Third Session

Start a new plan

:We will cover these skills
• Create a new plan and set its start
date
• Set nonworking days in the
project calendar
• Enter the plan title and other
properties
 3.1.
3.1. Create
Create aa new
new plan
plan and
and set
set its
its start
start date
date
To create a new plan

1. Click New
2. click Blank or any other template
Project you want
 To set (or change) the plan’s
start date

1. Click
Project tab

2. click Project
Information

3. In the Project
Information dialog box,
in the Start Date box,
enter the start date
you want or click the
arrow to select one from 4. Click OK
the calendar
 To save the new plan

1. Click File
tab

2. then click Save As

3. On the Save As page,

navigate to the location
where you want to save
the plan
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING PROJECT
PROJECT CALENDARS
CALENDARS (1/3)
(1/3)
 What is the meaning of Calendar?
Working Time (days, hours, months) and non non-working
times of project

 Do we need more than one calendar for a single project?

Yes!

 Why?
 Organizational Calendars (Contractor, Consultant etc.)
 Resource calendars
 Activity Calendars
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING PROJECT
PROJECT CALENDARS
CALENDARS (2/3)
(2/3)
 UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING PROJECT
PROJECT CALENDARS
CALENDARS (3/3)
(3/3)
The Calendar list contains the three base calendars that are included with Project:
 24 Hours Has no nonworking time
 Night Shift Covers a late-night “graveyard” shift schedule of Monday
night through Saturday morning, 11:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M., with a one-
hour break each day
 Standard The traditional working day and week, Monday through Friday
from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., with a one-hour break each day
 3.2.
3.2. Set
Set nonworking
nonworking days
days in
in the
the project
project calendar
calendar
To select the project calendar

1. Click
Project tab

2. click Project
Information

3. In the Project
Information dialog
box, in the Calendar
box, click the arrow,
and
then click the calendar
you want to use as the 4. Click OK
project calendar
 To set a specific date as nonworking

1. Click
Project tab

2. click Change Working

Time

3. On the Exceptions tab,

in the Name field, enter a
description of the
exception
4. In the Start and Finish
fields, enter or select the
dates you want

5. Click OK
 To set up a recurring nonworking time

1. Click 2. click Change Working

Project tab Time

5. In the Details dialog

box, under Recurrence
Patterns, select the
recurrence values
you want, and then click
OK 3. On the Exceptions tab, 4. Click in the Start field,
in the Name field, enter a and then click Details
description of the
recurring exception

6. Click OK
 To set up a custom work week

1. Click Project tab, in the Properties group,

click Change Working Time

2. Click the Work Weeks tab in the lower portion of

the Change Working Time dialog box
5. Click
Details

6. In the
Details dialog
4. In the Start and Finish
fields, enter or select the date
box, select the
3. Click a row below the range for which you want the
day and time
“[Default]” value custom work week to apply
values you
want, and then Enter a description and the
click OK date range for which you
want the custom work week
to apply
7. Click OK
 3.
3. 3.
3. Enter
Enter the
the plan
plan title
title and
and other
other properties
properties

1. Click the File

tab
3. click Project
Information. In the
menu that appears,
click Advanced
Properties

2. and
then click
Info

4. Enter whatever
properties you want to
record (all are
optional), and then
click OK