Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 9. Checking and Adjusting the Project Plan

• Working with the Critical Path and Critical Tasks

• Bringing in the Project Finish Date

• Reducing Project Costs

• Balancing Resource Workloads

• Changing Project Scope

• Reviewing the Impact of Changes

• Obtaining Buyoff on the Project Plan

In a perfect world, you'd define the project scope, schedule tasks, assign resources, and presto! The project plan would be finished and ready to execute.

In reality, however, this is rarely the case. After you've scheduled tasks and assigned resources, you generally need to check the results and see whether they meet expectations and requirements. Ultimately, you might need to answer one or all of the following questions to your satisfaction and to the satisfaction of your managing ...