Index_D

D

data. See also organizing project data

copying and pasting into Project, 256–59, 275

exporting from any view, 248

importing address book information, 57

importing Excel, 35, 265–69, 275

organizing for stakeholder review, 197

saving to text file with Export Wizard, 272–73

sorting in view, xxxi, 197–202

data maps, 245–46

data templates, 352. See also templates

Data Templates Definition dialog box, 352

date format, 160

dates. See also finish dates

changing in all linked sharer plans, 403

displaying and changing on timescale, 292, 299

entering deadlines, xxvii, 144–47

status, xxxix, 298, 382, 383, 493

deadline indicator, 145

deadlines

checking project finish date, xxx, 192–95

defined, 487

entering dates for, xxvii, 144–47

limiting scheduling flexibility with constraints, 144–45, 152

missed deadline indicator, 145, 326

removing from tasks, 147

resolving missed, 324–29

Deadlines and Constraints pane, 131

default settings

constraint start and end times, 132

task relationships, 124

view, 86

work contour type, 163

Define Group Interval dialog box, 204

delays

delayed tasks, xxxv–xxxvi, 302–8

starting assignments, xxix, 161–62, 170

deleting

custom toolbars and maps, 378–79

items from global templates, 378–79

deliverables, 36, 476, 487

dependencies

defined, 487

between projects, xlii, 412–16

destination programs, 255, 487

Detail Gantt view, 133–34

displaying

buttons on toolbars, 7

cost indicators, xl, 385–87, 388

cost variances, xxxvi, 309–10

dates on timescale, 176, 292, 299

details from multi-project view, xliv, 455–61

Earned Value form, 387

Office Assistant, 374

overbudget resources, xxxvi, 312–13, 320–21

summary tasks only, 310

task’s baseline costs, 310

Tasks pane, 34

Variance table, xxiv, 110, 307

docked toolbars, 375

documents

creating library for, xlv, 470–71

types of associations for, 469, 472

uploading to library, 472

drawing on Gantt charts, xxiv, 92–94, 104

Drawing toolbar, 93, 94

drilling into portfolio details, xliv, 455–61

driving constraints, 323

duration, 36–39. See also tasks

abbreviations for, 37

changing for task contouring, 165

checking plan, xxi, 51–53

defined, 487

effort-driven scheduling and, 81

elapsed, 37, 487

entering actuals for tasks, xxv, 116–17

entering task, xx, 38–39

fixed, 140, 152, 488

making accurate, 39

managing project constraints, 478–81

overview, 36

project triangle model and, 323, 477

reducing with additional resources, 77–78

reducing subtask, 326–27, 329

relationship to costs and scope, 478–81

rescheduling and changing values of, 140–44

as scheduling formula component, 76

unaffected by materials allocation, 83

Duration column in Gantt Chart view, 87–88