Dynamic Scheduling With Microsoft Office Project 2003: The Book by and for Professionals

Chapter 10: Reporting

Overview

In the previous chapter, we ensured that the schedule meets the project deadline and that the cost stays within the budget. We are now ready to publish the schedule to the world.

After reading this chapter you will:

  • be able to determine if you need to hide the buffer in your schedule

  • be able to print your schedule

  • know the standard reports of MS Project

  • be able to customize a standard report

  • be able to customize views for reporting with a custom table, filter and grouping

  • know how to create one-page reports always

  • be able to check if you used scheduling best practices for project reporting

  • know how to create some useful and hard-to-get-at reports

  • know how to use the organizer to copy custom objects between projects

Micro-Management

Nob was in a good mood. Nob was grinning from ear to ear. He had just gotten the best project he had ever been assigned. Nob told Bob: "The project charter specifies very little oversight by executives. In fact, the charter does not specify any reporting or reporting period. It looks like I can just do what I want, and that is exactly what I am going to do."

Bob just smiled and thought to himself, "And you see that as your best project, okay "

A few months later when Bob met Nob, Bob asked: "What happened to the project from heaven?" Nob lowered his head and voice: "Well, I'm still working on it, but the project sponsor...

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