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What is Project ?

• A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

• The temporary nature of projects indicates that a project has a definite beginning and end.

• Every project creates a unique product, service, or result. The outcome of the project may be tangible or intangible.

What is Microsoft Project?

• Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzingworkloads.

• Microsoft project is a Project Management Information System.

It is available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional.

Microsoft Project's proprietary file format is .mpp.

Feature of Microsoft Project

• Project creates budgets based on assignment work and resource rates.

• As resources are assigned to tasks and assignment work estimated, the program calculates the cost, equal to the work times the rate, which rolls up to the task level and then to any summary tasks and finally to the project level.

• Resource definitions (people, equipment and materials) can be shared between projects using a shared resource pool.

• Each resource can have its own calendar, which defines what days and shifts a resource is available.

Feature of Microsoft Project• Schedule the Project

• Define the resources sheet

• Assign the resource sheet

• Analysis the resource sheet

• Set the baseline for Project

• Tracking the project

• Report

• Customized the report according to client requirement.

Family of Microsoft Project

• The Project 2010 family consists of desktop and server products. Microsoft Project Standard 2010 and Microsoft Project Professional 2010 are both desktop editions.

• The flagship of the Enterprise Project Management solution is Microsoft Project Server 2010.

Advantage of Microsoft Project Professional

• Microsoft Project 2010 includes the Fluent user interface known as the Ribbon.[5]

• Interoperability Microsoft Project's capabilities were extended with the introduction of Microsoft Office Project Server and Microsoft Project Web Access.

• Project Server stores Project data in a central SQL-based database, allowing multiple, independent projects to access a shared resource pool.

Web Access allows authorized users to access a Project Server database across the Internet, and includes timesheets, graphical analysis of resource workloads, and administrative tools.• User controlled scheduling : User-controlled scheduling offers flexible choices for

developing and managing projects.• TimeLine The timeline view allows the user to build a basic Visio-style graphical

overview of the project schedule. The view can be copied and pasted into PowerPoint, Word, or any other application.

• SharePoint 2010 list synchronization SharePoint Foundation and Project Professional project task status updates may be synchronized for team members.

• Inactive tasks help experiment with project plans and perform what-if analysis. • The Team Planner view . The new Team Planner shows resources and work over

time, and helps spot problems and resolve issues.

Architecture of Microsoft Project

Collaboration with Microsoft and SharePoint

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• Create a calendar for the ProjectCalendar in Microsoft projectA. Base calendar

1. Standard calendar2. Night shift calendar3. 24 hour calendar

B. Usage calendar1. Project calendar2. Task calendar3. Resource Calendar

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Entry sheet Gantt sheet

How to Create Calendar

Create a new Calendar

Choose the working days

5days working , 9hr/days

Change the Backstage

Change the back stage

Exceptional Working days

Change in Project Management Information

Select Schedule from

Select a Calendar for the project

Select Accenture standard working calendar

Project Calendar

Change the backstage

Go through backstage and make a default setting

Schedule the Task as Auto or Manual

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