Microsoft® Office Project 2007 Inside Out

Bringing in the Project Finish Date

A time-constrained project is one in which the project finish date is the most important factor in your project plan. Although you still need to balance budget constraints and satisfy the project scope, the finish date reigns supreme as the primary priority.

If your project plan calculates that your finish date will go beyond your all-important target finish date, focus on the critical path. Shorten the critical path and you bring in the finish date.

Inside Out: Save an interim plan before making changes

Consider saving an interim plan before making changes that affect your project finish date. An interim plan saves a snapshot of the start and finish dates for all your tasks. After you’ve made some of the changes ...