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the cell that you are editing in a sheet view; it is surrounded by a dark border
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Active Cell
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the lowest row of the timescale that is displayed at the top fo the various Gantt views, Resource Graph view, Task Usage view, and Resource Usage view
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Bottom Tier
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a view, such as the Gantt Chart view, that displays task information as bars
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Chart / Graphic View
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the series of tasks that dictate the calculated Finish date of the project
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Critical Path
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today's date as determined by your computer or network time server. Can also be entered manually in the Project Information dialog box.
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Current Date
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The time it takes to complete a task
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Duration
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refers to completing tasks while producing a desired reult meeting the actual goals of the project
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Effective
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refers to doing tasks faster, with fewer resources, or with lower costs while producting a desired reult meeting the actual goals of the project
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Efficient
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a spreadsheet-like display of project information, organized in rows and columns
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Entry Table
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an approximation of the time that it takes to complete a task; it appears with a question mark after the duration
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Estimated Duration
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the spreadsheet software program in microsoft office
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Excel
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to quit a program
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Exit
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the day that all tasks in the project will finish
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Finish Date
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a view that displays detailed information about one task or resource at a time
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Form View
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project view that provides a graphical visualization of a project, with each task shown as a horizontal bar. The length of each bar corresponds to the duration of the task. Link lines connect each bar to show relationships between tasks.
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Gantt Chart
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a view of a project that provides a graphical visualization of the project by displaying each task as a horizontal bar
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Gantt Chart view
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the feature in Project that provides access to information about the program
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Help System
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A column in a sheet view that displays icons to indicate information about a task
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Indicators Column
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a section of a printout that provides information about bars or symbols used on the printout
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Legend
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the upper row in the timescale on a Gantt Chart. By default, it is measured in weeks and displays the date for the Sunday of that week
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Major Scale
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a software program, part of the Microsoft Office 2010 suite, used to manage projects by controllling your project work, schedule, and finances, and effectively reporting the status and results.
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Microsoft Office Project 2010
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A Microsoft Office 2010 companion product that enables collaborative planning and status reporting among workgroup members, project managers, and other stakeholders by allowing them to exchange and work with the project information on a Web site
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Microsoft Project Server
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the middle row of the timescale that is displayed at the top of the various Gantt views, the Resource Graph view, the Task Usage view, and the Resource usage view
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Middle Tier
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the lower row in the timescale on the Gantt chart. By default, it is measured in days and displays the first letter of the day of the week
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Minor Scale
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project view that displays a graphic visualization of a project; each task is represented as a box, information about each task is visible in each box, and link lines illustrate the independence of tasks
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Network Diagram
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a view of a project that graphically highlights the interdependencies and sequencing of tasks
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Network Diagram View
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In the Network Diagram View, the box that represents each task
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Node
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A task that must be started or completed before another task can begin; the first task described in a dependency
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Predecessor Task
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A set of processes, or series of steps, that need to be completed in order to move onto the next phase of the project
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Process Group
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The defined sequence of steps that achieve an identified goal
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Project
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The goal achieved when a seires of tasks are completed that produce a desired outcome
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Project Goal
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The process of defining, organizing, tracking, and communicating information about a project in order to meet a project goal
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Project Management
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The central person who gathers project data and communicates progress
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Project Manager
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A team is comprised of workgroups, workgroup members, and workgroup manager(s).
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Project Team
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A version of Project 2010 with more features than Project Standard, such as the Team Planner.
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Project Professional 2010
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Software that is used in an enterprise environment bringing together powerful business collaboration platform services with structured execution capabilities to provide flexible work managment solutions
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Project Server 2010
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A version of Project 2010 with few features than Project Professional
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Project Standard 2010
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The degree to which a projector task meets an objective standard.
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Quality
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A chart that focuses on only one task, showing both the predecessor and successor for that task
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Relationship Diagram
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People, equipment, and facilities that need to be assigned to a task in order for the task to be completed
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Resource
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The probability that a task, resource, or cost is miscalculated in a way that creats a negative impact on the project
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Risk
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The total amount of products and services taht the project is supposed to provide
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Scope
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A condition that occurs when projects grow and change in unanticipated ways that increase costs, extend deadlines, or otherwise negatively affect the project goal
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Scope Creep
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A small box that appears with the name of the item you are pointingto; the item can be a button, indicator, or bar and helps determine the item name or function.
