Part IV. Tracking and Analyzing Essentials

This part of the book covers how to effectively use Project to help track and analyze your schedule after a project has started. During the planning stages of the project-management process, you use Project to create a project schedule. This includes defining the phases, tasks, and milestones, when they should occur, and what resources and costs are required to accomplish them. After you've communicated with your stakeholders to obtain buy-in before the project starts, you move into the execution stage of project management, which includes the process of carrying out the work defined in your plan.

When execution begins on a project, you're responsible for monitoring and controlling each part of the plan; ...

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