Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes)

Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with Basecamp.

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

•   Choose the right subscription plan for your needs
•   Get started fast with collaborative project management
•   Customize your Basecamp workspace
•   Efficiently manage people, companies, and permissions
•   Define, populate, search, and manage projects
•   Enter and track milestones, “To Do” lists, and scheduling information
•   Use iCalendar and integrate with your company’s other calendar tools
•   Post messages and share files
•   Collaborate with Basecamp’s Writeboard, Chat, and RSS tools
•   Quickly view project activity on the Dashboard
•   Simplify access with 37signals ID and Launchpad
•   Extend Basecamp with reporting, charting, billing, and accounting
•   Integrate Basecamp with the iPhone and other smartphones

Basecamp is a popular online project management tool with more than 3,000,000 users. Its customers include leading companies such as USA Today, National Geographic, the World Bank, Continental Airlines, and Kellogg's, as well as thousands of smaller businesses. Recent industry analyst reports by Forrester and IDC predict that online collaboration tools and software as a service (SaaS) applications are in a growth phase projected to continue through 2009 and beyond. Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily master Basecamp. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes will provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format.

Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a business technology expert and author of 30 books who has been featured on MSN, AOL, CNN, Inc., CareerBuilder, Fox News, and other media outlets around the world. She specializes in teaching others to maximize the power of new technologies such as social media and online collaboration to manage and grow their businesses. Patrice has extensive project management experience, managing large, global projects for leading Silicon Valley technology firms. She can be reached through her website at www.patricerutledge.com

Chapter 2 - Customizing Your Basecamp Workspace

Chapter 3 - Working with Projects

Chapter 4 - Dealing with People and Permissions

Chapter 5 - Entering and Tracking To-Dos

Chapter 6 - Working with To-Do List Templates

Chapter 7 - Entering and Tracking Milestones

Chapter 8 - Working with iCalendar

Chapter 9 - Posting and Sharing Messages

Chapter 10 - Sharing Files

Chapter 11 -Tracking and Managing Time

Chapter 12 - Collaborating with the Writeboard

Chapter 13 - Working with Chat Functionality

Chapter 14 - Working with RSS Feeds

Chapter 15 - Managing Your Account

Chapter 16 - Extending Basecamp with Mobile Applications

Chapter 17 - Extending Basecamp with Billing and Accounting Applications

Chapter 18 - More Ways to Extend Basecamp