Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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3. Enter remaining task durations. Continue to enter the durations using the
information in Table A-3.
TABLE 1-3 Durations for Project Tracking Database Tasks
Task Number/Row Task Name Duration
2 Kickoff meeting 2h
3 Develop project charter 10d
4 Charter signed 0
6 Develop project management plans 3w
7 Review project management plans 4mo
8 Project management plans approved 0
10 Analysis 1mo
11 Design 2mo
12 Implementation 1mo
13 System implemented 0
37 Report performance 5mo
38 Control changes 5mo
40 Prepare final project report 2w
41 Present final project 1w
42 Project completed 0
4. Save your file and name it. Click File on the Menu bar, and then click Save As.
Enter time as the filename, and then save the file to the desired location on
your computer or network. Your file should resemble Figure A-26. Notice that
all of the tasks still begin on June 1. This will change in the next section when
we add task dependencies. Keep this file open for the next set of steps.
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