Microsoft® Project 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 9. Planning Resource and Task Costs

• Planning Resource Costs

• Planning Fixed Costs for Tasks

• Reviewing Planned Costs

• Setting Up and Reviewing a Project Budget

• Setting a Different Currency

MICROSOFT Project 2010 can help you plan, forecast, and track costs associated with the performance of the project. The bulk of your costs is likely to be generated by the resources assigned to tasks. Costs are often also directly related to the tasks themselves, independent of the assigned resources.

To set up your project plan so that it reflects costs, you can:

• Enter unit costs for work and material resources and assign those resources to their tasks.

• Assign and quantify cost resources such as travel costs, facility rentals, permit fees, and equipment or software ...