Synopses & Reviews
Learn best practices and proven methods from project management pros -- and apply these newfound skills with Microsoft® Project 2010. In this practical guide, project management expert Bonnie Biafore shows you how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, shares the real-world experiences of project managers in several industries, and shows you how to put the best practices and hard-won lessons of experts to work using powerful Project 2010 tools.
- Work effectively with project stakeholders, management, and team members
- Define scope, objectives, and deliverables
- Estimate work, choose resources, build project schedules, and track progress
- Accurately estimate project costs and work with a budget
- Identify and manage project changes and risks
- Balance project variables without sacrificing quality
- Document project history and lessons-learned to help improve future projects
Synopsis
Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to manage your projects with Project 2010. With Step By Step, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Topics include building a project plan and fine-tuning the details; scheduling tasks, assigning resources, and managing dependencies; monitoring progress and costs; keeping projects on track; communicating project data through Gantt charts and other views.
About the Author
Carl is a principal content project manager at Microsoft. In this role Carl oversees development of assistance material, UI text and web content for a variety of V.1 products and services. Carl also teaches software user assistance in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. Carl is a graduate of the Master's program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute. Carl blogs regularly about Project, project management and knowledge worker teams at www.projhugger.com.
Tim's first connection with Project began as a product support professional at Microsoft, starting with Project 3.0. Later Tim worked in the Project user assistance team, where he brought his first-hand knowledge of Project customers' issues to new learning solutions for Project. Tim remains involved in the computer industry and continues to look for ways to help customers better understand and use their computer applications.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroducing Microsoft Project 2010Modifying the Display of the RibbonFeatures and Conventions of This BookUsing the Practice FilesGetting HelpSimple Scheduling
- Chapter 1: A Guided Tour of Project
- Chapter 2: Creating a Task List
- Chapter 3: Setting Up Resources
- Chapter 4: Assigning Resources to Tasks
- Chapter 5: Formatting and Sharing Your Plan
- Chapter 6: Tracking Progress on Tasks
Advanced Scheduling
- Chapter 7: Fine-Tuning Task Details
- Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Resource Details
- Chapter 9: Fine-Tuning Assignment Details
- Chapter 10: Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
- Chapter 11: Organizing Project Details
- Chapter 12: Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
- Chapter 13: Viewing and Reporting Project Status
- Chapter 14: Getting Your Project Back on Track
Special Subjects
- Chapter 15: Applying Advanced Formatting and Printing
- Chapter 16: Customizing Project
- Chapter 17: Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
- Chapter 18: Consolidating Projects and Resources
Appendices
- A Short Course in Project Management
- Roadmap for Developing Your Project and Project Management Skills
- Using the Practice Files if Connected to Project Server
- Using Microsoft Project 2010 Step by Step in a Classroom: Suggestions for Instructors
GlossaryAbout the Authors