T

Tabbed dialog box, 353.

See also specific types of dialog boxes

Tab-delimited text, 272

Table

customizing, 231–235

defined, 19

and earned value analysis, 391

in global template, 368

as part of Gantt Chart view, 98

See also Gantt Chart view;

Resource Sheet view

Tabular report, 24, 112

Task calendar, 152, 155

Task constraints, setting, 142–148

Task costs, examining, 317–322

Task Dependency dialog box, 139

Task details, 137, 279

Task Driver’s pane, 140

Task durations, general rules when estimating, 43–44.

See also Duration(s)

Task Entry view, 22–23

Task Form, 156

Task Information dialog box, 52, 139, 141, 155

Task-level actuals, 291–297

Task lists, 39

Task Mapping page, 269

Task note, 52

Task priority, 206

Task relationships, adjusting, 137–142.

See also Relationships

Task Report dialog box, 256

Tasks

adjusting working time for individual, 152–155

apply Start No Earlier Than (SNET) constraint to, 145–147

assigning additional resources to, 83–90

assigning cost resources to, 91–94

assigning material resources to, 90–91

assigning resources to, 77–94

assigning work resources to, 78–83

change types, 156–160

defined, 37

documenting, 52–54

entering, 37–40

entering actual values for, 129–133

entering completion percentage of, 127–129

fine-tuning details of, 137

identifying slipped, 310–317

interrupting work on, 150–152

linking, 48–52

mark, of any duration as milestone, 45

organizing, into phases, 45–47

relationships, 48–52

remove task calendar from, 155

setting up recurring, 164–167

tracking, 291–297

types, 156–160

See also Assignments;

individual task types

Tasks Center, 470

Task Sheet view, 108–110

Tasks Will Always Honor Their Constraint Dates, 147

Task type

changing, 156–160

defined, 156

and effort-driven schedule, 160

scheduling formula, 156–159

Task Usage view, 19–20, 183, 185, 291–292, 297–302, 317

TCPI. See To complete performance index (TCPI)

Templates

Excel and Visio report, 279

installation, 9, 16

in Network Diagram view, 360

See also Global template

Templates dialog box, Spreadsheet Solutions tab of, 271

Text

comma-delimited, 272

copy, 262

formatting, in view, 108–112

paste, 263

tab-delimited, 272

Text styles, 358

Text Styles dialog box, 108–112

Time, 331–332

Time and schedule problems, troubleshooting, 332–337

Timephased, 286

Timephased actual work, tracking, 297–302

Timephased field, 123

Timephased grid, 292–293, 295, 338

Timescale, 98.

See also Gantt Chart view

Timescale command, 199

Timescale dialog box, 196

Timescaled view, 358.

See also Gantt chart

To complete performance index (TCPI), 396

Toolbar

customizing, 382–386

and global template, 368

placement of, 382–383

in Project window, 8, 14

Top-down planning, 46

Total slack, 148

Tracking

defined, 121–122

identifying variance, 285

importance of, 133

project as scheduled, 125–126

with Project Server-based Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system, 451–461

See also Actuals

Tracking actuals, 121, 285

Tracking Gantt chart view, 288–289, 311, 315, 352–353

Tracking progress on tasks and assignments, 285–305

Tracking timephased actuals, 286

Trigger, 464–465

Troubleshooting

cost variance and resource variance problems, 337–342

scope-of-work problems, 342–347

time and schedule problems, 332–337

Two-arrow symbols, 372

Two-headed arrow, 293

Type a question for help, 8, 15