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Plan User Manual
Plan for Nokia 9XXX
User Guide
Version 3.00
Copyright © Twiddlebit Software 2004
All rights reserved.
Some of the names used within this manual and displayed by the software are registered
trademarks. Such names are acknowledged as trademarks even though they have not been
marked with the ® symbol.
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Page 1: User Guide
Plan User Manual Plan for Nokia 9XXX User Guide Version 3.00 Copyright © Twiddlebit Software 2004 All rights reserved. Some of the names used within this manual and displayed by the software are registered trademarks. Such names are acknowledged as trademarks even though they have not been marked with the ®... -
Page 2: About This Manual
Plan, any tasks dependent upon it will be recalculated automatically. Plan on a Nokia Communicator may be used as a stand-alone project planning tool or may be used in conjunction with PC based project planning tools such as Twiddlebit Plan for Windows or Microsoft Project. -
Page 3: Installation
Install Plan onto the Communicator using the SIS file, as described in 2 above. Within the ZIP file there is also a Microsoft Project to Plan converter for use with the Nokia 9210/9210i. This is supplied as a setup.exe program which is contained within the PlanCnv.zip. -
Page 4: Purchase Options
When registering using RegSoft by phone or fax you MUST quote the RegSoft Product ID shown below: Plan for Nokia 9XXX RegSoft Product ID: 40941 Purchase via Openbit License Manager If the version of Plan provided is integrated with the Openbit License manager an initial warning will be displayed when you start Plan for the first time. - Page 5 We cannot accept non-UK cheques at the above address. When registering via post it is important to state the following: Which product you are registering, i.e. “Plan for Nokia 9XXX”. If you have an e-mail address please quote this in order to receive the registration code via e-mail more quickly.
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Page 6: Project Planning
Plan User Manual PROJECT PLANNING Fundamental concepts Plan allows a project plan to be constructed from individual task components. Task and resource details are entered into the application along with dependencies between tasks. The application will then calculate the schedule for each task and the project as a whole. Each task within a project plan has the following key values: ... - Page 7 Plan User Manual Example Consider a task which is estimated to take two man days to complete, (one man day being the time between the start and end of a normal working day, set to 8.0 hours in this particular example).
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Page 8: Creating A New Resource
Plan User Manual FAST START TUTORIAL This section describes, by way of an example, how to use the main features within Plan. It includes an example of creating a plan, adding resources and tasks, and updating tasks. Plan has many features and it is not possible to describe all of these features within a short section such as this. -
Page 9: Creating Tasks
Plan User Manual Creating tasks Now enter a new task. From the “View > Change view” menu select the “Task List” menu option. Press the enter key, or select the “New Task” key next to the screen. A dialog will appear prompting for the task details. - Page 10 Communicator version of Plan. Optional Nokia PC Suite Plug-in Twiddlebit provide an optional PC based converter. This converter integrates with the Nokia PC Suite 2.11 for 9210/9210i. Using this, Microsoft Project MPP, MPD and MPX files can Page 10 of 22...
- Page 11 Plan User Manual be converted automatically when dragged/dropped to the Communicator via Windows Explorer. Note: The Nokia PC Suite 2.11 and the above converter are only compatible with the 9210/9210i, not the 9300 or 9500. MPX file format Plan on the Communicator can also directly read and write Microsoft Project MPX files. To create an MPX file use the “File >...
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Page 12: Key Features
Plan User Manual KEY FEATURES Plan has the following key features: A separate file for each project plan with either plan specific or a shared resource file. Any number of tasks may be entered (subject to available memory), each having the following details: ... - Page 13 Plan User Manual flexible repeating work shift pattern, e.g. standard start/end work hours Mon-Fri repeating every 7 days override work hours for any day set holidays on a per day basis text1 - text5 fields number1 - number5 fields ...
- Page 14 Plan User Manual VIEWS Plan supports the following views, all accessible from the “View > Change view” menu option: Task list Gantt view Resource list Holidays The first two views show tasks using different display formats. The resource view shows the list of resource available.
- Page 15 Plan User Manual cursor keys to scroll the display a page at a time. Use the left and right cursor keys to scroll the view left and right. The task description will be indented to indicate the level of a task in the hierarchy of summary and sub-tasks (see “Summary and sub-tasks”...
- Page 16 Plan User Manual Charge/use. The fixed cost of the resource for each resource assignment. This is a one off cost per task the resource is assigned to regardless of task duration. Text1 – Text5. Freeform text associated with the resource ...
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Page 17: Editing Tasks
Plan User Manual TASKS Editing tasks To create a new task position the highlighted area at the bottom of the task list or Gantt chart view and press enter, or use shift-enter to insert a new task above the current position in any of the task based views. - Page 18 Plan User Manual Target. This value is shown for reference and cannot be altered. It shows how much of the task should be complete at the current point in time for comparison against the “Actual % done” field. Actual % done. This field shows the actual percentage of the task completed. Note that “Tracking”...
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Page 19: Sorting Tasks
Plan User Manual Sorting tasks The “Plan > Sort tasks…” menu option may be used to sort the tasks in the task and gantt views by given task fields. Baselines (saved work/start/end date) Each task has a saved work/start/end date. This can be used to store a baseline for the task. A baseline records the calculated work/start/end date at a particular point of a project plans life. - Page 20 Plan User Manual RESOURCES Plan allows any number of resources to be created, subject to available memory. Each resource has a repeating pattern of work hours. Normally this pattern repeats weekly, but any pattern can be defined with a given number of days for each cycle in the pattern. Holidays and work hours for individual days can be overridden for each resource as required.
- Page 21 Plan User Manual Notes: User notes. Freeform note associated with the resource. Page 21 of 22...
- Page 22 Plan User Manual CALCULATION SETTINGS AND PREFERENCES Calculation/Storage Settings Calculation. May be set to “Automatic” or “Manual”. With the automatic setting whenever a change is made all effected tasks are recalculated. With the manual option the “Plan > Recalculate all” menu option must be used to recalculate all tasks when needed. ...