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Press  and  for further screens.       Memory   --   Upper right corner displays memory remaining.                     Menus    --   Press  and  to review descriptions of menu options.                           Press Return to select highlighted option  OR                                   Options may be selected by typing first letter.                                 If no highlight, use first letter, or type / to review options.                 Only options possible at this time appear on menu.                                                                                                Initial menu options:                                                           LOAD     --   Load project from disk into memory.  Becomes current.                           Enter drive, path, and file name when requested.                  NEW      --   Create a new project.  Only one current project at a time.                      Inherits holidays and calendar from current project.              QUIT     --   Return to previous level.  In this case, back to DOS.             If a project is loaded, the project name and its file name are displayed.       Also available are four additional options:                                     MAINTAIN --   Most requested option.  Look at or modify current project.        SAVE     --   Save current project in file named at LOAD or NEW time.           COPY     --   Save current project in file to be named right now.               DELETE   --   Remove current project from memory and disk.  No record remains.                                                                                  MENU BAR --   Find options here on this line of the screen.                     KEY BAR  --   Description of highlighted menu option action appears here.       ENTRY    --   Type response to PC-Project's questions here.                                   PRESS ESCAPE TO LEAVE HELP AND RETURN TO PROGRAM                                       LOAD A PROJECT FROM DISK                                                                                                                   Use this option to work on a previously created project, now on disk.           If you want to start an entirely new project, press ESC and select NEW.                                                                                         If you have just started PC-Project:                                                                                                                                   Respond to "File name?" prompt with DOS file name.                              Include drive and path if file not in default directory.                        Type "SAMPLE" to see sample project packaged with PC-Project.                   Terminate all entries with the return key.                                      Press ESC key to cancel LOAD and return to main menu.                                                                                                    If a project is currently in memory:                                                                                                                                   Current project must be removed before new project is loaded.                   "Are you sure you want a new project?"  Respond with:                                   "N"  to cancel and return to main menu.                                         "Y"  to unload current project and continue load process.               If current project has been changed, "Save changes to . . . ?"                          "N"  to load project without saving changes to current project.                 "Y"  to save current project on disk before loading next one.           Current project is removed and you are asked "File name?".  See above.                                                                                                                                                                                        CREATE A NEW PROJECT SCHEDULE                                                                                                                   Use NEW to create an entirely new project.  To work on a previously             created project, back up and select LOAD to bring it in from disk.                                                                                              If you have just started PC-Project:                                                   Respond to "File name?" prompt with a new DOS file name.                        Include drive and path if not to be stored in default directory.         If a project is currently in memory, it must be removed before new              project is created:                                                                    "Are you sure you want a new project?"  Respond with:                                   "N" to cancel and return to main menu.                                          "Y" to unload current project and create new one.                       If current project has been changed, you are given the                                  opportunity to save changes before going on to new one.                                                                                          The NEW menu gives you the chance to adjust the name, units, and file name:                                                                                     NAME      This name appears on all reports.  Select NAME to change default.     UNITS     Hours, days, weeks or months.  The unit of time in which the                    calendar is marked.  Very important because it cannot be changed.     FILE NAME If you didn't like the first file name you gave, change it.           QUIT      When satisfied, select quit to return to main menu and start                    working on new project.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PROJECT SCHEDULE                                                                                                           Select an option from the MAINTAIN menu to modify a loaded project or to        start filling in a NEW project schedule.  Three screens may be accessed         from this menu.                                                                                                                                                 TASK        The task screen is used to control the individual tasks that                    come together to make up a project.  Select this option to add,                 change, or delete tasks.  Select TASK to modify or install                      task prerequisites and to assign resources to tasks and modify                  these assignments.  