Summary

Reports are supremely important for projects. The project manager should communicate that the project is in safe hands to all the stakeholders of the project, from the top to the bottom of the corporate totem pole. Reports can help negotiate valuable resources for your team and help influence important project decisions.

In this chapter, we have seen a wide spectrum of reporting options from Project. Closest to the level of the actual schedule is the View-Table reports, which are printed directly from customized views. At a higher level is a slew of attractive predesigned graphical reports. Finally, for larger projects with number-crunching abilities are visual reports. We have seen all of these reports function for the same project exercise schedule, without any major tweaking required. You have learned how to use the right report for the right situation. With the conclusion of this chapter, we also end the current section of this book focused on the monitoring and control...