Book description
A comprehensive reference on the latest version of the leading enterprise project management software: Microsoft Project 2010
Microsoft Project allows users to manage business activities effectively by sharing project information, performing modeling and scenario analyses, standardizizing reporting processes, and more. This soup-to-nuts reference covers both the professional and standard versions of the latest iteration of Microsoft Project, as well as Project Server, so that you can efficiently manage your business projects. Veteran author Elaine Marmel begins with an overview of project management basics and then gradually moves on to more advanced topics so that you can learn the scope of what successful project management entails.
Popular author Elaine Marmel provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Project 2010 and shows you how to successfully manage your business activities
Begins with project management basics, such as creating a new project, tracking a project's progress, and working in groups
Covers more advanced topics, including customizing Project, using macros, and importing and exporting information
Demonstrates how to build tasks, use views, modify the appearance of a project, and resolve scheduling and resource problems
With Project 2010 Bible by your side, you'll learn to confidently and skillfully put Microsoft Project 2010 to work for you.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Project Management Basics
- 1. The Nature of Projects
- 2. Exploring the Microsoft Project Environment
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II. Getting Your Project Going
- 3. Creating a New Project
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4. Building Tasks
- 4.1. Establishing Timing for Tasks
- 4.2. Assigning Task Timing
- 4.3. Using Recurring Tasks
- 4.4. Establishing Constraints and Deadline Dates
- 4.5. Entering Task Notes
- 4.6. Establishing Dependencies Among Tasks
- 4.7. Viewing Dependencies
- 4.8. Deleting Dependencies
- 4.9. Summary
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5. Creating Resources and Assigning Costs
- 5.1. Understanding Resources
- 5.2. Creating a Resource List
- 5.3. Modifying Resource Information
- 5.4. Assigning Resources to Tasks
- 5.5. Handling Unusual Cost Situations
- 5.6. Summary
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III. Getting Information about Projects
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6. Understanding the Basics of Views
- 6.1. What Is a View?
- 6.2. Examining Indicators
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6.3. Admiring the Views
- 6.3.1. Calendar
- 6.3.2. Detail Gantt
- 6.3.3. Gantt Chart
- 6.3.4. Gantt with Timeline
- 6.3.5. Leveling Gantt
- 6.3.6. Tracking Gantt
- 6.3.7. Multiple Baselines Gantt
- 6.3.8. Network Diagram
- 6.3.9. Descriptive Network Diagram
- 6.3.10. Relationship Diagram
- 6.3.11. Resource Allocation
- 6.3.12. Resource Form
- 6.3.13. Resource Graph
- 6.3.14. Resource Name Form
- 6.3.15. Resource Sheet
- 6.3.16. Resource Usage
- 6.3.17. Rollup views
- 6.3.18. Task Details Form
- 6.3.19. Task Entry
- 6.3.20. Task Form
- 6.3.21. Task Name Form
- 6.3.22. Task Sheet
- 6.3.23. Task Usage
- 6.3.24. Team Planner
- 6.3.25. Timeline
- 6.4. Summary
- 7. Using Views to Gain Perspective
- 8. Modifying the Appearance of Your Project
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9. Reporting on Progress
- 9.1. Setting Up to Print a View or Report
- 9.2. Creating Text Reports
- 9.3. Taking Advantage of Visual Reporting
- 9.4. Summary
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6. Understanding the Basics of Views
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IV. Refining Your Project
- 10. Resolving Scheduling Problems
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11. Resolving Resource Problems
- 11.1. Understanding How Resource Conflicts Occur
- 11.2. Spotting Resource Conflicts
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11.3. Resolving Conflicts
- 11.3.1. Changing resource allocations
- 11.3.2. Scheduling overtime
- 11.3.3. Redefining a resource's calendar
- 11.3.4. Assigning part-time work
- 11.3.5. Controlling when resources start working on a task
- 11.3.6. Delaying tasks by leveling resource workloads
- 11.3.7. Contouring resources
- 11.3.8. Pooling resources
- 11.4. Summary
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V. Tracking Your Progress
- 12. Understanding Tracking
