Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Appendix A
Recurring
task
3. View the new summary task and its subtasks. Click OK. Project 2007 inserts
a new Status Reports subtask in the Task Name column. Expand the new subtask
by clicking the expand symbol to the left of Status Reports. To collapse
the recurring task, click the collapse symbol .
4. Adjust the Duration column width and Gantt chart timescale. Notice the # signs
that appear in the Duration column for the Status Reports task. Like Excel, Project
2007 uses these symbols to denote that the column width needs to be increased.
Increase the Duration column’s width by moving your mouse to the right of the
Duration column heading until you see a resize pointer . Double-click to adjust
the column width and display the information. Click the Zoom Out button
on the toolbar twice to display the Gantt chart in months. Move your mouse over
the Recurring Task symbol in the Indicator column for row 15. Your screen
should resemble Figure A-25. Notice that the recurring task appears on the appropriate
dates on the Gantt chart.
FIGURE A-25 A Recurring Task
Use the information in Table A-3 to enter durations for the other tasks for the Project
Tracking Database project. The Project 2007 row number is shown to the left of each task
name in the table. Remember, you already entered a duration for the recurring task. Also,
remember that you should not enter durations for summary tasks. Durations for summary
tasks are automatically calculated to match the durations and dependencies of subtasks,
as described further in the next section, Establishing Task Dependencies.
To enter task durations for the other tasks:
1. Enter the duration for Task 2. Click the Duration column for row 2, Kickoff
meeting, type 2h, and then press Enter.
2. Enter the duration for Task 3. IntheDuration column for row 3, Develop
project charter, type 10d, then press Enter. You can also just type 10, since
d or days is the default duration.
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