View Gannt chart, calendar, and critical path.                                                                                  RESOURCE    The resource screen is used to monitor resources, both employees                and equipment.  Select RESOURCE to add, change, or delete                       resources.  The resource screen gives you detailed cost                         figures for each resource as well as the project as a whole.                    Inspect and modify resource usage by task.                                                                                                          CALENDAR    Describe your work week.  Enter hours and days worked.  Enter                   holidays.  Change project name.  All calendar entries are                       preserved when a new project is created.                                                                                                            QUIT        Select QUIT to return to the main menu and perhaps save or copy                 your changes.                                                                                                                                                   FILE OPERATIONS WITH PC-PROJECT                                                                                                                     Use the following three main menu options to control the storage of your        project on disk.                                                                                                                                                SAVE       This option is available after you have changed the project                     in memory.  When selected, it replaces the previous version                     of your project on disk.  A WARNING:  Do not save a project                     that you have just destroyed.  Until you save, any changes,                     no matter how destructive, will not be permanent.                                                                                                    COPY       Use COPY to make a second copy on disk of your currently                        loaded project.  Use this option to make additional back-ups                    or test projects you don't mind destroying with wild what-if                    scenarios.  You will be asked for a new file name to use.                       If the file exists, you will be given the opportunity to                        retreat or to wipe it out and write over it.  If you have                       selected this option in error, press ESC to return to main menu.                                                                                     DELETE     THIS OPTION WIPES OUT THE CURRENT PROJECT, THEN REMOVES FROM DISK               ANY RECORD OF ITS EVER HAVING EXISTED.  Select "N" when asked                   "Are you sure you want to delete?" to cancel and return to the                  main menu unscathed.  Answer with a "Y", and it's gone.                                                                                            Press "P" for previous.         THE CURRENT TASK          Press "N" for next.                                                                                    One task tag is highlighted.  This is the current task.  The task edit area,    at the bottom of the screen, displays information for the current task.                                                                                         MOVETO   move to site                   ED  20  AS Mo15Sep86    AF Th09Oct86    RATE        403  EC       8061                  ES Mo15Sep86    EF Th09Oct86    COMPLETE AD  19  AC       7658  /ESTIMATE   95  LS Mo15Sep86    LF Th09Oct86                                                                                    The following items are supplied by the user:                                         TASK TAG      A short name you use to identify a task.  Here: MOVETO            NAME          A longer name that appears on reports.                            ED            Estimated duration.  Entered when task first added.               AS            Actual start.  Entered when task is begun.                        AF            Actual finish.  Entered on task completion.                                                                                                 The other items are calculated by PC-Project from the above information, as     well as prerequisites you entered with PRECEDES and FOLLOWS, and resource       assignments you entered from USES.  Abbreviations are as follows:                     EC and AC     Estimated and actual costs.                                       ES and LS     Earliest and latest possible start dates.                         EF and LF     Earliest and latest possible finish dates.                        RATE          The cost per schedule unit (here, days) for this task.            AD            The actual duration appears after AF is entered.                  /ESTIMATE     In this case, the task took 95% as long as estimated.       Press "P" for previous.         THE TASK MENU              Press "N" for next.                                                                                  Depending on the current task, some or all of the following menu options will   be available on the task menu.                                                                                                                                  ADD          Select ADD to add a new task below the current task.  Later, use                FOLLOWS and PRECEDES to set up prerequisites, USES to assign                    resources, and CHANGE to enter updates as work progresses.         CHANGE       Change task tag, name, estimated duration, or actual dates.        DELETE       Remove a task from the project.  Collapse prerequisites.                                                                                           FOLLOWS      Indicate those tasks that the current task immediately follows.    PRECEDES     Indicate those tasks that depend on current task completion.                                                                                       USES         Assign resources to a task.                                                                                                                        HIST         Display a bar chart of resource loading.                           LOCATE       Search for an off screen task by partial or full task tag.         MOVE         Move a task elsewhere on the Gannt chart.                          