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IT-331 Microsoft Project 1 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Budget | Amount of money slated to finance the project. |
| Constraint | A condition you cannot overlook or ignore for a task's completion |
| Default | A setting uses unless you specify otherwise |
| Duration | Length of time needed for task completion as well as the completion of the overall project. |
| Entry Bar | A bar that displays the contents of the current field. |
| Entry Table | The default task table. |
| Field | Columns that represent a category of information. |
| Formatting Toolbar | Provides shortcuts to frequently used commands for changing the appearance of field contents. |
| Gantt bar | Represents each task in the timeline. |
| Gantt chart | A project management tool that can be used to represent the timing of tasks required to finish a project. |
| Gantt Chart view | Contains the task table and the Gantt chart for a project file. |
| Indicator column | The first column in the Gantt chart that has a letter i within a blue circle as the column header. |
| Menu bar | Contains common menu names that, when activated, display a list of related commands. |
| Milestone | A task that marks the completion of one or more task, yet has no duration of its own. |
| Project | A self-contained group of tasks performed to achieve a specific objective. |
| Project Guide | A toolbar that provides wizards in 4 different areas: Task creation, resource assignment, task tracking, and project reporting. |
| Project Manager | One who oversees all stages of a project plan. |
| Resource | Anything needed to complete a task |
| Scope | Encompasses the performance expectations of the project. |
| Scrollbar | Enables you to move the project window vertically or horizontally so you can see other parts of the work area. |
| Scrollbox | An object within a vertical or horizontal scrollbar so you can see other parts of the work area. |
| side pane | An overall project guide that appears to the left side of the Project Window when you click the correspondng button on the Project Guide Toolbar. |
| stakeholders | Key players |
| Standard toolbar | Provides shortcuts to common tasks including Save, Print, Cut/Paste(Move), and Copy/Paste. |
| Status bar | Provides information about current actions or settings. |
| Subtask | Mini-tasks indented below a summary task. |
| Summary task | A task that consists of additional tasks called subtasks indented and listed below it. |
| Task ID | The number of the row the task is on. |
| Task Links | Indicating when the start or finish of one task depends upon the start or completion of another task. |
| Task pane | Provides quick access to related tasks. |
| Task table | A list of tasks. |
| tasks | Specific activities that have a start date, duration and completion date. |
| Template | A model providing generic tasks and resources. |
| Time constraint | The deadline of the overall project plan as well as how much time each individual task requires. |
| Timeline | The graph area of a Gantt chart. |
| Timescale | The time period legend appearing across the top of the Gantt chart. |
| Title bar | Displays the name of the software and the name of the active project. |
| Toolbar | A set of buttons |