Nokia 9XXX manual

Plan User Manual Page 1 of 1 Plan for No ki a 9 X X X Use r Guide Version 3. 00 Copyright © Twiddl ebit Sof tware 2004 All rights reserved. Some of the na mes use d within this manual and displa yed by the soft ware are registe red tradema rks. Suc h na mes are a cknowle dged as tradema rks e ven though the y have not bee n marked with the ® symb[...]

Plan User Manual Page 2 of 2 INTRODUCTION About this manual This ma nual de scribes how to use the Twiddle bit Plan proje ct pl anning tool. T his ma nual is speci fic to Plan running on t he Nokia Seri es 9XXX C ommunic ator (9210 , 9 210i, 9300 or 9500). The s ection “Proje ct pla nning” describe s key conce pts used throughout this ma nual a[...]

Plan User Manual Page 3 of 3 Insta llation Plan ma y be supplied in various forms: 1. Pre-installed on an MM C. In this case sim ply insert t he M MC i nto the Commu nicator and Pla n should appe ar as a new applica tion. It w ill appe ar a s an icon eithe r in the Extras or Desk group. 2. As a SIS file . Use the sta ndard m echani sm f or insta ll[...]

Plan User Manual Page 4 of 4 Purchase Options Plan is sharewa re, which means that if you cont inue to use it you s hould regist er with Twiddlebit . The soft ware m ay be free ly distribute d provided a ll files in the p ackage a re included. The f reely availabl e trial version is fully f unctional but will be limite d in one of two ways: 1. A ma[...]

Plan User Manual Page 5 of 5 Twiddlebit Software, 23 W orceste r Avenue, Hardwick, Cambridgeshire . CB3 7X G. U.K. We cannot acc ept no n-UK cheque s a t the above a ddress. If n ecessa ry, we can acc ept ca sh via post (£15 or US$25). When registering via post it is importa nt to state the following: • Which product you are registering, i.e. ?[...]

Plan User Manual Page 6 of 6 PROJECT PLANNING Fundamental con cepts Plan all ows a proj ect plan to be const ructed from in dividual ta sk c omponents . Ta sk and resource deta ils a re en tered i nto the a pplicati on a long with dep endenc ies betwee n tas ks. T he applica tion will then ca lcula te the sc hedule for each task and the proj ec t a[...]

Plan User Manual Page 7 of 7 Example Consider a t ask whic h is e stima ted to take two man days to comple te, (one man da y being the time betwee n the start and end of a normal working da y, set to 8. 0 hours in this pa rticula r example ). A resou rce is assigned to the ta sk where the resource has the f ollowing attribute s: • Works f rom 8: [...]

Plan User Manual Page 8 of 8 FAST START TUTORIAL This se ction describe s, by way of an exam ple, how t o use t he m ain feat ures withi n Plan . It includes an exa mple of c reating a pla n, a dding resource s a nd ta sks, and up dating ta sks. Plan ha s ma ny fea tures and it is not possibl e t o descri be a ll of the se f eatures within a short [...]

Plan User Manual Page 9 of 9 Creating tasks Now ente r a new t ask. From the “Vie w > Change vie w” me nu sele ct the “Task List” m enu option. Press the ente r ke y, or s elect the “New Task” key ne xt to the screen. A dialog will app ear prompting for the task details . Enter t he values as shown: • Descript ion: Task 1 • Total[...]

Plan User Manual Page 10 o f 10 Summary tasks Now ente r a summa ry task for ta sks 1 and 2. Ensure tha t ta sk 1 is current a nd pres s shif t-enter to in sert a new task. The ente r key edi ts the current t ask, or cre ate s a new task if no task is c urrent, and s hift-e nter inse rts a new task immedi ately a bove the current task. Set the desc[...]

Plan User Manual Page 11 o f 11 be c onverted automatic ally whe n dragged/dropped to the Co mmunica tor via Windows Explorer. Note: The Nokia PC Suite 2. 11 a nd the above converter are only compat ible with the 9210/9210i, not the 9300 or 9500. MPX file for mat Plan on the Communic ator can also di rectly re ad and write Mic rosoft Proj ect MPX f[...]

