Microsoft Project Step by Step (covering Project Online Desktop Client)

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Build a task list

In this chapter

• Create tasks

• Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic

• Enter task durations and estimates

• Enter milestone tasks

• Create summary tasks to outline the plan

• Link tasks to create dependencies

• Check a plan’s duration and finish date

• Document task information

Tasks are the most basic building blocks of any project’s plan. Tasks represent the work to be done to accomplish the goals of the project. They describe work in terms of dependencies, duration, and resource requirements. Project Online desktop client includes several kinds of tasks: summary tasks, subtasks, and milestones (all discussed in this chapter). More broadly, what Project calls tasks are sometimes more generally called activities or work packages ...