SORT         Sort the tasks in order by start date.                             REPORT       Create reports.                                                    ZIP          Go directly to resource screen.                                    QUIT         Finished with task maintenence, return to MAINTAIN menu.                                                                                                                                                                          Press "P" for previous.   TASK STATUS, GANNT LINE, AND CRITICAL PATH                                                                                             As a project progresses, each task goes through five phases.  The task status   tells the current phase for each task.  The task status is shown in the         task edit area.  In addition, different symbols are used on the Gannt line to   indicate the task status.  These symbols also tell you whether a task is a      milestone, i.e. a task of zero duration, and whether it lies on the critical    path.  A legend to aid in the interpretation of these symbols appears on the    right edge of the screen.  It is displayed here in a different format.                                                                                                        TASK TYPE                                                                       Regular  Milestone  C = Critical path.  Any delay delays project.               S   C     S   C     S = Slack.  Not critical.  Note dashes.       S                                                                               T  HOLD       <   ≤     ^        Prerequisites not complete.  Can't start.     A  READY                      Ready to go.  CHANGE start to go to WORKING.. T  WORKING                      Started.  CHANGE finish to go to COMPLETE.    U  COMPLETE                     Done.  No following task has yet started.     S  PASSED     >         v         Following tasks have begun.                                                                                                   Milestones, because they have zero duration, are never WORKING.                 The critical path is not shown for COMPLETE and PASSED tasks.  What's the use?  Note that the arrows tend to point where the action is.                         The critical path symbols are heavier than the regular ones.                    Milestones need separate symbols or you couldn't tell them from one day tasks.                            THE TASK SCREEN                Press "N" for next.                                                                                   The top line tells you the current resource and the memory remaining.           TASK      CURRENT RESOURCE: LABORER                               482138                                                                                        The date line comes next.                                                                 Tu02Sep86 Tu16Sep86 Tu30Sep86 Tu14Oct86 Tu28Oct86 Tu11Nov86                         ├────┬────┼────┬────┼────┬────┼────┬────┼────┬────┤                                                                                               There are 14 visible Gannt lines.  Each corresponds to a task.                   LEADTIME     >>>>>>>>>··········································                MOVETO       ································                                                                                               The task tag appears at the left of the Gannt line.                             One task tag is always highlighted.  The task cursor indicates the CURRENT TASK.Symbols are used to indicate the start, duration, and status of each task.                                                                                      ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════The task edit area displays additional information for the current task.                                                                                        Task menu options typically operate on the current task.                         ADD FOLLOWS USES CHANGE DELETE HIST PRECEDES LOCATE MOVE SORT REPORT ZIP QUIT                                                                                  The cursor keys are used to adjust the current task and the Gannt display.       , , PgUp, PgDn, , , ctrl , ctrl , or /menu                                                 THE CURRENT TASK USES WHICH RESOURCES?                                                                                                        Assume MOVETO is the current task.                                               MOVETO       ································                                                                                               ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════If you select USES from the task menu, the task edit area is used to display    and modify resource assignments for the MOVETO task.                                                                                                            The tags of the resources used by MOVETO appear on a tag menu.  A tag cursor    can be moved along the menu to display more information for each resource.       MOVETO   USES:       LABORER  ENGINEER                                                                                                                         Additional information for LABORER includes the full name of the resource, the  required number of laborers (RQ), the total number of available laborers (CAP), their pay (AMT and PRD), plus estimated and if available, actual, usage and     cost amounts for this resource on this task.  Here USE is in man/days.          laborer                        RQ   6.0 CAP NO LIMIT  AMT      6.00   PRD HOUR  EST:   USE  120.0  COST       5760      ACTUAL:  USE  114.0   COST        5472                                                                                  The USES menu is used to modify resource assignments.                           ADD     a resource to this task.  Enter task tag and number required.           CHANGE  the number required for the resource indicated by the tag cursor.       DELETE  the resource assignment, not the resource, for indicated resource.      QUIT    or ESC sends you back to the task menu when you are finished.                              THE CURRENT TASK FOLLOWS WHICH TASKS?    Press "N" for next.                                                                                  Assume LAYPIPE is the current task.                                             