- 13. Recording Actuals
- 14. Ways to Review Progress
- 15. Analyzing Financial Progress
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VI. Advanced Microsoft Project
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16. Customizing Microsoft Project
- 16.1. Modifying Project's Behavior and Interface
- 16.2. Using Custom Fields
- 16.3. Summary
- 17. Using Macros to Speed Your Work
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18. Importing and Exporting Project Information
- 18.1. Using Copy and Paste
- 18.2. Exporting Information
- 18.3. Importing Information
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18.4. Troubleshooting
- 18.4.1. Project imports incorrect times in data from Microsoft Excel
- 18.4.2. Linked or embedded objects don't import or export
- 18.4.3. The export file contains more or less information than expected
- 18.4.4. Project imports invalid information
- 18.4.5. The values of imported information change
- 18.4.6. The imported project is empty
- 18.4.7. Project displays imported information in the wrong fields
- 18.5. Summary
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16. Customizing Microsoft Project
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VII. Working in Groups
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19. Coordinating Multiple Projects Outside Project Server
- 19.1. Consolidating Projects
- 19.2. Understanding Consolidated Projects and Dependencies
- 19.3. Viewing Multiple Projects
- 19.4. Viewing the Critical Path across Projects
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19.5. Sharing Resources Among Projects
- 19.5.1. Creating a resource pool and sharing the resources
- 19.5.2. Opening a project that uses a resource pool
- 19.5.3. Updating information in the resource pool
- 19.5.4. Quit sharing resources
- 19.5.5. Collaborating Using SharePoint
- 19.5.6. Setting up a list for project tasks
- 19.5.7. Synchronizing a SharePoint Project Task List with Project
- 19.6. Summary
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20. Preparing to Use Project Server
- 20.1. Understanding Project Server and Project Web
- 20.2. Planning the Implementation
- 20.3. Avoiding the Pitfalls
- 20.4. Summary
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21. Project Server and the Administrator
- 21.1. Specifying Project Server Features for Your Organization
- 21.2. Managing Security Settings
- 21.3. Managing Users
- 21.4. Working with Views
- 21.5. Working with the Enterprise Global Template
- 21.6. Setting Up and Editing Enterprise Resources
- 21.7. Managing Timesheet and Task Settings
- 21.8. Customizing Project Web APP
- 21.9. Setting Up Project Detail Pages
- 21.10. Establishing Enterprise Project Types
- 21.11. Workflow Phases and Stages
- 21.12. Housekeeping Chores
- 21.13. Summary
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22. Project Server and the Project Manager
- 22.1. Using Project Web App to Manage Projects
- 22.2. Working with Web-Based Projects in Project Professional
- 22.3. Assigning Resources to Projects
- 22.4. Tracking Progress
- 22.5. Summary
- 23. Project Server and the Day-to-Day User
- 24. Project Server and the Executive
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19. Coordinating Multiple Projects Outside Project Server
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VIII. Appendices
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A. What's on the Web Site
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A.1. Software Products
- A.1.1. Planview Open Suite for Microsoft Project
- A.1.2. Graneda
- A.1.3. Hans Tff TimeReg 98
- A.1.4. Innate Multi-Project
- A.1.5. Innate Timesheets
- A.1.6. Innate Resource Management Software
- A.1.7. Milestones
- A.1.8. PERT Chart EXPERT
- A.1.9. WBS Chart for Project
- A.1.10. Project Kick start Pro
- A.1.11. ProjectCommander
- A.1.12. Enterprise Advantage Toolset
- A.1.13. Project Connect Online
- A.1.14. EPM Live
- A.2. Organizations, Web Sites, and Blogs
- A.3. Project Sample Files
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A.1. Software Products
- B. Project Management Worksheet
- C. Available Fields and Functions for Custom Field Formulas
- D. Project Management Resources
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A. What's on the Web Site
- Glossary
Product information
- Title: Project 2010 Bible
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470501313
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