From the course: Learning Microsoft Project for the Web (Planner Web App)
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Setting priority levels
From the course: Learning Microsoft Project for the Web (Planner Web App)
Setting priority levels
- [Instructor] Being able to call attention to which tasks are mission critical is a fundamental feature for managing projects. In our example if I forgot to submit drawings from our registered architect to the city planner, our project may potentially not be approved for possibly up to a year. With each task, and optionally each phase, you have four different priority levels to pick from. A fast way to set priority levels is with a priority column. Medium is the default. I typically tell my team that this is an average priority task, which means it will be required to complete our project, but it may not be the most important item at this time. Now, when you decide to change priority levels, there is a dropdown list. It is logically ordered, not alphabetically ordered, which makes sense because the most important item should be at the very top. What I typically do is explain to my team how these should be used. So…
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