Microsoft® Office Project 2007 Inside Out

Updating Task Progress

So the resources are digging into their assignments and progress is being made. At regular intervals, you want to record their progress in Microsoft Project. Depending on how much time you want to spend entering progress information (and how much time you want your team members to spend doing that), you can choose a simple, high-level method; a comprehensive, detailed method; or something in between.

Entering actual progress information into Microsoft Project ensures that you’ll always know how the project’s going. You can keep an eye on the critical path and your budget. You can monitor key tasks and know exactly when you’ll be handing off an important deliverable. With actual information coming into your project plan, you ...