Plan User Manual
INTRODUCTION
About this manual
This manual describes how to use the Twiddlebit Plan project planning tool. This manual is specific to Plan running on the Nokia Series 9XXX Communicator (9210, 9210i, 9300 or 9500).
The section “Project planning” describes key concepts used throughout this manual and should be read before the rest of the manual. Plan is easy to use, provided that the fundamental concepts are understood. This manual should be sufficient in order to use Plan, however if you are unfamiliar with project planning in general then you may wish to read one of the many books available on the subject.
The “Fast start tutorial” section describes the main features of Plan and provides a quick method of getting up to speed with Plan. The rest of the manual contains detailed information on all of the features of Plan.
Screenshots shown within this manual are from Plan running on a Nokia 9500.
What is Plan?
Plan is a project planning tool designed for use on a range of handheld and desktop computers. It allows an initial project plan to be created and refined and subsequently, when the project is underway, provides facilities for tracking progress.
A project consists of a set of resources, (individuals/groups) who are assigned to specific tasks within the project. The project is split into a number of separate tasks. Each task has a start and end date, an amount of work, and a number of assigned resources. Dependencies may be set between tasks, indicating that a task cannot start until another finishes. In this way if one task is updated within Plan, any tasks dependent upon it will be recalculated automatically.
Plan on a Nokia Communicator may be used as a
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