Microsoft® Project 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 2. Understanding Projects and Project Management

• Understanding Project Management Basics

• Understanding Project Management Stages

• Facilitating Your Plan with Project 2010

• Working with the 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 and other types of numerical 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 Project 2010, this isn’t so. Although Project 2010 helps you create a project plan, the actual project is executed by your team, which carries out tasks to fulfill the overarching goals of the project. It’s up to you, ...