Book description
Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.
- Get a project management primer. Discover what it takes to handle a project successfully
- Learn the program inside out. Get step-by-step instructions for Project Standard and Project Professional
- Build and refine your plan. Put together your team, schedule, and budget
- Achieve the results you want. Build realistic schedules, and learn how to keep costs under control
- Track your progress. Measure your performance, make course corrections, and manage changes
- Use Project's power tools. Customize Project's features and views, and transfer info directly between Project and other programs
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Table of contents
- Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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One. Project Management: The Missing Manual
- 1. Projects: In the Beginning
- 2. Planning a Project
- 3. Taking Microsoft Project for a Test Drive
- 4. Breaking Work into Task-Sized Chunks
- 5. Estimating Task Work and Duration
- 6. Setting Up a Project Schedule
- 7. Making a Schedule Thatâs Easy to Maintain
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Two. Project Planning: More Than Creating a Schedule
- 8. Building a Team for Your Project
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9. Connecting Resources to Tasks
- Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
- Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
- Understanding Duration, Work, and Units
- Modifying Resource Assignments
- Adding and Removing Resources from Tasks
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10. Does the Schedule Work?
- Making Sure Tasks Are Set Up Correctly
- Defining Work Schedules with Calendars
- Task Inspector: Help with Schedule Problems
- Building Reality into Assignments
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Balancing Workloads
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Finding Resource Over- and Under-Allocations
- Finding overallocated resources in the Resource Sheet
- Finding overallocations with the Team Planner
- Finding overallocations with the Resource Graph
- Viewing assignments with the Resource Usage view
- Viewing and leveling assignments in the Resource Allocation view
- Getting hard copies of allocation reports
- Adjusting Assignments to Correct Allocations
- Leveling Assignments
- Prioritizing Projects and Tasks
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Finding Resource Over- and Under-Allocations
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11. Setting Up a Project Budget
- Putting a Price Tag on Your Project
- Incorporating Resource Costs
- Preparing for Cost Calculations
- Reviewing Cost Information
- Comparing Costs to Your Budget
- Reducing Project Costs
- Setting the Project Fiscal Year
- Assigning Accounting Codes
- 12. Refining a Project Schedule
- 13. Saving the Project Plan
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Three. Projects in Action
- 14. Tracking Progress
- 15. Evaluating Project Performance
- 16. Managing Change
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17. Reporting on Projects
- An Overview of Projectâs Reports
- Text-Based Reports
- Working with Visual Reports
- Printing Views to Report Project Information
- 18. Closing a Project
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Four. Project Power Tools
- 19. Working on Multiple Projects
- 20. Exchanging Data Between Programs
- 21. Linking and Embedding
- 22. Project on the Internet
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Five. Customizing Project
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23. Viewing What You Want
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Creating Your Own View
- Modifying Basic View Contents
- Creating a New View
- Changing the Looks of a Gantt Chart View
- Customizing the Timescale
- Changing a Usage Viewâs Appearance
- Customizing the Timeline
- Customizing the Team Planner View
- Customizing the Resource Graph
- Modifying a Network Diagram
- Customizing the Calendar View
- Changing Tables
- Changing the Way Text Looks
- Filtering Through Information
- Grouping Project Elements
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Creating Your Own View
- 24. Defining Your Own Fields
- 25. Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
- 26. Reusable Project: Templates
- 27. Saving Time with Macros
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23. Viewing What You Want
- Six. Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449394165
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