From the course: Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training
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Viewing project schedule status
From the course: Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training
Viewing project schedule status
- Reviewing project status on a regular schedule is the best way to get an early warning of problems that are brewing. There are several ways to view your project status. A high-level view is a good place to start. Well, one way to get a high-level view of your project, is with the Project Summary Task. To see it, go to the Format tab, and turn on the Project Summary Task checkbox. And now you see, over in the table, there's a new row at the top of the table. It has a Special Task ID of zero, and that represents the Project Summary Task. It can see here, it has project-wide values for the project, the complete Duration, the project Start and Finish date, the overall % Complete for the entire project, it's Cost, and Work. You can apply different tables to see other fields about the project. For example, I go to the View tab, click the Tables button, and choose Cost. And now I can see the current Total Scheduled Cost for the project, the Baseline Cost, and the Cost Variance. In this…
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