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ScreenTip
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a spreadsheet-link representation of data in which each task is displayed as row and each piece of information (field) about the task is represented by a column
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Sheet View
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The amount of time that a task may be delayed from it's scheduled start date without delaying the entire project
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Slack
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The verticle bar that divides the table and the Gantt Chart in the Gantt Chart View
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Split Bar
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A view in which the screen is split into two views; the top view is often the Gantt Chart view, and the bottom view is often a form view
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Split Window
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The day on which the project will start
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Start Date
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A task that cannot be completed until after a given task has completed; the second task described in a dependency
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Successor Task
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A format applied to a sheet to display different fields
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Table
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A specific action that needs to be completed within the project
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Task
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A view that displays detailed information about one task at a time
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Task Form View
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A comprehensive collection of all the data stored for a single task
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Task Information Dialoge Box
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A group organized to work together
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Team
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A view that shows each resource in the project on a separate row. All of the tasks that the resource is assigned to are on the same row. Used for planning, only available in Project Professional 2010. Tasks that are not assigned to anyone appear at the bottom.
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Team Planner
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A view at the top of the Gantt Chart or Network Diagram views that shows the scope of the project from the Start to Finish date; tasks can be placed on the Timeline.
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Timeline
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Task, resource, or assignment cost that is distributed over time.
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Timephased
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A measurement of time in bar format with one, two, or three tiers at the top of the various Gantt views, the Resource Graph view, the Task Usage view, and the Resource Usage view, where the lengths of each bar show the units of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, thirds of months, months, quarters, half years, or years) in relationship to one another.
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Timescale
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The top bar of any application software running on a Windows computer.
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Title Bar
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The top row of the timescale that is displayed at the top of the various Gantt views, Resource Graph view, Task Usage view, and Resource Usage view
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Top Tier
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When applied to the Task Sheet, it provides all of the actual fields (actual date, duration, work, and cost) in one sheet view
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Tracking Table
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When applied to the Task Sheet, after setting a baseline and updating progress, it provides the fields (Start, Finish, Baseline Start, Baseline Finish, Start Var. and Finish Var.) necessary to view the differences in one sheet view.
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Variance Table
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A way to display task, resource, and cost information with varying levels of detail
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View
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A bar that contains several buttons that enable switching between project views
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View Bar
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To increase the zoom factor
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Zoom In
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To decrease the zoom factor
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Zoom Out
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A method of planning a project by listing all of the individual tasks and then collecting them into logical phases
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Bottom-up method
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A restriction on a task, which can be flexible or inflexible deadling.
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Constraint
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To duplicate selected information and place it on the clipboard
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Copy
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A task on the critical path that must be completed as scheduled in order for the project to finish as of the finish date
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Critical task
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The amound of time between the scheduled star for a task and the time when work actually begins on the task
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Delay
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Clock time (rather than working time) // Time that has passed.
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Elapsed time
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A tool that appears as a small square in the lower-right corner of the selected cell which, when dragged, copies the contents of the active cell to the cells to which you drag
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Fill handle
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A dependency type that specifies that one task must finish befoe the second task can finish
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Finish-to-Finish (FF)
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A dependency type that specifies that one task must finish before the second task can start
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Finish-to-Start (FS)
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The amount of time that a task can slip before it affects or delays any successor tasks
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Free slack
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Editing made directly in a cellof a sheet view, rather than via the Entry bar
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In-cell editing
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To move a task to the right (a lower level in the WBS or outline) in a task sheet
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Indent
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A period of time (either positive or negative) imposed on a relationship between tasks
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Lag time
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An amount of time that the second task in a relationship is moved backward in time so that the two tasks overlap. Also called negative lag time
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Lead time
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The process of creating task dependencies
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Linking Tasks
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A symbolic task that has zero duration and is used to communicate progress or the end of a significant phase of the project
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Milestone
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Moves the second task backward in time so that the tasks overlap; called lead time in general project management discussions
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Negative lag time
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A task that doesn't necessarily have to start on its currently sheduled start date in order for the overall project to be completed on time
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Noncritical task
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the hours of a 24-hour day that are not specified as working time
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Nonworking time
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To move a task to the left (a higher level in the WBS or outline)
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Outdent
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To take a copy of the information on the clipboard and insert it at a specified location
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Paste
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An amount of time that the second task in a relationship is moved forward in time. The traditional definition of lag time in general project management discussions
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Positive lag time
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The base calender used by Project 2010 to schedule new tasks within the project
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Project calender
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A bar that summarizes the timeline of your project in the Gantt chart
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Project Summary task bar
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A task that repeats at regular interval
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Recurring Task
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A special calender created for each resource used when the resource does not follow the working and nonworking times specified by the project calender
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Resource calender
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The box containing the row number in a sheet. Click to select the entire row in the table or sheet view
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Row selector
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A button that appears when you delete a task or resource, change resource assignments, or change start or finish dates, work, units, or durations and that displays options to help you complete the action
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Smart tag
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A calender used to schedule tasks within the project that specifies Monday through Friday as working days with eight hours of work completed each day and Saturday and Sunday as nonworking days.
