In the Trenches with Microsoft® Office Project 2007

How Additional Software Can Help You Communicate

Although Project can stand on its own pretty well, there are other products out there that complement your use of Project and enhance communication with your team and with management.

Using Microsoft Office Outlook

One of the most obvious choices for communication, apart from regular team meetings, is e-mail. Microsoft Office Outlook is by far the most widely used e-mail program. Let’s take a look at what you can and cannot accomplish with Outlook.

If you use Project without Project Server and Outlook, you don’t have much flexibility in the way you communicate with your team members; Outlook and Project don’t communicate in a direct way. You can store e-mail addresses for your team members in Project, ...