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Guided Tour Accessing a Manager's Database
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NSAMPLE
#Introduction
>The purpose of this tutorial is to provide you with a quick
>"guided tour" of the ManagePro Network Access Module with the help
>of a very simple
>sample database. It should take about twenty minutes to follow
>along with this text and put ManagePro through its paces.
>If you're ready to start, press on the Fwd/F3 button below or
>press the F3 key. To exit, press the Exit/F9 button or the F9 key.
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#*Running the Tutorial
>To run through the tutorial you can use the buttons below or press
>the F2 and F3 keys to move back and forth between these tutorial
>text screens. You can hide and show this window by pressing the
>F4 key. This may be necessary at times in order for you to view the
>whole screen. Also, please note that every 10 minutes or so the program
>will automatically save the database in the background and display an
>hourglass. Okay! Let's begin!
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#*The SAMPLE database
>Our SAMPLE database has some goals and people entered into it as
>if it had been created by the general manager of a toy company. You
>will see goals for sales, marketing, and product development. Of course,
>ManagePro is suitable for all industries, so don't be thrown by the particular
>goals you see here. We will be working with a person named
>Mark whose manager has given him access to certain areas of ManagePro.
>Your access may differ depending on your needs and your manager's
>needs and requirements.
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#ManagePro Opening Screen
>The main ManagePro screen consists of three main work areas:
> - the main menu bar at the top for access to commands
> - the button bar under the menu for launching views of your data
> - a workspace where multiple windows can be viewed
> Note that we will often use "view" and "window" interchangeably. This is because
>each window on the screen represents a different view of your data.
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#*ManagePro Opening Screen
>Again we remind you that the view of your screen will be different from your
>manager's and will also differ from your co-workers' based upon the configuration
>that your manager will set-up for you. In the button bar area below the menu
>bar you will see three buttons labeled "Group Goals","Group Status", and "My Goals".
>A fourth button has a symbol for goals, people, and actions.
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#Goal Management Tools
>Each of these buttons opens a unique window that gives you
>access to your group's goals and your own goals, as you and your
>manager have agreed to them.
>Let's take a look at each one. Press the first button, labeled
>Group Goals, or choose the View Group Goals command from the
>main menu bar. Then press F3 or push "Fwd/F3" below.
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#The top level goal planner
>You are looking at four very high level goals for Mark's group.
>If you wish to see the supporting goals below any top level goal, simply
>click on the little "+" button to the left of the goal. ManagePro
>will "expand" the detail below. If you expand the first goal in the list
>you will notice that you and your manager can define multiple levels of detail.
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#*The top level goal planner
>The purpose of the top level goal planner is to let your manager and
>group outline what your group's goals are, then divide these up
>and delegate sections of them to
>you and your co-workers and teammates. Some of these sub-goals may be
>your manager's -- where you will see a blank or "Myself" in the
>"Who" column of the planner. This top level planner gives your manager the
>flexibility to plan at any level of detail and coordinate his work with you and
>your other teamates.
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#*The top level goal planner
>You may want to experiment with moving the cursor up and down the
>rows with the arrow keys or changing the "view" on display
>using the Planner menu in the menu bar and the "View As" command.
>You can also change the width of the columns on display by moving
>the mouse to the title area and clicking and dragging one of the
>dividing lines. Note that all you can do is view information; you
>cannot change the goals on display here.
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#The Goal Status Board
>To see how the group goals are progressing in a graphical way
>you can call up the Goal Status Board by pressing the second button in
>the button bar or by selecting the "View/Goal Status" command.
>You will see a row of colored lights that represent the "top level" goals in
>the system. As you click or move the cursor around, the "sub goals" that
>support any goal are displayed below that goal.
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#*The Goal Status Board
>You will see that the color of the light and the due date of each goal
>"rolls" up from the goals below. Here "Double sales" is yellow because
>"New Product Lines" is yellow. The light color
>is set with the "Status" field of the goal. ManagePro uses Green
>to indicate goals that are "On Track", Yellow for goals that need
>some attention, and Red for goals that are in trouble. Your manager may
>give you the ability to modify the "Status" field of your goals so you can
>communicate "how things are going" through ManagePro.
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#*Moving Windows in the Workspace
>You may want to experiment with moving any of the windows around the
>screen and resizing them by grabbing at their sides or corners. You'll
>notice that only one is "active" at a time, with its title bar
>highlighted. A complete list of open windows is available in the
>main Window menu, as with other Windows applications.
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#Mark's Goals
>Use the Window Close All command to shut down the windows you have
>opened. Let's move on to look at Mark's goals. Press
>the "My Goals" button on the button bar to open the "Goals window" for Mark.
>Just as in the Top Level goal planner the purpose of this planner
>is to let Mark outline his goals. In the first column is the title
>of the goal, followed by due date, priority and status columns. Note
>that in this window, there is a blinking cursor line. This indicates
>that you can modify the information here.
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#*Mark's Goals Planner
>Because goals are so central to ManagePro, there is some additional
>information that can be stored about them in the Goal Form.
>Double click on the name of one of the goals or press Ctrl-Enter to
>bring up the detailed Goal Form for a goal.
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#The Goal Form
>The Goal Form shows all the detail on this goal.
>Of course almost all of these fields are optional - they are just
>recommended as effective ways of tracking goals and people's
>performance. (To see the whole form you can press the F4 key to
>hide this window, then F4 again to pop it back up). Press the
>Cancel button to close down the Goal Form. Suppose you want, as
>Mark, to enter some new goals of your own. Press F3 to see how.
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#*Entering new goals
>To see how easy it is to add new goals, move the red cursor box
>to the first line in the planner, press Shift-Enter, then type:
> "Get trade press reviews on new products", <Shift-Enter>
> ManagePro inserts a new blank line for you to add a new goal. Type in
> "Laser blaster"
> then hit Ctrl-D for demote, or the right triangle button, then <Shift-Enter>
> "Robby Robot"
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#*Creating subgoals
>Now you have created two "sub-goals" in an outline fashion. These goals
>"support" the goal above them or they may be checkpoints or milestones
>on the path towards getting the main goal accomplished. You can set
>specific start and due dates and a measurement basis/scale for each
>of these sub-goals in their detailed forms.
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#Quick input progress data
>Suppose you, as Mark, want to record some progress notes on the "Add 3 new
>products" goal. Move the cursor there, then use the "Quick Input/Progress
>Data" menu option in the main
>menu bar. A progress data form appears. Type in any comment, select
>the "Status" field, set the status to "On track", and press OK.
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#*Inputting progress data
>Now you're back at Mark's goal planner. You can see that the status of
>the "Add 3 new products" goal has changed. Using ManagePro, your comments
>on any goal are available to both you and your manager. Choose the
>Window Close All command from the main menu to close any open windows.
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#End of the Sample Database tour
>That does it for this guided tour. See the Reference Manual for a
>more detailed explanation of each window. Remember, you may have more
>or less access to your manager's database. Be sure to talk with your
>manager about how the two of you can coordinate usage of ManagePro
>most effectively. Thanks for using ManagePro!
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