Plan User Manual Page 12 o f 12 KEY FEATURES Plan ha s the fol lowing key fe atures: • A sepa rate file for each proje ct plan with e ither pla n s pecif ic or a s hared resource file . • Any number of ta sks ma y be entered (subj ect to a vailable memory), eac h ha ving the following de tails: • task name/de scription • start da te a nd t [...]

Plan User Manual Page 13 o f 13 • flex ible repe ati ng work shift pat tern, e.g. standa rd start/ end work hours Mon-Fri repeati ng every 7 d ays • override work hours f or any day • set holidays on a p er day basis • text1 - text 5 fi elds • number1 - number5 fiel ds • A Gantt ch art view. • Sorting of t asks by a numbe r of attri b[...]

Plan User Manual Page 14 o f 14 VIEWS Plan support s the foll owing views, all a cce ssible from the “View > Change view” menu option: • Task list • Gantt vie w • Resource list • Holidays The f irst two views show tas ks using di fferent displa y forma ts. The resource view shows the list of resourc e available . The holida y view s [...]

Plan User Manual Page 15 o f 15 cursor ke ys to sc roll the disp lay a page a t a time . Use the lef t and right curs or keys to sc roll the vie w le ft a nd right. The ta sk de scription will be i ndented to indic ate the level of a ta sk in the hierarc hy of summary and sub-tas ks (see “Summa ry and sub-tasks” sect ion of thi s manua l). Use [...]

Plan User Manual Page 16 o f 16 • Charge/use. The fixe d cos t of the resource for each resourc e a ssignment. This is a one off cost per ta sk the res ource is ass igned to regardless of ta sk d uration. • Text1 – Te xt5. Free form t ext a ssociat ed wit h the resourc e • Numb er1 – Number5. Freef orm values associ ate d with the re sour[...]

Plan User Manual Page 17 o f 17 TASKS Editing tasks To crea te a new ta sk posi tion the highlighted area at t he bot tom of th e tas k list or Gant t c hart view and press ente r, or use shif t-ente r to insert a n ew ta sk above the current po sition i n any of t he ta sk ba sed vie ws. Pressing enter with the curs or positione d on an existing t[...]

Plan User Manual Page 18 o f 18 • Targe t. This value is sho wn for re feren ce and c annot be a ltere d. It shows how much of the ta sk shoul d be com plete at t he c urrent point in time for compa rison agains t the “Actua l % do ne” field. • Actual % done. This fi eld shows t he a ctual percenta ge of the task compl eted. Note that “Tr[...]

Plan User Manual Page 19 o f 19 Sorting tasks The “Pla n > Sort tasks …” m enu opt ion may be use d to sort the ta sks in the task and gantt views by given ta sk f ields. Baseli nes (sa ved w o rk/start/e nd date) Each t ask has a save d work/start /end date. This can be us ed t o store a baseli ne for the task. A basel ine rec ords the ca[...]

Plan User Manual Page 20 o f 20 RESOURCES Plan all ows any number of re sources t o be cre ated, subj ect to a vailable me mory. Ea ch resource has a re peati ng patte rn of w ork hours. Normal ly this pa ttern repeats wee kly, but any pattern can be define d with a given number of da ys for eac h cycle in the pattern. Holida ys and work hours f or[...]

Plan User Manual Page 21 o f 21 Notes: • User notes . Freeform note associa ted with t he re source.[...]

Plan User Manual Page 22 o f 22 CALCULATION SETT INGS AND PREFERENCES Calcula tion/Stor age Se ttings • Calculation. May be set to “ Automati c” or “Manu al”. Wi th the au tomatic sett ing whenever a c hange is ma de all effe cted tasks are recal culated . With the manua l option the “Plan > Rec alcula te a ll” menu option must be [...]