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So you've been asked to lead a project--congratulations Whether you're new to project management, or just need to brush up, this easy-to-read guide teaches you the essential skills you need to succeed at this critically important task. Expert project manager Bonnie Biafore shares her real-world experience, lessons learned, and best practices to help you manage any project. You'll learn project management methodology and the secrets for using Microsoft Project and other Microsoft Office programs to keep your projects on time, on track, and on target
Successfully manage your projects as you discover how to: 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--and even more great results
CD Features: Sample project templates and documents Fully searchable eBook
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Synopsis
Keep projects on time, on track, and on target! This practical guide focuses on the core skills users need to successfully manage any project with Microsoft Office Project. Includes a companion CD with sample Project templates.
Synopsis
So you’ve been asked to lead a project—congratulations! Whether you’re new to project management, or just need to brush up, this easy-to-read guide teaches you the essential skills you need to succeed at this critically important task. Expert project manager Bonnie Biafore shares her real-world experience, lessons learned, and best practices to help you manage any project. You’ll learn project management methodology and the secrets for using Microsoft Project and other Microsoft Office programs to keep your projects on time, on track, and on target!
Successfully manage your projects as you discover how to:
- 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—and even more great results
CD Features:
- Sample project templates and documents
- Fully searchable eBook
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.
Synopsis
Discover how to amplify your impactas you extend your reachwith this pragmatic guide to Office 365. Whether partnering on a critical project, mining the ideas of your favorite braintrust, or creating a cohesive team among far-flung colleaguesyoull learn how to capitalize on the collaboration scenarios now possible through cloud-based business services.
- Take your best ideas, resources, and tools with you, virtually anywhere
- Connect, collaborate, and get business done in smarter, simpler ways
- Coauthor Excel® and Word docs with colleagues in real time
- Communicate onlineliveto keep your entire team in sync
- Work seamlessly with colleagues inside and outside your org
- Share your work using the broadcast capabilities in PowerPoint®
About the Author
Bonnie Biafore has always been a zealous planner, whether setting up software demos, cooking gourmet meals, or scheduling a vacation to test the waters of spontaneity. Ironically, fate, not planning, turned this obsession into a career as a project manager. When she isn't managing projects for clients, Bonnie writes about project management, small business accounting, personal finance, investing, and technology. She's also branching out into other "dry" topics with articles for the Wine Enthusiast. As an engineer, she's fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. She has a knack for mincing dry subjects like accounting and project management into easy to understand morsels and then spices them to perfection with her warped sense of humor.
Bonnie is the award-wining author of more than a dozen books including Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, QuickBooks 2009: The Missing Manual, Project 2007: The Missing Manual, the Better Investing Stock Selection Handbook (which won an APEX Award of Distinction), Online Investing Hacks, and On Time! On Track! On Target!. She also writes regularly about financial topics for Better Investing bankrate.com and interest.com. When unshackled from her computer, she hikes in the mountains, cycles, rehabilitates horses, cooks gourmet food, and, most importantly, tries saying no to additional work assignments.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionAbout the CDPart One: Getting a Project Started
- Chapter One: Meet Project Management
- Chapter Two: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects
- Chapter Three: Obtaining Commitment for a Project
Part Two: Planning a Project
- Chapter Four: Planning to Achieve Success
- Chapter Five: Whats the Problem?
- Chapter Six: Visualizing Success: Scope, Objectives, and Deliverables
- Chapter Seven: Building a Work Breakdown Structure
- Chapter Eight: Project Resources
- Chapter Nine: Building a Project Schedule
- Chapter Ten: Working with a Budget
Part Three: Carrying Out a Project
- Chapter Eleven: Executing the Project Plan
- Chapter Twelve: Evaluating Project Performance
- Chapter Thirteen: Managing Project Resources
- Chapter Fourteen: Communicating Information
Part Four: Controlling Projects
- Chapter Fifteen: Managing Project Changes
- Chapter Sixteen: Modifying the Project Schedule
- Chapter Seventeen: Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables
- Chapter Eighteen: Managing Risk
Part Five: Closing Projects
- Chapter Nineteen: Learning Lessons
- Chapter Twenty: Managing Project Completion
- Chapter Twenty-One: Archiving Historical Information
GlossaryAppendix : About the Author