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Microsoft Project 2010 In Depth
- By QuantumPM, LLC, Scott Daley
- Published Feb 8, 2011 by Que. Part of the In Depth series.
Book
- Sorry, this book is no longer in print.
Description
- Copyright 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7897-4310-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4310-7
This is the world’s most expert, complete, and practical guide to succeeding with Microsoft Project 2010! World-renowned project management consultants QuantumPM help you improve Project 2010 planning, scheduling, resource assignments, budgeting, collaboration, workload analysis, progress reporting, completion, closure, and more. Get comfortable with Project 2010, leverage its immense power, and tailor it to your unique needs–no matter how large or complex your project may be!
Real solutions, new techniques, innovative shortcuts!
• Get started fast with Microsoft Project 2010 and its new Ribbon interface
• Plan and initiate your project to maximize the likelihood of success
• Create an effective preliminary project schedule
• Accurately define task logic and project resources
• Prepare work formulas and schedule resource assignments
• Refine and review your schedules, and perform an effective “Reality Check”
• Use Project 2010 to collaborate more efficiently with colleagues and partners
• Track progress and costs, and analyze project performance
• Customize Project 2010’s reports, views, tables, filters, groups, fields, toolbars, menus, and forms
• Work with multiple projects at once, and resolve complex resource allocation problems
• Analyze and present Project data in other applications, including Excel and Visio
• Identify and solve problems with your project and with Project 2010 itself
All In Depth books offer
• Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions
• Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own
• Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style
Learning, reference, problem-solving…the only Project 2010 book you need!
Sample Content
Online Sample Chapter
Getting Started in Microsoft Project 2010 After the Business Initiative Is Approved
Sample Pages
Download the sample pages (includes Chapter 4 and Index)
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Why We Wrote This Book 1
Why You Should Use Microsoft Project 2
What’s New in Microsoft Project 2010 2
How This Book Is Organized 3
Part I: Getting Started with Microsoft Project 2010 3
Part II: Organizing for Success–Project Initiation and Planning 3
Part III: Project Execution Through Completion 4
Part IV: Tailoring Microsoft Office Project 2010 to Your Needs 4
Part V: Microsoft Office Project 2010 Knowledge In Depth 5
Who Should Read This Book 5
Special Features of This Book 5
I Getting Started with Microsoft Project 2010
1 Power of Microsoft Project 2010 7
Projects Are Temporary 8
Project Objectives Are Specific and Measurable 9
Projects Are Constrained by Time, Cost, Scope, and Quality 9
What Microsoft Project 2010 Can Do for You 10
Enterprise Versus Standard Thinking 12
The Desktop Tools: Project Standard and Project Professional 12
What’s New in Microsoft Office Project 2010 13
The Microsoft Fluent Interface 13
User-Controlled Scheduling 13
Timeline View 14
Team Planner 15
Introduction to the Microsoft Project 2010 Interface 17
Microsoft Project 2010 Ribbon 18
The Quick Access Toolbar 19
Consultants’ Tips 20
Go Ahead and Ignore Project Management If It Suits Your Role 21
Communicate 21
Define Project Roles 21
Define Project Deliverables Prior to Building the Schedule 21
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