Microsoft Office Project for mere mortals : solving the mysteries of Microsoft Office Project

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Patti, Author.

Series:

For mere mortals series

For mere mortals series Microsoft Office Project for mere mortals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Project.

Project management--Computer programs.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (672 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2008

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Microsoft Office Project for Mere Mortals® strips away the mysteries of Microsoft Office Project, giving you practical skills, methodologies, and best practices for building schedules and budgets that work. Using the clear, concise, and friendly style that’s a hallmark of the For Mere Mortals ® series, Jansen provides step-by-step instructions for every feature you really need to master, whether you’re using Project 2007, 2003, or 2002. You’ll learn why Project works as it does, so you can make the best possible decisions about how to use it. Realistic exercises offer extensive hands-on practice, and a start-to-finish case study covers the entire project lifecycle. Jansen shows you how to: • Scope projects using work breakdown structures and task outlines • Define projects rapidly with Microsoft Project templates • Work with milestones, deadline dates, and task information • Manage resource sharing across multiple projects • Calculate accurate budgets • Avoid common scheduling errors and oversights • Tighten critical paths to reduce work overload and resource overallocation • Use baselining to track variances, adjust projects “on-the-fly,” and become a more effective scheduler • Uncover potential problems, identify alternatives, and avoid crises • Discover little-known tips and tricks for better formatting and printing • Use Project to close projects successfully, and learn from your experience Whatever your title, organization, or project, this book will help you get powerful results with Microsoft Office Project—quickly, efficiently, and painlessly. The CD-ROM contains a searchable electronic version of the book and Microsoft Project (.MPP) files (available for Project 2002 and above) of the book’s step-by-step scheduling practices and case studies. Praise for Microsoft Office Project for Mere Mortals® “This book stands out of the ordinary, as it is the first one on Microsoft Office Project I know to be completely driven by project management methods.” –Jan De Messemaeker, M.S., Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional “Patti Jansen’s practice sessions are a great way to become familiar with Microsoft Project and the step-by-step instructions make it easy . ” –Kimberly Amaris, PMP Patti Jansen, PMP, is a Senior Project Manager at QuantumPM, a leading project management consultancy that works closely with Microsoft. She has more than 10 years of senior project management experience, and is a well-known Microsoft Project and PMI instructo...

Contents:

Introducing Microsoft Office Project

Revealing the secrets of Microsoft Project

Building your schedule : scoping your project

Understanding task information

Sequencing the work : creating the critical path

Understanding resources and their effects on tasks

Using Project to enter cost estimates

Polishing your schedule

Reviewing work overload and the critical path

Baselining : the key to tracking your schedule

Tracking your schedule

Closing down your schedule : the end is only the beginning

Project mysteries resolved!

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780321522245

0321522249

OCLC:

172622756