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Building a schedule

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How scheduling works in Project

Set a project start date or finish date

Track tasks using Project 2007

The duration of a task changed when I assigned a resource

Automatically adjust the start and finish dates for new projects

Manage your project's critical path

Set a start date or finish date (constraint) for a task

Set lead or lag time (float) between tasks

Watch this: Use lag and lead time

Create work breakdown structure (WBS) codes

Find slack (float) in your schedule

Create or update a baseline or an interim plan

Watch this: Create a baseline

View and track scheduling factors

View changed information (Change Highlighting)

Tasks are not rescheduled when I change the project to schedule from a finish date

My resource calendar doesn't modify the time that the resource is scheduled

Show the critical path

Watch this: Show the critical path

Defining what drives task timing (excerpt from Project 2007 All-in-One for Dummies)

Use a PERT analysis to estimate task durations

Watch this: Use a PERT analysis

Set the status date

The duration or work value changed unexpectedly when I assigned a resource

Watch this: Create slack (float) in your schedule

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