Analyzing Projects and Resources

Chapter 25, “An Overview of Microsoft Project Professional 2002,” identifies several roles for users of Microsoft Project Professional 2002, including portfolio managers, project managers, resource managers, and executives.

This chapter describes how executives use Project Professional to analyze project and resource data to provide answers to business questions such as the following:

  • What is the organization’s capacity for work?

  • What skill bottlenecks exist in the organization, and where are resources underutilized?

  • What would be the impact to other projects if a new project were added to the portfolio of projects?

  • What is the cash flow for projects?

  • What is the portfolio of projects, and how do the projects meet ...

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