Microsoft Office Project for Mere Mortals®: Solving the Mysteries of Microsoft Office Project

Chapter 1. Introducing Microsoft Office Project

	I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
	--Abraham Lincoln

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• Using Project Rather Than a Spreadsheet or Text File

• Using Project Effectively

• Project Management Processes Create Success

• What Is Effort-Based Scheduling?

• What Is Duration-Based Scheduling?

• Summary

• Case Study: Preparing for Virtually Nostalgia’s Web Site and Catalog Launch Event (VNLE)

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So what do you need to know to use Microsoft Office Project™ (called Project throughout the rest of the book)? Perhaps you have never used it at all, used it casually, or had some training and didn’t quite understand everything, especially when you got back to the ...