GET PIPE     -----------------···············                DIGTRNCH     ······≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤···············                LAYPIPE      ····································≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤≤               ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ If you select FOLLOWS from the task menu, the task edit area is used to         display and modify prerequisite information for the current task.                                                                                               The tag menu tells you that LAYPIPE may not start until both GET PIPE and       DIGTRNCH are complete.  Information for each of these two tasks may be          displayed by moving the tag cursor along the list of prerequisites.             LAYPIPE  FOLLOWS:    GET PIPE DIGTRNCH                                                                                                                          If the cursor was on GET PIPE, you would see the tag and full name, the         estimated duration (ED), the early and late start and finish, plus, if          available, actual duration, start, and finish for the GET PIPE task.            GET PIPE obtain pipe                    ED  40  ES Mo15Sep86    EF Fr07Nov86    WORKING  AD     AS Mo15Sep86    AF              LS Mo15Sep86    LF Th04Dec86                                                                                    The FOLLOWS menu is used to add and remove prerequisites for the current task.  ADD    Use ADD to add another task to the list of prerequisites.                DELETE Use DELETE to remove the indicated task from the list (not the project). QUIT   returns to the task menu when you are finished.                         Press "P" for previous.   THE CURRENT TASK PRECEDES WHICH TASKS?                                                                                                 Assume LEADTIME is the current task.                                            LEADTIME     >>>>>>>>>··········································                MOVETO       ································                GET PIPE     ·········--                GET VALV     ·········--------------               ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ If you select PRECEDES from the task menu, the task edit are is used to display and modify a list of tasks that may not begin until LEADTIME is completed.      This list takes the form of a tag menu.  Move the tag cursor to see more        information for each of the tasks in the list.                                  LEADTIME PRECEDES:   GET VALV GET PIPE MOVETO                                                                                                                   If the tag cursor was on GET VALV, the following might be displayed:            GET VALV obtain valves                  ED  28  ES Mo15Sep86    EF Mo27Oct86    WORKING  AD     AS Th18Sep86    AF              LS Th18Sep86    LF Tu13Jan87                                                                                    The PRECEDES menu is used to add and remove tasks from the list.                ADD    Use ADD to tell PC-Project of another task that must wait until the             current task is complete to start.  Enter task tag when requested.       DELETE Use DELETE to remove indicated task from this tag menu.  DELETE                 isn't available if indicated task has already started.                   LOCATE is used to find off-screen items in the tag menu.  (Or just use arrows)  QUIT   returns you to the task menu.                                                                    THE RESOURCE SCREEN                Press "N" for next.                                                                                 The top line tells you the current task and the memory remaining.               RESOURCE       CURRENT TASK:  GET PIPE                            482168                                                                                        The resource worksheet gives use and cost figures for each resource.             RESOURCE           PEAK    PAY     PAY   DAYS       COST     TOTAL     TOTAL      TAG    CAPACITY   USE   AMOUNT PERIOD   LEFT      LEFT     DAYS       COST   ════════╤════════╤══════╤═════════╤═════╤════════╤══════════╤════════╤══════════ENGINEER│     1.0│   1.0│ 30000.00│YEAR │    86.4│      9942│   105.4│     12128LABORER │NO LIMIT│  14.0│     6.00│HOUR │  1008.0│     48384│  1122.0│     53856════════╧════════╧══════╧═════════╧═════╧════════╧══════════╧════════╧══════════One resource tag is highlighted.  This indicates the current resource.          Below the worksheet is the resource edit area.                                                                                                                  The project total line givest the amount spent on complete tasks and the        accuracy percentage for your estimate.  The amount spent so far is added to     the total cost left to give the total project cost.                             SPENT SO FAR        7658  /ESTIMATE  95% COST LEFT     91606     TOTAL     99264                                                                                Resource menu options typically operate on the current resource.                 USEDBY ADD CHANGE DELETE LOCATE MOVE REPORT POINT ZIP QUIT                                                                                                     The arrow keys move the resource cursor.  The slash brings up the menu.          , , or /menu                                                                 Press "P" for previous.     THE RESOURCE MENU                Press "N" for next                                                                                 When a project is started, the resource menu has 4 options.                                                                                                     ADD        Select ADD to add a new resource to the resource worksheet.  Enter              tag, name, capacity and wage.                                        POINT      Change money decimal point.  Choose from cents, dollars, or KDollars.ZIP        Return to the TASK screen.                                           QUIT       Return to the MAINTAIN menu.                                                                                                                         After the first resource is added, more options become available.                                                                                               USEDBY     The current resource is used by what tasks?  