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This document discusses how to check the duration, cost, work, and statistics of a plan in MS Project. It explains that the duration, start date, and finish date can be seen in the Gantt chart view and by looking at the project summary task. It also describes how to check the cost by viewing the cost table, check the work by viewing the resource overview report, and check statistics by viewing the project information statistics.

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MS Project - Plan Duration Cost & Time - Tutorialspoint

This document discusses how to check the duration, cost, work, and statistics of a plan in MS Project. It explains that the duration, start date, and finish date can be seen in the Gantt chart view and by looking at the project summary task. It also describes how to check the cost by viewing the cost table, check the work by viewing the resource overview report, and check statistics by viewing the project information statistics.

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MS Project - Plan Duration Cost & Time

After assigning resources to tasks you can view the cost, duration and work required for the plan to
complete.

Check Plan’s Duration

In Gantt Chart View → View Tab → Split View group → Timeline checkbox.

You will be able to see the plan’s start and finish dates.
In the Gantt Chart view, you can also look at the project summary task, to note the duration, start and
finish dates of the plan.
In the following example, Assign Resources is the project summary task (identified as Task 0).
Duration=53 days, Start date: 1/5/15 and Finish Date: 3/19/15.
One can switch Project Summary Task on by following these steps −

In Gantt Chart View → Format Tab → Show/Hide → To check Project Summary Task on.

Check Plan’s Cost

Click View tab → Data group → Tables → Cost.

Cost for each task gets rolled up into summary tasks, and then ultimately to project summary task.

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Check Plan’s Work

Click Report Tab → View Reports group → click Resources → click Resource overview

In Resource status table which appears at the bottom, you will get a summary of resource’s earliest
start dates and latest finish dates as well as remaining work.

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Check Project Statistics

Click Project Tab → Properties group → Project Information → in


the new dialog box click Statistics…

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