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Microsoft®
Project 2002 Standard
Overview
Microsoft®
Project Standard 2002 is the world's leading project management program. Now,
Microsoft Project Standard makes it easier than ever to manage schedules and
resources, communicate project status, and report project information. With more
intuitive tools and built-in project management assistance, you'll get
productive quickly — even novices can start project planning and reporting
immediately. Microsoft Project has the fundamental project management features
that you need to stay informed, so projects stay on track and within budget.
Benefits
- Manage projects smarter and more efficiently. With dynamic scheduling,
instantly see the impact of a schedule or resource change on your overall
project schedule. Quickly master the project management process with the new
step-by-step, interactive Project Guide, which helps you set up a new
project, manage tasks and resources, track schedules, and report project
information. Promote best project and process management practices by
developing custom Project Guides.
- Stay informed. Gain a better understanding of your projects with improved
grouping and information displays within Network Diagram and usage views.
Display three timescales in Gantt Chart and usage views, and even print
column and row totals.
- Work with familiar, easy-to-use tools. As you work, new smart tags alert
you to alternative scheduling choices when you make changes to your project
plans, so you remain in control of the schedule. Easily convert existing
task lists in Microsoft Excel and Outlook into Microsoft Project Plans.
| What's
New |
| Project
Guide |
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Users
can quickly and easily create and manage project plans with the new Project
Guide. Step-by-step interactive instructions walk users through the key
areas of their projects — tasks, resources, tracking and reporting — so
they can be productive immediately. In addition, the Project Guide can be
customized to effectively promote an organization's best practices from
within the application.
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| Wizards |
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New
wizards have been added to reduce the time and complexity of setting up
projects. As users generate a new project plan, Microsoft Project helps them
select custom fields and templates, facilitates collaboration, and allows
supporting documentation to be attached to the project or tasks. A new
wizard simplifies the setup process for project calendars, changing working
time. Users can customize tracking views to track projects the way they like
— by percentage of work completed, total and remaining work, or specific
hours per day or week.
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| Smart
tags |
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Smart
tag indicators give users feedback when they make certain changes to their
project plans, especially those that may affect scheduling. For example,
when a resource is added to a task, a smart tag will ask for clarification
and offer alternative scheduling calculations that may be more appropriate.
Smart tags enable users to be in control of their schedule.
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| Microsoft
Visio integration |
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Users
can use Visio to import dates and tasks from Microsoft Project to create
high-level timelines and Gantt Charts.
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| Multiple
baselines |
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Now
users can better track the progress of their projects, monitor the variances
between project estimates and actual figures, and maintain historical
records for better project planning in the future. Microsoft Project allows
users to save and store full baseline data up to 11 times over the course of
any project.
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| Three-tiered
timescales |
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A
third level for timescale labels has been added to Gantt Chart and other
graph and Usage views. For example, users can now display months, weeks and
days for a project.
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| Customizable
Project Guide |
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The
customizable Project Guide allows users to effectively promote their
organization's best practices in processes or project management from within
the application. Developers can access the Microsoft Project Object Model to
modify the Project Guide as needed.
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| Support
for industry standards |
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Using
industry standards such as XML, Microsoft Project easily integrates and
exchanges schema and data with other line-of-business applications and
databases.
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Standard
Features
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| Project
management domain expertise |
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Users
can hone their project management skills with the latest version of the
world's most popular project management tool.
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| Grouping |
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Quickly
categorize and view task and resource information in grouping that is most
useful to you.
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| Outline
Codes |
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Define
outline codes instead of having to tie them to the outline structure of a
project.
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| Graphical
Indicators |
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Associate
graphical indicators with the data in a custom field, so a particular image
can be displayed in place of the actual data to easily spot potential
problems.
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| Fiscal
Year in Timescale |
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Independently
set the use of the fiscal year for timescales to display data in a specific
timescale combination.
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| Rollup
Gantt |
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Display
Gantt bars for all subtasks on a single task summary line.
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| Task
Calendars |
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Create
schedules with task-specific calendars that affect only selected tasks.
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| Materials
Resources |
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Specify
consumable resources such as lumber or concrete and assign them to tasks.