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Standard calender
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A dependency type that specifies that the first task must start before the second task can finish
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Start-to-Finish (SF)
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A dependency type that specifies that the first task must start before the second task can start
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Start-to-Start (SS)
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A grouping of tasks that logically belong together. Summary tasks are listed in bold text in the Task Entry table. Each display a Collapse/Expand button to its left so that showing or hiding the task can easily be done within that phase. Also called phase
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Summary task
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A bar representing a summary task in the Gantt chart.
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Summarry task bar
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A special calender that can be created for tasks that do not follow the working and nonworking times specified by the Standard calender.
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Task calender
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The relationship between two tasks in a project. Also called task link, linked task, or linking task
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Task dependency
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A method of planning a project by starting with broad catagories of tasks, such as the summary tasks.
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Top-down method
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An alphanumeric code used to represent each task's position within the hierarchical structure of the project
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WBS code
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A way to code each task to identify and group project tasks for communication, documentation, or accounting purposes. An outcome-oriented analysis of the work involved in a project that defines the total scopre of the project.
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Work breakdown (WBS)
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The hours during which work can occur
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Working time
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A filter that allows you to determine the filter criteria by selecting from a criteria list automatically associated with each column in the Entry table.
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AutoFilter
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Use to determine formatting such as color, pattern, or text for categories of tasks in the Gantt chart.
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Bar Styles dialog box
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To show a subset of resources or tasks that meet certain criteria.
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Filter
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In the Gantt chart, nonprinting line that can improve the readability of a view by providing a visual guide to help you interepret the bars.
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Gridline
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The lines that show dependencies or relationships between task bars in Gantt Chart view and between the task boxes in Network Diagram view.
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Link Line
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Detailed or summarized information about a particular aspect of the project.
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Report
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A bar on the Gantt chart used to represent slack.
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Slack Bar
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The amount of time that a task can be delayed without affecting the entire project; for tasks on the critcial path, free slack equals total slack.
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Total Slack / Float
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A constraint that schedules a task to start as late as possible without conflicting any other tasks; the default constraint fot any task entered in a project that scheduled from a given Start Date.
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As Late As Possible (ALAP)
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A constraint that schedules a task to start as soon as possible without conflicting with any other tasks; the default constraint for any tasks entered in a project that is scheduled from a given Start Date.
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As Soon As Possible (ASAP)
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To shorten critical tasks based on economic considerations; tasks with the least incremental cost are shortened.
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Crash
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A template that defines how the boxes in the network diagram are formatted. Also called box template.
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Data Template
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A bar used to enter or edit an existing entry, such as a task name or duration.
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Entry Bar
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To shorten a project schedule by performing activities in parallel that you normally do in sequence.
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Fast Track
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A restriction on a task that is movable or not fixed.
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Flexible Constraint
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A restriction placed on a task that dictates the Start and Finish dates of a task, such as the "Must Start On" or "Must Finish On" constraint.
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Inflexible Constraint
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The amount of money that you have allocated for the project based on cost and time estimates.
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Budget
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An expenditure made to accomplish a task.
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Cost
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Expenses that are associated with a task but do not vary regardless of length of the task or the number of resources assigned to the task.
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Fixed Cost
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The person's equipment, or materials used to complete a task in a project.
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Resource
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Used for inital data entry of resources
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Resource Sheet
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Calculated initially as the task duration (converted to hours) multiplied by the number of resources initially assigned to that task.
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Total Work
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These are determined by the number of resource units assigned to a task as well as the hourly or per-use cost for that rexource.
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Variable costs
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