A project overview summarizes information about the entire project and its major phases. For example, a project overview might include the total cost of the project but not the costs of individual tasks. Print a project overview for people who require summary information and don’t have the time or need to read through the details. Your manager, for instance, may want only project overviews.
| To print | Use |
|---|---|
| Task and resource counts, project cost, total amount of work, and project start and finish dates | Project Summary report (in Overview reports) |
| Highest-level summary task list, with scheduled start and finish dates, percent completed, cost, and work hours required | Top-Level Tasks report (in Overview reports) |
| Project phase list (all summary tasks) with durations and the chart portion of the Gantt Chart view | Gantt Chart view, with Entry table and Summary Tasks filter |
| Milestone task list sorted by start date | Milestones report (in Overview reports) |
| Scheduled working and nonworking time | Working Days report (in Overview reports) |