Index_V

V

VAC (variance at completion), 387, 495

vacations, 66–68

variable consumption rates, 167

variable resource availability, xxviii–xxix, 159–61, 167, 170

Variance column, 311

Variance table

delayed tasks in, 302

displaying, xxiv, 110, 307

variances. See also managing project variances

defined, 277, 302, 495

displaying cost, xxxvi, 309–10

identifying schedule, 321

managing project, 323–24

reducing cost and resource, 330–34, 339

reducing subtask duration, 326–27, 329

sorting resource list by cost, 315–16

spotting task, 304–5

stoplight view, 300, 317–21, 456–60

variance at completion, 387, 495

VBA. See Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

versions of published project plans, 436

vertical divider pointer, 285

View Definition dialog box, 88, 216, 344

View Options area (Project Web Access), 453

View tab (Page Setup dialog box), xxxii, 222, 225–26

viewing. See also views

assignment details in resource pools, xl, 397–99

constraint details in ScreenTip, 132

cost variances, xxxvi, 309–10

critical path, xxvi, 133–35, 152

critical tasks, 335

entire project in timescale, xxi, 52

viewing (continued)

generic resources, 428

multiple report pages, 101–2

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

resource allocation, xxx, 174–80

schedule indicators, xxxix, 382–85, 388

schedule variance, xxxvi, 306–7

task details, Updates Center, 452

task status in Tracking Gantt view, 304–5

timephased cost values, 316

work breakdown structure, 43

work schedule for week, 444

views, 15–21, 30. See also Gantt Chart view; Network Diagram view; Tracking Gantt view

Analyze Costs, 312

appearance of task relationships in, 44, 86

Calendar, 18, 353–55, 356

Copy Picture to Office Wizard unavailable for some, 259

copying snapshots of, xxxiii–xxxiv, 242–45, 258

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

default, 86

defined, 15, 214, 495

formatting Gantt bar styles, xxxvii, 343–50

listing all predefined, 19, 227

pasting images or objects into, 256–57

previewing before printing, xxxii, 229

printing, 191

Resource Allocation, 181

Resource Graph, 180

Resource Sheet, 16, 198–99, 201, 314, 332

Resource Usage, 16, 175, 179, 195

seeing timephased cost values, 316

sort order and active, 200

sorting data in, xxxi, 197–202

split project, 19, 20, 21

Summary, 456

switching, xix, 16–21

Task Entry, 20

Task Sheet, 306

Task Usage, 17, 283, 316

text formatting in, 94–99, 104

time increments in, 292, 299

viewing project plan in, 85

Visio, 259–64

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 369–73

Visual Basic Editor, 369–73, 379