Book description
Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself
how to manage your projects with Project 2007. With Step By Step,
you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need,
just when you need them!
Build a project plan and fine-tune the details
Schedule tasks, assign resources, and manage dependencies
Monitor progress and costs—and keep your project on track
Format Gantt charts and other views to communicate project data
Begin exploring enterprise project management systems
Your all-in-one learning experience includes:
Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
Fully searchable eBook
Bonus guide to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface
Quick course on project management in the Appendix
Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.
Table of contents
- Information for Readers Running Windows XP
- Features and Conventions of This Book
- Getting Help
- Using the Book’s CD
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Quick Reference
- 1. Getting Started with Project
- 2. Creating a Task List
- 3. Setting Up Resources
- 4. Assigning Resources to Tasks
- 5. Formatting and Printing Your Plan
- 6. Tracking Progress on Tasks
- 7. Fine-Tuning Task Details
- 8. Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
- 9. Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
- 10. Organizing and Formatting Project Details
- 11. Printing Project Information
- 12. Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
- 13. Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
- 14. Viewing and Reporting Project Status
- 15. Getting Your Project Back on Track
- 16. Applying Advanced Formatting
- 17. Customizing Project
- 18. Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
- 19. Consolidating Projects and Resources
- 1. Managing a Simple Project
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2. Advanced Project Scheduling
- 7. Fine-Tuning Task Details
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8. Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
- Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
- Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
- Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
- Delaying the Start of Assignments
- Applying Contours to Assignments
- Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
- Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
- Key Points
- 9. Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
- 10. Organizing and Formatting Project Details
- 11. Printing Project Information
- 12. Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
- 13. Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
- 14. Viewing and Reporting Project Status
- 15. Getting Your Project Back on Track
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3. Special Projects
- 16. Applying Advanced Formatting
- 17. Customizing Project
- 18. Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
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19. Consolidating Projects and Resources
- Creating a Resource Pool
- Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
- Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
- Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
- Updating All Plans’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
- Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
- Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
- Consolidating Project Plans
- Creating Dependencies Between Projects
- Key Points
- 4. Introducing Project Server
- 5. Appendices
- Glossary
- About the Authors
- Choose the Right Book for You
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft® Office Project 2007 Step by Step
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2007
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735623057
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