Chapter 15

On the Right Track

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using tracking tools

Bullet Recording activities on tasks

Bullet Specifying the amount of work complete

Bullet Updating fixed costs

Bullet Tracking overtime hours

Bullet Moving a task

Bullet Using Update Project to make changes to the big picture

Project is a very powerful tool that can do amazing things with the data you provide. You can track all kinds of information, such as

  • Planned start and finish dates compared to actual start and finish dates
  • Planned duration compared to actual duration
  • Estimated costs and actual costs
  • Percent complete
  • Estimated remaining duration
  • Hours worked by resource
  • And more!

In this chapter, I show you different ways to track your project’s performance. In Chapter 16, you learn how to use some cool techniques to visualize project status.

Tracking ...

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