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Covers key metrics and earned value terms such as AC, ACWP, BAC, BCWS, and BCWP; scheduling approaches including ASAP and ALAP with constraints; resource management via dialogs like Assign Resources; baseline and progress comparison workflows; and reporting dashboards such as Burndown plus visual report categories. 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333  \nactual cost (AC), 243  \nactual cost of work performed (ACWP), 333 adaptive approach, 9  \nAdd Tasks to Timeline dialog box, 331, 332 agile approach, 9  \nAgile Manifesto, 8–9  \nAgile project management, 8–9, 333 Agile Project Management For Dummies  \n(Layton), 299  \nALAP (as late as possible), 333  \nAlt+End, 95  \nAlt+Home, 95  \nAlt+left arrow, 95  \nAlt+Page Down, 95  \nAlt+Page Up, 95  \nAlt+right arrow, 95  \nAlt+Shift+ -, to hide subtasks, 48 Alt+Shift+*, to show subtasks, 48 Alt+Shift+hyphen, to hide subtask, 330 Alt+Shift+plus sign, to show subtasks, 330 Always Toll Up Gantt Bars, as option in  \nGantt Chart view, 199  \nanalogous estimating, 73, 333  \nas late as possible (ALAP), 333  \nAs Late As Possible constraint, 77  \nas soon as possible (ASAP), 333  \nAs Soon As Possible constraint, 77 Assign Resources dialog box, 141, 142,  \n144–145, 328  \nAssignment Summary, as category of visual reports, 270  \nAssignment Usage, as category of visual reports, 270  \nAutoFilter  \nputting it to work, 163–166  \nusing check boxes with, 164  \nautomatic scheduling, versus manual scheduling, 34–37  \nauto-scheduled tasks defined, 333  \nspecifying remaining durations for, 226–227  \navailability (of resources) estimating and setting of, 113–114 management of, 113–116  \ntime periods and units of, 115–116  \nB  \nBAC (budget at completion), 243, 333 Backlog, as filter specific to Sprints  \nProjects, 300  \nbacklog, defined, 293, 333  \nBacklog Board (Sprints Project), 293, 294  \nBacklog sheet (Sprints Project), 293, 294 Backlog table, 300  \nBackstage Print view, 279  \nBackstage view, 17, 333  \nBar Height, as option in Gantt Chart view, 199  \nBar Styles dialog box, 192  \nbase calendars, as one of four types of calendars, 122  \nbaseline  \nversus actual progress, 236  \nall about, 208–212  \nas benchmark, 207  \nclearing and resetting of, 211–212  \ncopy settings from saved one to interim plan, 214  \ndefined, 208, 333  \nas eventually becoming obsolete, 213 key data in, 208  \nmultiple ones, 210–211  \nprinting of, 250–251  \nrole of, 250  \nsaving more than one, 210  \nsaving of, 208–210  \nsetting of, 209  \nviewing multiple ones, 250  \nbaseline cost, 166, 213, 241, 243, 333  \nBaseline for Earned Value Calculation drop-down list, 245  \nbaseline plan, 150  \nBCWP (budgeted cost of work performed), 334  \nBCWS (budgeted cost of work scheduled), 334  \nBoards-Task Status report, 303, 305  \nBoards-Work Status report, 304, 305 booking type, 186, 334  \nbottom line, everything as filtering to, 161–167  \nBox Layout, as option in Network Diagram view, 199  \nBox Styles dialog box, 99  \nbudget at completion (BAC), 243, 333 budgeted cost of work performed  \n(BCWP), 334  \nbudgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS), 334  \nBuffer task, 109  \nBurndown, as standard dashboard report, 267, 268, 334  \nC  \nCalculate Multiple Critical Paths check box, 246, 247  \nCalculate Options for This Project, 247 Calculate Project After Each 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