Learn task entry and linking in MS Project, essential for effective project management. Master critical path and scheduling features to enhance your project success.
Part A of Key 2 teaches you about Task Entry and Linking in MS Project, laying the groundwork for mastering project scheduling techniques. You'll get a grip on how to link tasks to make your projects run smoother and more efficiently.
This is Part A, Task Mechanics. The next module, Part B, covers the application of task links (Critical Path, etc).
This is Part A of Key 2, and covers Task Entry and Task Linking in MS Project.
Here is a summary of where this key fits into the Five Keys Method:
Key 1 covered Navigation.
Key 2 has two modules: This Task Linking Mechanics (Part A) module and then is followed by a second module on the Application of Task Linking (Part B) in project schedules. Thus Key 2 covers not only how task linking works (Part A), but how it enables the application of key scheduling features (Part B)---such as the critical path method---to help you create effective project plans.
Key 3 covers Task Constraints---one of the most misunderstood components of MS Project.
Key 4 covers Project Calendars.
Key 5 cover Tracking Actual Progress.
In total the Five Keys gives you the essential skills needed to use MS Project in a way that keeps the tool lean but powerful, and thus the Five Keys teaches you to use MS Project in a way that actually helps your projects be more successful.
By watching the videos in this module, the result should be that you have developed a basic competency in understanding how task links work in Microsoft Project. This is a core skill needed to be able to develop effective dynamic schedules in Microsoft Project.
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F. Kevin Gaza, PMPHello! I have been an enterprise project manager for over fifteen years for a multi-state healthcare organization. In that role I was a primary architect and author of the organization’s project methodology and have been a lead project manager on a variety of enterprise projects including rolling out ITIL/ITSM, building data centers, FCC funding projects , deploying...
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