Use this option to                 find out which tasks use the current resource and to modify these               assignments.                                                         CHANGE     Use this option to modify the information entered when you ADDed                the resource.                                                        DELETE     This deletes the resource, as well as any task assignments and                  costs for the resource.  USE WITH CARE.                              LOCATE     Search for an off-screen resource by partial or full resource tag.   MOVE       Move a resource to another location on the resource worksheet.       REPORT     Create reports.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Press "P" for previous.     THE CURRENT RESOURCE                                                                                                                 RESOURCE           PEAK    PAY     PAY   DAYS       COST     TOTAL     TOTAL      TAG    CAPACITY   USE   AMOUNT PERIOD   LEFT      LEFT     DAYS       COST   ════════╤════════╤══════╤═════════╤═════╤════════╤══════════╤════════╤══════════LABORER │NO LIMIT│  14.0│     6.00│HOUR │  1008.0│     48384│  1122.0│     53856════════╧════════╧══════╧═════════╧═════╧════════╧══════════╧════════╧══════════LABORER  laborer                        CAP NO LIMIT  AMT      6.00   PRD  HOUR TIME SO FAR    114.0 COST SO FAR       5472  /ESTIMATE  95%                                                                                                     The user enters the following items when the resource is added or changed:      TAG         A short name used to identify a resource.  Here:  LABORER.          NAME        A longer name that appears in the resource edit area and on reports.CAPACITY    The number of the resource that are available for the project.      AMT and PRD The wage, salary or rental for the resource.                                                                                                        PC-Project calculates and displays the following additional items:              TIME SO FAR       COST SO FAR    Actual figures from completed tasks.           + DAYS LEFT       + COST LEFT    Calculated from your estimates.                ───────────       ───────────                                                   ┌TOTAL DAYS       ┌TOTAL COST    Actual numbers plus estimates of remaining.    │                 └Watch /ESTIMATE for accuracy of this estimate.               └In this case, laborer-days.  If schedule units differed, this legend would      have read TOTAL HOURS, weeks, or months.                                                                                                                                      THE CURRENT RESOURCE IS USED BY WHICH TASKS?                                                                                                     Assume LABORER is the current task.  If you select USEDBY from the resource     menu, the resource edit area is used to display and modify the task             assignments for the LABORER resource.                                                                                                                           The tags of the tasks using LABORERs appear on a tag menu.  The tag cursor      can be moved from task tag to task tag to show facts for each of the tasks.     A highlight at either end of the tag menu indicates off-screen tags.             LABORER  USED BY:    PREPVALV LAYPIPE  CUTSPEC  DIGTRNCH LAYOUT   MOVETO                                                                                       Additional information for the MOVETO task includes the full name of the task,  the number of LABORERs required for the task(RQ), the task status, and estimatedand actual cost and duration (EC, ED, AC, AD).  Also shown are important dates: early start (ES), late finish (LF), and actual start and finish (AS, AF).       If the task were not yet complete, actual amounts would not be shown.           move to site                   RQ   6.0  ES Mo15Sep86    AS Mo15Sep86   COMPLETEED  20  EC     5760  AD  19  AC     5472 AF Th09Oct86    LF Th09Oct86                                                                                           The usedby menu can be used to maintain these assignments.  Typically, you      would assign resources to tasks using USES (task menu), but this works as well. ADD      an existing task to this resource.  Enter task tag and number required.CHANGE   the number required for task indicated by tag cursor.                  DELETE   Take the current resource off the indicated task.  (Not a task delete) QUIT     or ESC sends you back to resource menu when you are finished.                              THE CALENDAR SCREEN                                                                                                                         Select NAME from the calendar menu to change the project name that appears on   reports.                                                                                                                                                        To change the work week, select WEEK from the calendar menu.  The cursor will   appear under one of the days of the week.  Move the cursor with the right and   left arrow keys.  If you work on a particular day, type an "X" under it,        otherwise, type a space.                                                                                                                                             WORK WEEK      Su  Mo  Tu  We  Th  Fr  Sa                                                           X   X   X   X   X                                                                                                                      Use the same procedure to adjust your DAILY work hours.                                                                                                         Select HOLIDAY to enter days off.  A new menu will appear and a cursor will     show up on the holiday list.  Move the cursor with the arrow keys.  Add a       holiday by selecting ADD from the menu.  Remove a holiday by selecting DELETE   from the menu.  Return to the calendar menu by selecting QUIT or by pressing    the ESC key.                                                                                                                                                    All calendar information stays in memory when a new project is created.  This   means that you are not required to enter the same holidays for every project.                                                                                                                                                                   