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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TUTORIAL: Task and Project forms │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
In this lesson you:
■ look at your milestones and tasks in
the Task form
■ look at dates and details that affect
your whole project in the Project form
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When you're ready to add more detail
about a task or milestone, you use the
~Task form~2.
To add detail about your project or to
change project defaults, you use the
~Project form~2.
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So that you can see these forms, you now
get the HiTech project you have been
working on.
The Tutorial saved your project at the end
of the last lesson under the name HiTech1,
at the PERT chart window. You now get the
the project and put it back in that window.
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At the Main Menu, select ~Get/Save/Remove~2.
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Type ~5~2><CMD>
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Pull down the Files menu and select ~Get project~2.
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Press F2 and then Enter><CMD>
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A fill-in appears. Clear it before typing.
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Press Ctrl-E><CMD>
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Name the project and then confirm it.
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Type ~HiTech1~2 and press F10><CMD>
<XFLD>HITECH1<F10><XFLD><F10><ENDDEF><CHOME><CMD><*0815
To edit information on a Task form, you move the
cursor to the task or milestone on the PERT chart.
Then you choose the form for it. You're on Start
so first move to the milestone ~Booth~2.
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To add data for this milestone, pull down the Data
menu and select ~Task form~2.
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Press F3 and type ~5~2><CMD>
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This is a Milestone form. (The form
for a task is different. You look
at one a little later.)
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You can change the information in the fields you
see now at the top of the form. (This Tutorial
window is covering the bottom part of the form.)
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You can change the ~Name~2 and ~Responsible~2
fields and add a ~Code~2 for sorting reports.
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You use the fields for ~constraints~2 to indicate
dates imposed on the milestone by events outside
the project. (For example, in construction the
painting can't start until the plaster dries--a
late constraint).
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You can also fill in the ~Description~2 field for
a fuller explanation of the milestone.
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The lower half of the form, which you see now,
contains data that HPM supplies. You can view
this data, but you can't change it.
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Now take a look at a Task form
for a task that's not a milestone.
First, return to the PERT chart.
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Press Esc><CMD>
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Move the triangular cursor to the task ~Plan~2.
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Press Right Arrow><CMD>
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Pull down the Data menu and select ~Task form~2
again. Remember the Ctrl-T speed key for later.
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Press F3 then type ~5~2><CMD>
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HPM places the Task form over the PERT chart.
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Like the milestone form, this Task form contains
fields you can change (you see them now at the
top of the form) and fields that HPM calculates.
You can change some of the same information: the
task name, the person responsible. You can add
a code and description here, too.
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But the Task form contains some information not found
on a Milestone form. For example, HPM assumes that
the task will start ~as soon as possible~2. (Note the
~ASAP~2 in the ~Pln start~2 field.) You can change
this default. In addition, you can add the actual
start and finish for the task. You can include some
cost information here, too.
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The information you see now at the bottom of the
form is calculated by HPM. You can view this
information, but you can't change it directly.
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HPM has already filled in some data about this task,
such as its planned start and finish. But the cost
information (at the very bottom of the form) can't be
calculated until you supply more data.
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You use the Milestone and Task forms to specify
information about individual tasks. To include data
about the whole project, use the Project form. Now
you can return to the PERT to see the Project form.
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Press Esc><CMD>
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Pull down the Data menu and select ~Project form~2.
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Press F3 then type ~6~2><CMD>
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The Project form overlays the PERT chart.
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Press Space bar><CMD>
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Like the other forms in HPM, the Project form
contains fields you can change at the top.
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And it contains fields you can't change -- HPM
does the changing -- at the bottom.
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The ~Planned start~2 field shows the date used in
creating the project. HPM then calculated the date
for ~Planned finish~2 from your information.
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The information HPM displays at the bottom of the
Project form is similar to that of the Task form.
In this case, it's for the entire project, not just
an individual task.
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HPM uses the bottom three lines of the Project form
to show cost information--for the entire project.
Later, in Lesson 9, you'll add cost information.
Then HPM will summarize it on those three lines.
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Now return to the Main Menu via the PERT chart.
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Press Esc><CMD>
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One more key press to return to the Main Menu...
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Press Esc><CMD>
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Now review the lesson.
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~In summary ... ~2
■ Select ~Task form~2 from the Data menu
to add detailed information about tasks
and milestones.
■ Use the ~Project form~2 to enter data
and see summaries regarding time and
costs for the whole project.
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