Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project

Index

A

Active updating, usage, 219–220

Activities, network (tasks connection), 145

Activity Network, Microsoft Project Gantt Chart (usage), 139

Actuals

estimates, contrast, 203

fluency, 93–95

Adhocracies, 41

Ad hoc task captures, 191

Advanced workflow, 209–213

Agile planning, 156–160

EPM 2010, usage, 191

Agile project planning, Project Desktop (usage), 157–159

Analysis functionality, 241

Analysis primary cost constraint, 298–299

Analytical competency, construction, 4

Analyze cost/resources views, 311

Application lifecycle management (ALM), 55, 56, 170

Application service provider (ASP), usage, 6

Appreciative inquiry, knowledge, 53

Approvals, 107f, 122–124

Automated project processes, 187

Automation, importance, 18–20

Auto-scheduled tasks, 145

AX 2012, 128–130

B

Backstage, 171. See also Project Backstage; Project Desktop

Balanced scorecard, 314–315

Baseline cost scenarios, 294–295

Baseline resource scenario, 298

Blogs, usage, 65, 217

Boolean search, 209

Bottlenecks, control, 90–92

Bottom-up planning, 95

Budget resource, 125–126

Burndown charts, generation, 157

Business

accountability, 92–93

activities source, 23f

focus, 37–38

lifecycle, 8–13, 201

metrics, monitoring, 241

plan, flowchart, 253f

planning/control, Project 2010 (usage), 251

platform, design, 101–104

PPM component, 186–187

practices, leverage, 201

priorities, alignment, 258

process/forms, 232

requirements, project relevance, 188

results, translation, 206f

strategy, EPM element, 100

success (delivery), project completion ...