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Session Title:  Designing with Project’s new manual scheduling type
Speaker(s), Company:  Sam Huffman , The Versatile Company
Track:  Product Session
Session Code:  PC347
Presented By:  Instructor Led Lab
Level:  300
Audience: 
Product(s):  Project
Solution:  Scheduling
Abstract: 
This session will look at options and techniques for entering the initial project design and includes but is not limited to:
a.      Top down design.
b.      Schedule options affecting Project’s behavior when sequencing, converting to automatic scheduling.
c.       Inactivate: a cool new tool for analysis. (When it’s used correctly.)
d.      Analyzing schedule and planning issues with Project’s new Task Inspector.
e.      Usage techniques since the release of 2010.
Key Learning Objectives: 
After attending the session the attendee should: 1) understand the concept of top down design. 2) Select options that best reflect their needs in their organization's project management environment. 3) Understand the new Inactivate feature. 4) Analyze and correct errors using the Task Inspector.
Proposed Demos:  Illustration of the new "Manual Scheduling" features:
1) Top Down design
2) Options and their effect on Manual Scheduling
3) The new Inactivate feature with usage caveats
4) Warnings and corrections offered in the Task Inspector.