Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 6 – Tracking Your Progress

Project 2013

Entering timephased work values

NOTE In addition to analyzing work over a period of time, you can analyze costs over a period of time by selecting the Cost or Actual Cost field from the Details submenu on the Format menu. You can change the timescale in a usage view to record work per minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, or you can create a custom time interval. The timescale is saved with the view. When the duration for a task is adjusted, Microsoft Project calculates the duration and percent work complete based on various formulas. If the calculation indicates the resource has “free time”, a message box will open stating that Microsoft Project needs to assign new work to the resource. The message box will ask if you want to assign 100% to the resource or an alternative percentage. Selecting either Yes or No closes the dialog box without affecting any actual values.

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Procedures

1. Switch to the Task Usage view and apply the Work table. 2. Select the Task Usage Tools Format tab. 3. Check Actual Work checkbox in the Details group. 4. Select the Act. Work field for the assigned resource for which you want to enter timephased work values. 5. Enter the desired value. 6. Press [Enter] .

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