Hi,
one totally new feature in MS PROJECT 2010 is Timeline View!
You can turn it on or off like this:
What is it? Primary it is excellent Reporting tool. I will explain how to use it!
I have a project and I want to add a Task to a Timeline. I can do it like this:
and I will get:
Task is on the Timeline. Since the Timeline View make sense only if I have a group of Tasks on it I will put the whole Family meeting, and Guest task group on it like this:
and I will get:
OK! I have Tasks and Milestones in the Timeline View. I can now rearrange this view in many ways.
For example, I can drag the Task in the new row:
and I will get:
I can do that for more than one Task at the same time, of course. I can make a Task as Display as Callout:
and I will get:
Now I want to add all Tasks from The Restaurant group. I will click anywhere in the Timeline and then I will choose the Format Tab:
and I will get:
After I choose new Tasks from the existing Tasks, I will get:
You can see that parallel Tasks (overlapping Task are shown in separate rows). I can turn it off like this:
I am not satisfied with that so I will turn this thing on again!
There are many other possibilities with Timeline (like formatting, etc), and if you will use it (and I recommend it), you should spend some time to make it fit your requirements.
After you have your Timeline, what is next? You can export it, of course! How? Read my next Post!
Regards,
Nenad Trajkovski 