Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Calendar

Steps for creating a project specific calendar

1. Select Enterprise and choose Calendars.

2. Click Project button.

3. Using Add button select one of the global calendars to modify.

4. Select Detailed work hours/day radio button and work week button and do modifying working and non working hours.

5. Click ok to save.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Activities

Steps for adding Activities

1. For currently opened project,choose Project and click Activities.

2. Using Add button add as many activities as you required for the project.

WBS

Steps for creating WBS

1. For a currently opened project Select Project menu.

2. Then click WBS(this will open corresponding WBS window).

3. Using Add button add as many WBSs as you want.

4. Using shift keys you can do levelling the added WBSs.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Project

Steps for creating a Project

1. Select Enterprise menu and click Project.

2. From the project window click Add button that will open Project wizard.

3. Fillup the columns with the required inputs in it.

4. Finally you will find a project added in the project window with given data.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

OBS

Organizational Breakdown Structure

The organizational breakdown structure (OBS) is a global hierarchy that represents the managers responsible for the projects in your organization. The OBS usually reflects the management structure of your organization, from top-level personnel down through the various levels constituting your business.

An OBS is not the same as a resource pool. While resources are assigned to activities, OBS elements are associated with EPS nodes and projects. The OBS element corresponding to an EPS node is the project manager responsible for all work included in that branch of the hierarchy.

Steps to Create OBS

1.Go to the menu Enterprise.

2.Select OBS and click.

3.Using Add buttons add as many OBSs as you want.

4.Edit the name of OBSs.

5.Make OBS hierarchy using shift keys.

For further guidence see the video tutorial below.