7. Capturing Project Progress
In This Chapter
• Understanding and using baselines
• Understanding the status update process
• Selecting and using a status update method
In this chapter you learn about collecting progress information from your resources and updating your schedule with that information. It also explains several different methods of collecting progress information and explains the relative benefits and drawbacks of each method.
As resources on your project begin work on tasks, they will report their status and actual work hours. If your organization uses Project Professional 2013 with Project Server, some of this reporting is streamlined. However, you can choose to collect progress through more traditional means, such as weekly ...
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