts, 86–92

custom Project Guide, 425, 426, 427, 439

Custom Reports dialog box, 235

custom task calendars, 138–40, 152

Customize dialog box, 374

Customize Fields dialog box, 318–19

customized Home page, 442

customizing

availability of resources, xxviii–xxix, 159–61, 167, 170

bar styles, 345

button image on toolbars, xxxix, 377–78

report headers and footers, xxiv, 102–4

sharing custom tables between projects, xxxviii, 361–65

tables, xxxii, 210–14, 218

toolbars, xxxix, 374–79

views, xxii, xxxii, 86–92, 214–17, 218

CV%, 386, 487

CV. See cost variance