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What is a Resource Assignment?
What is a Resource Assignment?
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It represents an association between specific tasks and the resources needed to complete them. Assigning resources to tasks will indicate who or what is needed to complete the tasks in your project. More than one resource can be assigned to a task. Both work resources (e.g. people) and material resources can be assigned to tasks.
What is a Task Dependency?
What is a Task Dependency?
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It is a relationship between the tasks in the project that drive the schedule for the project. The nature of the relationship between a predecessor task and a successor task determines the type of task dependency to use. We can use 4 types of task dependencies: Finish - To - Start (FS), Start - To - Start (SS), Finish - To - Finish (FF) and Start - To - Finish (SF).
What is a Task Usage View?
What is a Task Usage View?
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It is a view that lists for each task the resources assigned to it and the amount of work that each resource has performed over time. It is a matrix of work assignments. In a table spanned over the project's period, workloads are presented for each task, and within it, each resource, if any is available.
What is a Project Manager?
What is a Project Manager?
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A person responsible for accomplishing the expected project objectives, having responsibilities such as creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing constraints such as time, costs, scope and quality. A project manager can have the responsibility of planning, execution and closing of any project in a specific field and they represent the bridging gap between production team and the client. Typically project managers are users that create or edit project plans and they are the authors of the project plan.
Do you offer any discounted price?
Do you offer any discounted price?
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The discount depends on the number of users you would like to purchase our tool for.
Discounts offered based on the number of users:
2 users - 2% discount
3 users - 3% discount
4 users - 4% discount
5 users - 5% discount
6 users - 6% discount
7 users - 7% discount
8 users - 8% discount
9 users - 9% discount
10 users - 10% discount
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How does our pricing work?
How does our pricing work?
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Our prices depend on 2 factors: the plan you’d like to use, and the number of users on the platform. Once you’ve decided on the plan and users, you can purchase our yearly subscription for each Editor team member. Please know that the Read-Only team members can use the app for free. We sell only yearly subscription.
Which plan is right for me?
Which plan is right for me?
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To find what is the best plan for you, please go to our Purchase page and see the features included in each plan. We also offer 30-day free trial for the fully functional product for both Standard and Business plan in order to evaluate our tool without putting a credit card on record.If you need help in choosing the right plan for you, please contact our Support Team: https://www.projectplan365.com/newticket/index
How can I move task bar at an hour level?
How can I move task bar at an hour level?
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How can I resize a task bar at an hour level?
How can I resize a task bar at an hour level?
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I need a Gantt chart to show 70 years [by year] to track an historical project.
I need a Gantt chart to show 70 years [by year] to track an historical project.
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How do I change the timescale to days?
How do I change the timescale to days?
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In order to change the timescale to hours, go to the Format menu and then select the Timescale option. Click on Bottom Tier tab, from "Units" field select "Hours" and then click OK. Please know that Units from all tiers should match for the changes to apply. For example, the units from "Bottom Tier" can't be in days and the ones from "Middle Tier" in hours.
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How do I unsubscribe from your newsletter?
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To stop receiving commercial and marketing related messaged from us, go to our Unsubscribe from Emails page, enter your email address and click "Unsubscribe".
How do I subscribe to your newsletter?
How do I subscribe to your newsletter?
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There are two ways to subscribe to our newsletter:
1. Go to our Project Plan 365 website, scroll down until you reach to the bottom of the page and type your email address in the “Subscribe to our Newsletter” box. After that, press on the “Send” icon and “Thank you for subscribing” message will appear;
2. Go to our Online Portal page, click on the “Sign Up for Project Plan 365” button, type your email address and password to create an account, check the “Yes, add me to your mailing list” option and the click on “Sign Up” button.
1. Go to our Project Plan 365 website, scroll down until you reach to the bottom of the page and type your email address in the “Subscribe to our Newsletter” box. After that, press on the “Send” icon and “Thank you for subscribing” message will appear;
2. Go to our Online Portal page, click on the “Sign Up for Project Plan 365” button, type your email address and password to create an account, check the “Yes, add me to your mailing list” option and the click on “Sign Up” button.
What is “Mail List”?
What is “Mail List”?
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On Mac platform, can I have full functionality, eg create links/change working time/allocate resources/etc. ?
On Mac platform, can I have full functionality, eg create links/change working time/allocate resources/etc. ?
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You can find below a comparison list between Project Plan 365 for Mac and MS Project:
[https://www.projectplan365.com/articles/project-plan-365-mac-versus-microsoft-project-2016-comparison/](https://www.projectplan365.com/articles/project-plan-365-mac-versus-microsoft-project-2016-comparison/)
[https://www.projectplan365.com/articles/project-plan-365-mac-versus-microsoft-project-2016-comparison/](https://www.projectplan365.com/articles/project-plan-365-mac-versus-microsoft-project-2016-comparison/)
Where can I find “Summary” table?
Where can I find "Summary" table?
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How to Export to Word on Mac?
How to Export to Word on Mac?
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How do I enable Agile to an existing project?
How do I enable Agile to an existing project?
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To enable Agile for an existing project, open the desired project and go to menu Project - Agile. In the Agile Methodology dialog, choose from Scrum, Kanban and None options.
Another way to enable Agile for an existing project is to go to the View menu, click on Agile arrow to open the dropdown and after that, select Scrum or Kanban methods.
Another way to enable Agile for an existing project is to go to the View menu, click on Agile arrow to open the dropdown and after that, select Scrum or Kanban methods.
What features are available in the “Help” menu?
What features are available in the “Help” menu?
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How can I change the color of the resources?
How can I change the color of the resources?
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To change the color of a specific resource, select the resource and then go to the Task menu and from Font Control change the color for the specific resource. If you want to change the color for all resources, go to the Format menu and select the "Text Styles" option. Make the desired changes and then click "OK" in the dialog.
How do I change the size of characters?
How do I change the size of characters?
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How do I put colors on my text?
How do I put colors on my text?
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How can I change the text style for only one line?
How can I change the text style for only one line?
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How do I add color to a cell?
How do I add color to a cell?
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Can I make the tasks Strikethrough?
Can I make the tasks Strikethrough?
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