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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition--New from O'Reilly Media

February 1, 2012

SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition

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Sebastopol, CA—If you were to analyze your team's performance on a typical project, you'd be surprised how much time is wasted on non-productive tasks. SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Media, $44.99 USD) shows you how to work more efficiently by organizing and managing projects with SharePoint 2010. You'll learn how to build a Project Management Information System (PMIS), customized to your project, that can effectively coordinate communication and collaboration among team members.

Written by Dux Raymond Sy, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Microsoft SharePoint MVP with 15 years of IT project management experience, each chapter includes step-by-step guides as well as workshops that help you practice what you learn.

  • Build a SharePoint PMIS that requires little assistance from your IT/IS department
  • Define access permissions for project stakeholders and team members
  • Centralize project artifacts and keep track of document history with version control
  • Track project schedules, control changes, and manage project risks
  • Automate project reporting and use web parts to generate on-demand status reports
  • Integrate project management tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Apply your knowledge of PMIS techniques by working with a case study throughout the book

Advance Praise
"If you are a project manager looking for a technology-based, easily implemented, and usable solution for project communications, document management, and general project organization, this book is for you!"
—Susan Weese, PgMP, President and Founder, Rhyming Planet

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About the Author

With more than 15 years of experience in Information Technology, Dux Raymond Sy has earned a reputation as among the leading experts in leveraging technology to enhance project management. He is currently a managing partner of Innovative-E, Inc.

As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is focused on empowering organizations on how to leverage the benefits of collaborative tools with quantifiable goals such as: Increasing productivity and efficiency, decreasing collaboration redundancies and streamlining electronic communications.

A sought-after trainer, he has developed and facilitated management and technology training to government organizations, Fortune 500 companies, non-profit institutions in the United States, Bahamas, Barbados, China, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines and regulary writes about project management, SharePoint and globalization at http://www.meetdux.com.

View Dux Raymond Sy's full profile page.

Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including table of contents, author bios, and cover graphic, see: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920020387.do

SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
By Dux Raymond Sy
Print ISBN: 9781449306373   Ebook ISBN: 9781449306380  
Pages: 228
Print Price: $44.99   Ebook Price: $34.99  
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