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Applying Saved Top-Down Estimates To a Project
After you specify the number of units you want to apply, the module distributes the total units to the selected activities, using the estimated weights assigned to the project’s WBS elements and activities. The module uses these weights to calculate the proportion of resource units that each WBS element and activity should receive in relation to other WBS elements. The module also maintains a history of saved top-down estimations.
Apply saved top-down estimations Choose Tools, Top Down
Estimation. Click History. Select the estimate you want to apply. Click
Apply.
View a project’s top-down estimations Choose Tools, Top Down
Estimation. Click History.
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The Applied column indicates which estimates were applied to the open project from the Estimation History dialog box.
To view an estimate’s details, select the estimate, then click these tabs.
To delete an estimate, select it, then click Delete.
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Part 4
Updating and Managing the
Schedule
In this part |
Managing Baselines |
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Updating, Scheduling, and Leveling |
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Summarizing Projects |
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Project Issues and Thresholds |
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Managing Risks |
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Maintaining a Project’s Document |
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Library |
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Tracking Projects |
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Comparing Projects with Claim Digger |
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Checking Projects In and Out |
Successful project management doesn’t end after you develop a project plan. You need to track daily events and update the schedule with accurate data. Managing Baselines describes how to create a copy of a project that can be compared to the current schedule to gauge progress, and Updating, Scheduling, and Leveling explains how to update the schedule and level resources.
Summarizing Projects provides steps for summarizing project data as needed or at regularly scheduled intervals. Read Project Issues and Thresholds and Managing Risks to learn how these features help you monitor project schedules to identify potential problems early in the process. Maintaining a Project’s Document Library describes how to track project-related documents and work products, while Tracking Projects shows you how to create layouts that enable you to view summary data for individual projects, as well as the entire enterprise project structure (EPS). Read the Checking Projects In and Out chapter to learn how to keep track of projects that are used outside of the database.