Tab: General
The General tab in the Project Information dialog box is used to manage dates (start, finish, current, and status), the task plan priority, and to indicate if you want scheduling to be based on the task plan's start date.
The following fields are available from the General tab in the Project Information dialog box:
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Current Date | The current date. |
| Finish | The date on which a task is scheduled to finish. |
| Forward Scheduled | Indicates that scheduling for the task plan should take place from the start date. |
| Name | The name of a task (or a task plan). |
| Manager | The name of the project manager who is responsible for the task plan. |
| Priority | Indicates the importance of the task in relation to other tasks. 500 is the default value; 1000 is the highest priority and 0 is the lowest priority. The higher the number, the higher the priority. |
| Start | The date on which a task is scheduled to start. |
| Status Date | The date on which the current status of a work item, task, or project was last updated. |
Tab: Notes
The Notes tab in the Project Information dialog box is used to store notes that have been entered about that task.
The following fields are available from the Notes tab in the Project Information dialog box:
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of a task (or a task plan). |
| Notes | The notes that have been entered about a task (or a task plan). |
Tab: Statistics
The Statistics tab in the Project Information dialog box is used to view project statistics for start, finish, duration, work, and cost data. Including baseline, actual, and remaining data. The information in this tab is read-only.
The following fields are available from the Statistics tab in the Project Information dialog box:
| Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| Actual Cost | The actual cost to complete actual work for a task (or a task plan). |
| Actual Duration | The amount of time (typically measured in working days) that has been actually needed to complete actual work for a task (or a task plan). |
| Actual Finish | The date by which work on a task (or a task plan) actually finished. |
| Actual Start | The date by which work on a task (or a task plan) actually started. |
| Actual Work | The amount of work that has been completed, to-date, by all resources who have been assigned to a task (or a task plan). |
| Baseline Cost | The original, planned cost for a task (or a task plan). |
| Baseline Duration | The original, planned duration for a task (or a task plan). |
| Baseline Finish | The original, planned finish date for a task (or a task plan). |
| Baseline Start | The original, planned start date for a task (or a task plan). |
| Baseline Work | The original, planned work for a task (or a task plan). |
| Cost | The amount of money that is spent to produce something of value. In a task plan, a cost is the amount of money that is spent while finishing a task. For example, a resource's hourly billing rate or the cost of renting a tractor (a material resource) for a day. A cost can be associated with a task, a resource, an assignment, or a task plan. |
| Duration | A duration is the total amount of time required to complete a task, based on a task's start and finish dates. A duration is always based on how a day is defined in the working calendar associated with the task plan. A day is defined (by default) as being 8 hours; therefore, a duration of 1 day in a task is 8 hours. |
| Finish | The date on which a task is scheduled to finish. |
| Name | The name of a task (or a task plan). |
| Remaining Cost | The cost required to finish the remaining amount of work for all resources assigned to the task. |
| Remaining Duration | The amount of time required to finish the remaining amout of work for all resources assigned to the task. |
| Remaining Work | The amount of time required for all resources (who are assigned to the task) to complete the task. |
| Start | The date on which a task is scheduled to start. |
| Work | The total amount of work that has been scheduled for a task. |