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| Deadline
Dates |
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Remind
your team of deadlines and alert them visually if deadlines cannot be met.
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| Custom
Fields: Value Lists |
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Define
pick-lists to restrict the values that can be entered into a custom field
and simplify data entry with just a mouse click.
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| Custom
Fields: Formulas |
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Add
custom formulas for arithmetic calculations, conditional testing, and
functions to be applied to custom field data.
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| Estimated
Durations |
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Indicate
a tentative duration for a given task by simply entering a value for the
duration followed by a question mark; then return to the task at a later
time to enter a confirmed duration.
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| Contoured
Resource Availability |
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Create
plans that incorporate time-phased resource availability information.
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| Clear
Baseline |
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Clear
the baseline or interim plan data for selected tasks or an entire project.
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| Copy
Picture |
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Create
higher-quality images with larger allowable sizes and better scaling.
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| HTML
Help |
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Enables
easier interaction between the procedures found in HTML Help, Microsoft's
new standard help system, and your work in Microsoft Project 2002.
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| Templates |
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Create
and access Microsoft Project templates easily.
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| Variable
Row Height |
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Drag
the row line between tasks to set individual rows to the height you want.
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| In-Cell
Editing |
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View
the context of a task while editing it.
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| Fill
Handle |
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Select
the cells you want to populate, and use the Fill Handle feature to easily
copy information or repeat patterns in several locations.
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| AutoSave |
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Set
Microsoft Project 2002 to automatically save work at chosen time intervals
to avoid losing valuable data if your computer is inadvertently shut down.
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Improved
Features
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| Microsoft
Office interface |
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A
familiar and more intuitive Microsoft Office XP interface — complete with
informative Task Panes and adaptive pull-down menus — makes it easy to
learn and use Microsoft Project.
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| Microsoft
Project OLE DB Support |
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The
Microsoft Project OLE DB provider has been improved to include support for
time-phased data, additional tables and extended properties for data access
pages.
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| Network
Diagram view |
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Now
users can group tasks and display standard indicators and custom fields in
the Network Diagram view.
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| Microsoft
Office® integration |
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Users
can convert task lists created in Microsoft Excel and Outlook into project
plans in Microsoft Project. New import and export capabilities such as the
Excel task list template make it easier than ever to switch between Excel
and Microsoft Project.
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| Usage
views |
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Users
can group assignments with roll-up, time-phased information in Usage views.
When printing, they can even include totals.
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Requirements
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of Microsoft Project Standard version 2002 requires the following: |
| Computer
/ Processor |
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Pentium
133 MHz or higher processor required.
The recommended system is Windows XP Professional on a computer with a
Pentium III processor and 192 MB of RAM. |
| Memory |
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For Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition: 24 MB of RAM for the
operating system plus an additional 32 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project
- For Windows Me, Windows NT Workstation or Server 4.0: 32 MB of RAM for
the operating system plus an additional 32 MB of RAM for Microsoft
Project
- For Windows 2000 Professional: 64 MB of RAM for the operating system
plus an additional 32 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project
- For Windows XP Professional: 128MB of RAM for the operating system
plus an additional 32 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project |
| Hard
Disk |
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Hard
disk usage will vary depending on configuration. 105 MB of available
hard disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft
Project with 70MB on the hard disk where the operating system is
installed. 55 MB for typical installation on system with Office XP
installed. 310 MB for a full installation on system without Office XP
installed. Users without Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Office
XP, Office 2000 SR-1, or Microsoft Project 2000 will require an extra 50
MB of hard disk space for System Files Update. |
| Drive |
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CD-ROM
drive |
| Display |
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Super
VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors |
| Operating
System
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Microsoft
Windows® 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition
(Windows Me), Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or later, Windows
2000 Professional, or Windows XP Professional or later operating system |
| Peripherals |
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Microsoft
Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device |
| Miscellaneous |
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Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
recommended)
Additional items or services required to use certain features:
- 14.4Kbps or higher modem
- Multimedia computer to access sound and other multimedia effects
- Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of
a separate fee to a service provider; local and/or long distance
telephone toll charges may apply |
Common
Questions
List
Of Questions: (Click a question to jump to answer section)
Who
should use Microsoft Project Standard?
