Actual cost, 67
Agile development
advantages and disadvantages of, 6–7
definition of, 5
with iterations, 6
Backlog tasks, 108–109
Backward pass, 40–42
Baseline establishment, 55–59
Budget for software testing project, 51–54
Coding, 4
Cost baseline, 49
Cost performance index, 60
Cost tree structure, 50–51
Cost variance, 60
Critical path
calculation problems, 42–44
description of, 39–40
Custom fields, scrum projects, 104–107
Custom reports, generating, 73–76
Dependency types, 77–78
Discretionary dependencies, 78
Earned value (EV)
actual cost, 67
baseline cost, 66–67
computations, 59, 68
example of, 60–61
forecasting, 61–62
metrics, 60
percentage complete, 66
percentage work complete, 66
planned value, 67
using MS-Project, 62–65
verifying computations, 65–66
Effort-driven scheduling, 35–36
Estimating costs, 49
EV. See Earned value
External dependencies
creating, 78–81
definition of, 78
Finish-to-finish, 26
Finish-to-start, 25
Fixed duration task, 37
Fixed units task, 36
Fixed work task, 37–38
Float
calculation problems, 42–44
computations, 40–42
Forecasting, 61–62
Forward pass, 40–42
Iterative relationship, 1
Keyboard shortcuts, 143–144
Leads and lags, 26–27
Mandatory dependencies, 78
Metrics, earned value, 60
Milestone and upcoming tasks, 70
MS-Office
copying views to Word and PowerPoint, 129–132
getting help for, 139
importing task list from, 132–137
MS-Project 2016
agile template, 102
automatically scheduled tasks, creating, 118–119
creating risk register, 96–100
earned value, 62–65
linking tasks, 119–120
manually scheduled task, creating, 117–118
multiple resources, assigning task, 125–126
new project, creating, 116–117
planning quality management, 93–96
project management and, 7–10
resource leveling, 45–48
scheduling constraint, 127
summary task, inserting, 120–121
task progress, updating, 121–122
user interface, 115–116
working with resources, 122–123
work resource hours, changing, 123–124
work resources, adding, 123
work resources, assigning task, 124–125
MS-Project Professional 2016, 111
Multiple projects, consolidating
description of, 82–83
using copy/paste for creating master project, 84–85
using insert project without resource pool, 85–88
using resource pool, 88–92
Native reports, generating, 72
Network diagrams, 24
Overlapping relationship, 1
PDM. See Precedence diagramming method
Phase-to-phase relationships, 1
Planned value, 67
Planning quality management,
MS-Project, 93–96
Plan resource management, 94
PMBOK. See Project Management Body of Knowledge
Precedence diagramming method (PDM), 24–26
Process models, 2–3
Product life cycle, 2
Program management, 141
Project dashboard report, 69
Project, definition of, 1
Project life cycle, 2
Project management
definition of, 7
MS-Project and, 7–10
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 12–13
Project scheduling
define activities, 22–23
effort-driven scheduling, 35–36
scheduling formula, 35–36
sequence activities, 23–24
Project Server, 141–142
Project templates
description of, 27
example problem, 27–30
Requirement analysis and definition, 3–4
Resource leveling
options for, 44–45
using MS-Project, 45–48
Resources
assigning, 31–35
terminologies, 32–33
using split view, 33–35
Risk register, MS-Project, 96–100
Schedule performance index, 60
Schedule updation, 55–59
Schedule variance, 60
Scope management
definition of, 11
process, 12–13
project scope vs. product scope, 11–12
Scrum projects
custom fields, 104–107
understanding, 102–104
Sequential relationship, 1
Software design, 4
Software integration and verification, 4
Software process, 2–3
Start-to-finish, 26
Start-to-start, 26
Summary cost report, 70
Summary management report, 70
System design, 4
System validation, 4–5
Task types, 36–38
TCPI. See To complete performance index
Test execution task, 36–37
To complete performance index (TCPI), 62
Waterfall model
coding, 4
requirement analysis and definition, 3–4
software design, 4
software integration and verification, 4
system design, 4
system validation, 4–5
WBS. See Work breaksown structure
Work breaksown structure (WBS)
codes for task list in project,
16–20
creating, 13–15
dictionary, 15–16
numbering, 15–16
resources, 20