Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 2. Understanding Projects and Project Management

• Understanding Project Management Basics

• Understanding Project Management Processes

• Facilitating Your Project with Microsoft Project

• Understanding Project Stakeholders

• Keys to Successful Project Management

You use a word processing program to create a text document. You use a spreadsheet program to calculate sales data. You use a publishing program to design and lay out a brochure. In these cases, the application helps you create the end result.

With Microsoft Office Project 2003, this isn't so. Although Project 2003 helps you create a project plan, the actual project is being executed by you and your team, who are carrying out the tasks to fulfill the overarching goals of the project. It's up ...