Intro to Mircosoft Project

Chapter A: Guide to Using Microsoft Project 2013 What’s New in Project 2013 Book Title: Information Technology Project Management Printed By: Joseph English ([email protected]) © 2016 Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning

What’s New in Project 2013 If you are familiar with Project 2010 or an earlier version, it may be helpful to review some of the new features in Project 2013.

Improved reports: With Project 2013, you can create professional reports and add pictures, charts, animation, and links to clearly share project status information. An entirely new set of pre-installed reports are available, including burn down reports, a popular chart used for agile projects. The earned value chart is also much easier to create.

New collaboration features: You can stay in touch with team members by getting progress updates, asking questions, or having strategy discussions, all without leaving Project 2013. You can hover over a name and start an IM session, video chat, e-mail, or phone call. You must have Lync 2010 or later installed to take advantage of this feature.

Task paths: You can now highlight any task and see its task path. All of the task’s predecessor tasks show up in one color, and all of its successor tasks show up in another color.

Extended dates: You can set task and project dates up to 12/31/2149.

Shared meetings: If you export Project 2013 reports, timelines, or data to other Office programs, you can use the new sharing feature to join online meetings, share your PowerPoint slides, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and OneNote notes from any supported device, even if Office isn’t installed.

Cloud storage: You can easily save files to your own SkyDrive or to your organization’s shared site. From there you can access and share your files from Project 2013 and other Office applications. Note that Project Online is delivered through Office 365 and used totally online.

Easy access: If you have Project Online, Windows 7 (or later), and an Internet connection, you can access a full version of Project from any location, similar to the new Office applications.

Next, you will learn some basic information about Project 2013 and explore the main screen elements and Help facility.

Chapter A: Guide to Using Microsoft Project 2013 What’s New in Project 2013 Book Title: Information Technology Project Management Printed By: Joseph English ([email protected]) © 2016 Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning

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