Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 5. Scheduling Tasks

• Setting Task Durations

• Establishing Task Dependencies

• Scheduling Tasks to Achieve Specific Dates

• Setting Deadline Reminders

• Creating Milestones in Your Schedule

• Working with Task Calendars

You've developed your task list, and it's sequenced and outlined. Perhaps you've even applied a work breakdown structure. You have a good task list, but you don't have a schedule…yet.

Although there are many knowledge areas (including scope management, cost management, and resource management) that contribute to successful project management, time management is most related to development of your project schedule—your roadmap for completing tasks, handing off deliverables, passing milestones, and finally achieving the goals of your project ...