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abbreviations for durations, 37

accessing practice files, 34

accrual, 485

actual plans, 344–50

actuals

collecting from resources, 295

defined, 107, 191, 485

entering for assignments, 288–89

handling information submitted from resources, xliv, 450–55

manually entering, 290, 294

Project’s rules for, 114–15

scheduling around status date, 298

tracking, xxv, xliii, 114–18, 282–89, 441–45

ACWP (actual cost of work performed), 382, 485

Add Information pane, 49

allocation. See also overallocations; resources

defined, 485

states of, 173–74

underallocated resources, 173, 392, 495

viewing resource, xxx, 174–80

Analysis toolbar, 273

Analyze Costs view, 312

Analyze Timescaled Data Wizard, 273–75

arrow symbols of Copy button, 363

As Late As Possible constraint, 129, 133

As Soon As Possible constraint, 129, 130, 145

Assign Resources dialog box, xxiii, 73–75, 169

Assignment Information dialog box, 169

assignment notes, 166

assignments, 71–83. See also contouring resource assignments; effort-driven scheduling

applying different pay rates to, xxix, 166–67, 170

assigning extra resources, xxiii, 76–81

clearing for deleted sharer plans, 409

contouring, xxix, 63, 137, 163–66

controlling with Smart Tags actions, xxiii, 78–79

defined, 485

delaying, xxix, 161–62, 170

documenting contouring, 166

editing, xxxvii, 182–83, 330–34

entering actual values for, 288–89, 294

matching material resources to tasks, 82–83

Outlook for viewing and reporting progress on, xliii, 446–50

overallocating resources, 71, 83

overview, 71, 83

recording progress in Tasks Center, 442–43

reducing costs by shortening, 330–34

resolving issues, xliv, 467–69

resource leveling, 188

scheduling duration, units, and work, 76, 83

to tasks, xxii, 72–75

tracking actuals, xxxv, 277, 282–89, 290–95

undoing, 74–75

updating in sharer plan, 399

viewing in resource pool, xl, 397–99

AutoFilter, xxxi, 206, 207, 387

automatic saving, 26, 374