Microsoft: Project 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 4. Creating and modifying tasks

In this section:

• Understanding and setting the schedule mode

• Entering tasks, Indenting tasks, and Outdenting tasks

• Inserting new tasks into the schedule

• Moving tasks around the schedule

• Moving summary tasks around the schedule

• Deleting tasks

A key part of managing any project is defining the tasks that need completing. In project management terms, this list of tasks is called a Work Breakdown Structure, or WBS. Within the WBS, tasks should be grouped together so that the completion of a group of tasks comprises the completion of a significant piece of work. Tasks are grouped together beneath a summary task that will summarize duration, cost, and work totals for a section or deliverable item of work. Each group ...