# Where Does Your Data Go? The Flow of Information Within Microsoft Project

Before information can flow within Microsoft Project, there must be an exchange of information between you and the Microsoft Project interface — what you see on your computer screen. Microsoft Project communicates with you through its interface: all the various charts, graphs, and sheets; the menus and toolbars that appear around the edges; and the dialog boxes that surface from time to time. You, in turn, use the interface to communicate with Microsoft Project.

Let’s take a closer look now behind the interface, at the inner mechanisms that store and act on your data after you enter it. Let’s suppose you have entered a task and assigned someone to work on it. (Don’t worry about how that’s done just now. The specifics on entering tasks and assigning resources are discussed in later chapters.)

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