Project 2010 Bible

by Elaine Marmel (Tampa, FL, Marmel Enterprises, Inc. )

• ISBN13: 9780470877777
• ISBN10: 0470877774
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

A comprehensive reference on the latest version of the leading enterprise project management software: Microsoft Project 2010Microsoft Project allows users to manage business activities effectively by sharing project information, performing modeling and scenario analyses, standardizizing reporting processes, and more. This soup-to-nuts reference covers both the professional and standard versions of the latest iteration of Microsoft Project, as well as Project Server, so that you can efficiently manage your business projects. Veteran author Elaine Marmel begins with an overview of project management basics and then gradually moves on to more advanced topics so that you can learn the scope of what successful project management entails. Popular author Elaine Marmel provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Project 2010 and shows you how to successfully manage your business activities Begins with project management basics, such as creating a new project, tracking a project's progress, and working in groups Covers more advanced topics, including customizing Project, using macros, and importing and exporting information Demonstrates how to build tasks, use views, modify the appearance of a project, and resolve scheduling and resource problemsWith Project 2010 Bible by your side, you'll learn to confidently and skillfully put Microsoft Project 2010 to work for you.

Table of Contents

Project Management Basics

The Nature of Projects

Exploring the Microsoft Project Environment

Getting Your Project Going

Creating a New Project

Building Tasks

Creating Resources and Assigning Costs

Getting Information about Projects

Understanding the Basics of Views

Using Views to Gain Perspective

Modifying the Appearance of Your Project

Reporting on Progress

Refining Your Project

Resolving Scheduling Problems

Resolving Resource Problems

Tracking Your Progress

Understanding Tracking

Recording Actuals

Ways to Review Progress

Analyzing Financial Progress

Advanced Microsoft Project

Customizing Microsoft Project

Using Macros to Speed Your Work

Importing and Exporting Project Information

Working in Groups

Coordinating Multiple Projects Outside Project Server

Preparing to Use Project Server

Project Server and the Administrator

Project Server and the Project Manager

Project Server and the Day-to-Day User

Project Server and the Executive

Appendices

What's on the Web Site

Project Management Worksheet

Available Fields and Functions for Custom Field Formulas

Project Management Resources

Glossary

Index

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