Microsoft Project 2013 Step by Step

Description

Experience learning made easy - and quickly teach yourself how to manage the complete project life cycle with Project 2013. With Step by Step, you set the pace - building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Work with Project 2013 on your PC or touch-enabled device
• Build and fine-tune your project plan
• Schedule tasks and milestones, and assign resources
• Track progress and costs, and manage variances
• Troubleshoot delays and budget overruns
• Customize Gantt chart views, tables, and calendars
• Learn project-management best practices

Sample Content

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Introduction to Microsoft Project
  • Chapter 1: Microsoft Project, project management and you
  • Chapter 2: A guided tour of Project
• Simple Scheduling Basics
  • Chapter 3: Starting a new plan
  • Chapter 4: Building a task list
  • Chapter 5: Setting up resources
  • Chapter 6: Assigning resources to tasks
  • Chapter 7: Formatting and sharing your plan
  • Chapter 8: Tracking progress
• Advanced Scheduling Techniques
  • Chapter 9: Advanced task scheduling
  • Chapter 10: Fine-tuning task details
  • Chapter 11: Fine-tuning resource and assignment details
  • Chapter 12: Fine-tuning the Project plan
  • Chapter 13: Organizing project details
  • Chapter 14: Tracking progress on tasks and assignments
  • Chapter 15: Viewing and reporting project status
  • Chapter 16: Getting your project back on track
• In-Depth and Special Subjects
  • Chapter 17: Applying advanced formatting and printing
  • Chapter 18: Advanced report formatting
  • Chapter 19: Customizing Project
  • Chapter 20: Sharing information with other programs
  • Chapter 21: Consolidating projects and resources
• Appendices
  • A short course in project management
  • Developing your project-management skills
  • Collaborating: Project, SharePoint, and PWA
  • Using this book in a classroom
• Glossary
• About the authors

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