You can reorganize the list of tasks or resources in your project by sorting or grouping the data. Sorting involves rearranging the rows of information. You can design a sort that uses up to three fields to sort by. For example, using a single field sort you might order the resource list by Resource Name to have an alphabetical list of your resources. Alternatively, you can use a multi-field sort to order the resource list first by Resource Group to display everyone from a particular department together, and then by Resource Name.
Grouping on the other hand, can both sort and summarize a list of task or resource information. With this powerful new feature in Project 2000, you can designate the groups you want to create. For instance, you can group a task list by Critical and Non-critical tasks and then group the list by Resource Group. An example of how a task list will appear when grouped this way is shown in Figure 12.11. The Critical tasks are listed first, grouped by Resource Group. You would scroll to see the Non-critical tasks and the Resource Groups associated with those tasks.