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What does the “Top-Level Tasks” report?
What does the “Top-Level Tasks” report?
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The "Top-Level Tasks" report displays a list of information for tasks that are outlined at level 1 in the Project.
What does the “User Activity” functionality do?
What does the "User Activity" functionality do?
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The User Activity functionality allows you to see a log with all the changes made to the file.
What does the “Project Summary” report?
What does the “Project Summary” report?
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The "Project Summary" report displays a summary of the project dates, durations, costs, work and task status.
How do I create a Project Summary report?
How do I create a Project Summary report?
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In order to generate the Project Summary report, go to menu Report – Overview - Project Summary.
I would like to know how to compare 2 projects?
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You can compare two projects by going to menu Report and press on Compare button.A comparison report contains only the differences between the two versions. It is not a consolidation of the two projects.This utility does not compare assignments. It compares tasks and resources only.
What does the “Compare” functionality do?
What does the “Compare” functionality do?
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The "Compare" functionality allows reviewing differences between the current version and an earlier or later version of the same project.You can also use this tool to review a current version of a project and one or more projected versions of the same project reflecting different possible scenarios. This may prove useful when evaluating different possible outcomes and potential shortcomings to arise in the future based on the current status.
What does the Task Burndown chart show in the Burndown report?
What does the Task Burndown chart show in the Burndown report?
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The Task Burndown chart shows a comparison of the number of tasks finished, the number of remaining tasks and the baseline estimate of how many tasks would be finished at this point in the project.
What does the Work Burndown chart show in the Burndown report?
What does the Work Burndown chart show in the Burndown report?
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The Work Burndown chart shows a comparison of how much work is finished, how much work is scheduled to be finished and the baseline estimate of how much work would be completed at this point in the project.
What charts are available in the Burndown report?
What charts are available in the Burndown report?
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In Burndown report are available two charts: Work Burndown and Task Burndown.
What does the “Burndown” report?
What does the “Burndown” report?
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The "Burndown" report is a visual representation of work left to do versus time. It gives you the project status by comparing the planned, completed and remaining work on a chart, based on your current project data.
How do I generate the S-Curve report?
How do I generate the S-Curve report?
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In order to generate the S-Curve report, go to menu Report - Visual Reports - S-Curve report.
What does the Indices Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
What does the Indices Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
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The Indices Over Time chart shows cost and schedule performance indices for the project based on status date. The greater the performance index, the more on schedule and cost saving the project.
What does the Variance Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
What does the Variance Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
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The Variance Over Time chart shows cost and schedule variances for the project based on status date. If CV is negative then the project is over budget. If SV is positive, then the project is behind schedule.
What does the Earned Value Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
What does the Earned Value Over Time chart show in S-Curve report?
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The Earned Value Over Time chart shows project’s earned value based on the status date. If actual cost (ACWP) is higher than earned value (BCWP), then the project is over budget. If planned value (BCWS) is higher than earned value, then the project is behind schedule.
What charts are available in the S-Curve report?
What charts are available in the S-Curve report?
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In S-Curve report are available three charts: Earned Value Over Time, Variance Over Time, Indices Over Time.
What does the “S-Curve” report?
What does the “S-Curve” report?
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S-Curve report helps you quantify the performance of a project. It compares costs and schedules to a baseline to determine if the project is on track.
This is a powerful tracking and budgeting feature in Project and helps you answer questions like, “Looking at the amount of work done so far in this project, how much money were we supposed to have spent?” Which then leads to other questions like, "Will we finish on time?"
If the charts don't look right, make sure you have set a baseline, assigned costs to tasks or resources, and entered progress.
This is a powerful tracking and budgeting feature in Project and helps you answer questions like, “Looking at the amount of work done so far in this project, how much money were we supposed to have spent?” Which then leads to other questions like, "Will we finish on time?"
If the charts don't look right, make sure you have set a baseline, assigned costs to tasks or resources, and entered progress.
Why cannot access the Risk Management tab under Options dialog?
Why cannot access the Risk Management tab under Options dialog?
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In order to use the Risk Management feature, you need a Business Subscription.
What is Risk and Risk Management?
What is Risk and Risk Management?
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A risk, in the context of project management, is an uncertain event or condition that impacts at least one of the project’s objectives when it occurs.Risk Management is the process of identifying, assessing and mitigating the risks.
How can I group tasks by risk?
How can I group tasks by risk?
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In order to group tasks by risk, go to the Project ribbon tab, open Group options and then select Group by Risk.
How can I see only high-risk tasks?
How can I see only high-risk tasks?
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To see only high-risk tasks, insert the Risk column in the current table, click the autofilter arrow and check only the "High" risk level.
How to filter tasks by risk?
How to filter tasks by risk?
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In order to filter tasks by risk, you can use the autofilter option on the Risk field - Insert the Risk column in the current table, click the autofilter arrow, uncheck the risk levels that you want to hide.
How can I customize risk levels?
How can I customize risk levels?
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You can customize risk levels in the Options dialog - Risk Management tab.
How to set risk level for a task?
How to set risk level for a task?
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To set the risk level, insert the Risk column in the current table (if not already inserted) and assign the desired risk level by opening the dropdown menu inside the Risk cell.
How to enable risk management?
How to enable risk management?
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To enable risk management, open the Options dialog (Backstage -> Options), navigate to the Risk management tab and enable the checkbox. Click OK and you can start assigning risk levels to tasks and track the risk in the Risk View.
How do I track risk with the app?
How do I track risk with the app?
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The Risk view helps you tracking the risk by grouping the tasks based on their assigned risk level. You can also use the autofilter option on the Risk field in order to hide/show tasks that have a certain risk level assigned.
