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PERT Chart EXPERT

User's Guide

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Table of Contents
Installation and Configuration of PERT Chart EXPERT............. 1
System Requirements......................................................................................1 Installing on a Local PC...................................................................................1 Configuring MS Project for use with PERT Chart EXPERT.............................2 Installing on a Network.....................................................................................4 Configuring a Network Version of MS Project for PERT Chart EXPERT ........4

Overview of PERT Chart EXPERT............................................... 7
What is PERT Chart EXPERT? .......................................................................7 What is a PERT chart?.....................................................................................8 Terminology and Basic Concepts ....................................................................8

Using PERT ChartEXPERT........................................................ 11
Overview of Creating a PERT chart...............................................................11 Creating Tasks ...............................................................................................11 Dependencies ................................................................................................13 Scheduling.....................................................................................................14 Critical Path ....................................................................................................18 Moving & Repositioning Tasks.......................................................................19 Displaying Fields in Task Boxes....................................................................23 Grouping Tasks..............................................................................................23 Displaying a Timescale ..................................................................................26 Tracing Tasks.................................................................................................28 Fields in PERT ChartEXPERT......................................................................29 Printing ...........................................................................................................30 Saving PERT charts.......................................................................................32 Transferring a PERT chart to Microsoft Project .............................................33 Transferringa PERT chart to WBS Chart Pro ...............................................34 Creating a PERT chart from your MS Project plans ......................................34

Reference (by Menu)................................................................... 37
File Menu .......................................................................................................37...