Outlining the Task List
Outlining is Microsoft Project’s method of organizing the details of a project into groups of activities that correspond to the major phases of a project, and it is the equivalent of the traditional WBS (refer to Figures 5.1 and 5.2). Each task has an outline number, which Project calculates by using the legal numbering system. For example, if a task has an outline number of 2, the subtasks that are indented under it would be 2.1, 2.2, and so on. The outline number serves to identify the group containing the task in the overall structure of the project.
Understanding Summary Tasks and Subtasks
Like WBS, outlining organizes tasks into functional groups. Outlining is usually thought of in terms of its visual effect: You ...
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