What's
new in Microsoft Project Standard version 2002?
In
which languages is Microsoft Project Standard 2002 available?
What
is the difference between Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project
Professional?
What
happened to Microsoft Project Central?
Can
files created and saved with Microsoft Project Standard 2002 be used in the
previous versions of Microsoft Project?
Question:
Who should use Microsoft Project Standard?
Answer:
Microsoft Project Standard is designed for business managers, and is the natural
product for current users of Microsoft Project as well as for those who are new
to the project management category. Microsoft has included new features,
including the Project Guide, to make Microsoft Project even easier to use and
help users who have never used Microsoft Project and have had little or no
project management training.
Question:
What's new in Microsoft Project Standard version 2002?
Answer:
Microsoft Project Standard users benefit from the following features, which help
users intuitively manage and schedule projects:
• Project Guide. Users can become productive immediately thanks to
step-by-step interactive instructions that walk them through the key areas of
their projects: tasks, resources, tracking and reporting. In addition, the
Project Guide can be customized to support an organization's best practices from
within the application.
• Wizards. New wizards including Project, Calendar, Tracking and Import/Export
Mapping have been added to Microsoft Project to reduce the time and complexity
of setting up projects.
• Microsoft Office interface. A familiar and more intuitive Microsoft Office
XP interface — complete with informative Task Panes and command bars — makes
it easy to learn and use Microsoft Project. In addition, Microsoft Project
includes common Office functionality such as keystrokes, text wrapping and
column adjustments.
• Smart tags. Indicators give users feedback when they make certain changes to
their project plans, especially those that may affect scheduling.
• Microsoft Office integration. Users can convert task lists created in
Microsoft Excel and Outlook® into project plans in Microsoft Project. New
import and export capabilities such as the Excel task list template make it
easier than ever to switch between Excel and Microsoft Project.
• Multiple baselines. With the ability to save and store up to 11 baselines,
users can better track the progress of their projects, monitor the variances
between project estimates and actual figures, and maintain historical records
for better project planning in the future.
Question:
In which languages is Microsoft Project Standard 2002 available?
Answer:
Microsoft Project Standard version 2002 is available in the following languages:
Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmal),
Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Question:
What is the difference between Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project
Professional?
Answer:
Microsoft Project Standard is the successor to Microsoft Project 2000. With
enhanced help and more intuitive features, Microsoft Project Standard provides
the core project management tools that help project managers efficiently plan
and manage projects from their personal computers.
Microsoft Project Professional provides all of the core project management tools
in Microsoft Project Standard. In addition, Microsoft Project Professional is
used with Microsoft Project Server 2002 and Microsoft Project Server Client
Access License(s) (CALs) for workgroup collaboration and enterprise project
management capabilities.
Question:
What happened to Microsoft Project Central?
Answer:
Microsoft Project Central Server, which was included with Microsoft Project
2000, has been replaced by Microsoft Project Server 2002, now a separate server
product. Microsoft Project Server 2002 still supports all the project workgroup
collaboration functions that were included in Microsoft Project Central, such as
timesheets, status reports, and project views. In addition, the collaboration
features of Microsoft Project Server 2002 have been enhanced by integrating
SharePoint™ Team Services from Microsoft (included with Microsoft Project
Server 2002). With SharePoint™ Team Services, organizations can centrally
store project-related documents and issues. Microsoft Project Server enables
enterprise project management when used with Microsoft Project Professional.
Question:
Can files created and saved with Microsoft Project Standard 2002 be used in the
previous versions of Microsoft Project?
Answer:
Files created with Microsoft Project Standard 2002 can be used with Microsoft
Project 2000 and vice versa. Files created with the Microsoft Project Standard
2002 can be used with Microsoft Project 98, but only if you choose to save
Microsoft Project Standard 2002 files in the Microsoft Project 98 file format.
For versions prior to Microsoft Project 98, Microsoft Project 2002 can read the
MPX file format. Please note that files exported to the new XML-based file
format in Microsoft Project 2002 can be opened only in Microsoft Project 2002.
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