wb stool 8 quick guide
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Wb Stool 8 Quick GuideTRANSCRIPT
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Inhalt
WBStool 8 Standard .............................................................................................................................................................................................................4
WBS – Gantt – Elements ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Work Breakdown Structure ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
WBS – Numbering .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
WBS – Subelements Horizontal .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Show Partial Tree .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Product Breakdown Structure .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Gantt Chart ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Mouse Snap to Days or Weeks ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Predecessor/Follower ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Forward Scheduling .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Backward Scheduling ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Critical Path....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Effort & Cost ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Resources ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Copy, Save and Print Plans as Images ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Document Management .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Import from txt-File .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Export to Excel .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Microsoft Project Export/Import ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Design & Colors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
WBStool 8 Steering ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Baseline ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Controlling – Started/Finished ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Controlling – Actual Effort & Cost .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Controlling – Plan vs. Actual Effort & Cost ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Controlling – Schedule ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
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Earned Value..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36
WBStool 8 Enterprise ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Multi Project Management .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38
General .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Collapse/Expand Levels .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Import from WBStool7 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Help................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
License Key & Updates ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Shortcuts ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Documentation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Technical Specifications .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Logos ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Contact ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 54
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WBStool 8 Standard
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WBS – Gantt – Elements
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Turn on/off WBS, Gantt and element properties area
Manage WBS elements
WBS settings
Gantt settings
Cost definitions
General settings
(Double click): detailed description of WBS elements
Element properties
(Double click): rename WBS element
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Work Breakdown Structure
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WBS – Numbering
1, 1.1, 2.1, …
1, 2, 3, 1.1, 1.2, …
A, B, C, A.1, B.1, …
Including project number
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WBS – Subelements Horizontal
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Show Partial Tree
Right
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Product Breakdown Structure
Save your product breakdown structure as separate file
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Gantt Chart
Select the scale for the Gantt chart
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Mouse Snap to Days or Weeks
Select whether mouse moves day by day or week by week on the screen (project data is not affected)
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Predecessor/Follower
Establish dependency: click on a work package or milestone, then ctrl-click on its desired follower Remove dependency: click on the predecessor, then ctrl-click the follower
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Forward Scheduling
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Backward Scheduling
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Critical Path
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Effort & Cost
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Resources
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Copy, Save and Print Plans as Images
Show only WBS or Gantt chart
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Document Management
Select a directory from the file system per specific WBS element
“Docs”: Open the documents overview
Double-click on any directory or file/document in the list in order to open it
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Import from txt-File
Edit WBS in texteditor, use blank indents for structure
Open project…
Select file format “TXT (*.txt)” and open file
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Export to Excel
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Microsoft Project Export/Import
(A) Import a project from MS Project into WBStool 8 once and then work
with WBStool 8
(B) Construct WBS in WBStool 8 – Export WBS to MS Project – Work with
MS Project as leading system for scheduling, resources, etc. – Show
progress in WBS in WBStool 8 periodically
Imported/exported MS Project fields:
"Task"
"Name"
"Contact"
"OutlineLevel"
"Start"
"Finish"
"Milestone"
"PercentComplete"
"PercentWorkComplete"
"Notes"
WBStool 8 MS Project
MS Project
MS Project
MS Project
WBStool 8
WBStool 8
WBStool 8
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MS Project WBStool 8 (A)
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• Open and save projects using file-format “Microsoft Project (*.xml)”
• In MS Project also open and save using file-format *.xml
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Design & Colors
• Menu „Options“ - define colors for objects, fonts and lines; your personal settings are then stored in each project
• Menu „Options/Reset design”“ – reset all colors to standard colors
• Menu „Options/Save design”“ – save your actual color-settings to file “WBStool8Design.dat”
• Menu „Options/Restore design”“ – load color-settings from file “WBStool8Design.dat”
• After saving your color-settings in the file you can give them – e.g. as company standard – to other users (by giving file “WBStool8Design.dat” in your
installation directory of WBStool 8 to other users)
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WBStool 8 Steering
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Baseline
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Controlling – Started/Finished
• Menu „Controlling“ – set elements to started or finished
• Shortcut: “space”
• Element context-menu (right mouse-click)
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Controlling – Actual Effort & Cost
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Controlling – Plan vs. Actual Effort & Cost
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Controlling – Schedule
Tab “Controlling”: Save baseline at the beginning of the project You can save one baseline per day for keeping changed plans
Adapt plans and by that show plan vs. actual
Select the baseline your actual comparison refers to – see: “Baseline”
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Earned Value
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WBStool 8 Enterprise
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Multi Project Management
Create a directory for all your projects and group your projects by sub-directories:
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Sub-group your projects by sub-directories in the sub-directories:
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Save each project in the corresponding sub-directory:
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Open portfolio and select the projects directory (or any sub-directory):
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The project portfolio is shown as tree – with your projects grouped by the structure of your directories in the file system:
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Double-click on an element: either the subdirectory opens, or the project opens in READ-ONLY mode:
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General
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Collapse/Expand Levels
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Import from WBStool7
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Help
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License Key & Updates
Request a trial-key
Validate your license key for WBStool 8
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Shortcuts
Ins Insert new next element
Ctrl-Ins Insert new sub element
Del, Backspace Delete element
F1 Help, License-Key & About
F2, Return Rename element
Ctrl-N New project
Ctrl-O Open project
Ctrl-S Save project
T Open element description
D Open document path of an element
R Define resources for selected element
Space Set to started/finished/planned
Tab Show partial tree
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Documentation
Documentation WBStool 8 Quick Guide
Installation Guide Installation Guide
Releaseplan Releaseplan
2014-04-22 4.5.0.15 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_15.pdf)
2014-04-14 4.5.0.14 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_14.pdf)
2014-04-07 4.5.0.13 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_13.pdf)
2014-03-31 4.5.0.12 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_12.pdf)
2014-03-23 4.5.0.11 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_11.pdf)
2014-03-17 4.5.0.10 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_10.pdf)
2014-03-13 4.5.0.7 (WhatIsNew_4_5_0_7.pdf)
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Technical Specifications
Programming language C#
Operating systems Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 + 8.1
.net Versions 4.5
Size (1 exe, 5 dll’s, 33 icons/images) 404 KB
Lines of code 10.680
Classes 92
Architecture MVVM
Errors now / errors June 2014 1 per 500 / 1 per 10.000 lines of code
Installation time 2s
Actual version 4.5.0.15 – 2014-04-22
Maximum of WBS elements per project 2.147.483.647
Maximum of levels per project 2.147.483.647
Baseline / plan versions 1 per day
Smallest / largest elapsed time 1 calendar day / approx. 100 years
Smallest / largest unit of work any / any
Smallest / largest unit of cost any / any
Special thanks to Anders Hejlsberg and John Gossman for their contributions to the software industry.
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Logos
Please use an appropriate logo/image from this list when you refer to WBStool 8 in a document or presentation: 16 x 16
32 x 32
32 x 177
48 x 48
256 x 256
SplashScreen
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Contact
www.wbstool8.com