Microsoft Office Project 2003 Step by Step Tutorial guide Book

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This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly builds your skills with Microsoft Office Project 2003—one step at a time! With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and practice exercises to learn exactly the tools and techniques you need. Discover how to develop a project plan with tasks, resources, and assignments; create reports; manage multiple projects and dependencies; and track progress and costs while making real-time adjustments. Plus you’ll learn about improvements in team collaboration using SharePoint™ Team Services, Project Web Access, Project Server, and more. The book also makes a great on-the-job desk reference. The companion CD includes a 60-day trial version of the Prjoect Standard 2003 software, as well as demos of Project Standard and Enterprise Project Management. The CD also gives you practice files you can use as you learn, and the Microsoft Office System Reference pack, which contains templates and clip art, and eBook ofStep by Step, and four other eBooks: the Microsoft Office System Quick Reference; the Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003; the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition; and Introducing the Tablet PC. Designed for beginner and intermediate level users, STEP BY STEP puts you in charge of developing the skills you need, exactly when you need them!

About the Author

Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson are the authors of Microsoft Project 2000 Step by Step and Microsoft Project Version 2002 Step by Step, both from Microsoft Press. Carl is the UA Manager for Project at Microsoft. Carl is a certified Project Management Professional with extensive knowledge of Microsoft Project as well as specific usability issues.

Timothy is a technical editor with the Microsoft Project UA group, and he previously worked as a Project support professional for six years. He possesses in-depth technical knowledge about the software.

Contents of this Microsoft Office Project 2003 Step by Step Tutorial guide Book

  1. Managing a Simple Project

    1. Chapter 1 Getting Started with Project

      1. Managing Your Projects with Project
      2. What Can a Scheduling Engine Do for You?
      3. Starting Project Standard
      4. Starting Project Professional
      5. Exploring Views
      6. Exploring Reports
      7. Creating a New Project Plan
      8. Project Management Focus: Project Is Part of a Larger Picture
      9. Setting Nonworking Days
      10. Entering Project Properties
      11. “A Database That Knows About Time”
      12. Key Points

    2. Chapter 2 Creating a Task List

      1. Entering Tasks
      2. Project Management Focus: Defining the Right Tasks for the Right Deliverable
      3. Estimating Durations
      4. Project Management Focus: How Do You Come Up with Accurate Task Durations?
      5. Entering a Milestone
      6. Organizing Tasks into Phases
      7. Project Management Focus: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning
      8. Linking Tasks
      9. Documenting Tasks
      10. Checking the Plan’s Duration
      11. Key Points

    3. Chapter 3 Setting Up Resources

      1. Setting Up People Resources
      2. What Is the Best Way to Enter Resource Names?
      3. Setting Up Equipment Resources
      4. Setting Up Material Resources
      5. Comparing Work and Material Resources
      6. Entering Resource Pay Rates
      7. Project Management Focus: Getting Resource Cost Information
      8. Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
      9. Documenting Resources
      10. Key Points

    4. Chapter 4 Assigning Resources to Tasks

      1. Assigning Resources to Tasks
      2. The Scheduling Formula: Duration, Units, and Work
      3. Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
      4. Project Management Focus: When Should Effort-Driven Scheduling Apply?
      5. Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
      6. Key Points

    5. Chapter 5 Formatting and Printing Your Plan

      1. Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
      2. Drawing on a Gantt Chart
      3. Formatting Text in a View
      4. Formatting and Printing Reports
      5. Key Points

    6. Chapter 6 Tracking Progress on Tasks

      1. Saving a Project Baseline
      2. Tracking a Project as Scheduled
      3. Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
      4. Entering Actual Values for Tasks
      5. Project Management Focus: Is the Project on Track?
      6. Key Points

  2. Advanced Project Scheduling

    1. Chapter 7 Fine-Tuning Task Details

      1. Adjusting Task Relationships
      2. Setting Task Constraints
      3. Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
      4. Interrupting Work on a Task
      5. Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
      6. Changing Task Types
      7. Task Types and Effort-Driven Scheduling
      8. Entering Deadline Dates
      9. Entering Fixed Costs
      10. Setting Up a Recurring Task
      11. Key Points

    2. Chapter 8 Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details

      1. Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
      2. Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
      3. Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
      4. Delaying the Start of Assignments
      5. Applying Contours to Assignments
      6. Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
      7. Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
      8. Key Points

    3. Chapter 9 Fine-Tuning the Project Plan

      1. Examining Resource Allocations over Time
      2. Project Management Focus: Evaluating Resource Allocation
      3. Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
      4. Leveling Overallocated Resources
      5. Examining Project Costs
      6. Checking the Project’s Finish Date
      7. Key Points

    4. Chapter 10 Organizing and Formatting Project Details

      1. Sorting Project Details
      2. Grouping Project Details
      3. Filtering Project Details
      4. Customizing Tables
      5. Customizing Views
      6. Key Points

    5. Chapter 11 Printing Project Information

      1. Printing Your Project Plan
      2. Project Management Focus: Communicating with Stakeholders
      3. Printing Views
      4. Printing Reports
      5. Key Points

    6. Chapter 12 Publishing Project Information Online

      1. Copying Project Information as a GIF Image
      2. Saving Project Information as a Web Page
      3. Changing the Look of a Project Web Page
      4. Key Points

    7. Chapter 13 Sharing Project Information with Other Programs

      1. Copying and Pasting with Project
      2. Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
      3. Opening Other File Formats in Project
      4. Saving to Other File Formats from Project
      5. Working with Project File Formats
      6. Charting Data in Excel with the Analyze Timescaled Data Wizard
      7. Key Points

    8. Chapter 14 Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments

      1. Updating a Baseline
      2. Saving Interim Plans
      3. Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
      4. Manually Entering Actual Costs
      5. Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
      6. Project Management Focus: Collecting Actuals from Resources
      7. Rescheduling Incomplete Work
      8. Key Points

    9. Chapter 15 Viewing and Reporting Project Status

      1. Identifying Tasks That Have Slipped
      2. Project Management Focus: Getting the Word Out
      3. Examining Task Costs
      4. Examining Resource Costs
      5. Project Management Focus: What About All Those Other Costs?
      6. Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
      7. Key Points

    10. Chapter 16 Getting Your Project Back on Track

      1. Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
      2. Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
      3. Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
      4. Key Points

  3. Special Subjects

    1. Chapter 17 Applying Advanced Formatting

      1. Formatting Bar Styles in a Gantt Chart View
      2. Formatting the Network Diagram View
      3. Formatting the Calendar View
      4. Key Points

    2. Chapter 18 Customizing Project

      1. Working with the Organizer
      2. Recording Macros
      3. Editing Macros
      4. Customizing a Toolbar
      5. Key Points

    3. Chapter 19 Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis

      1. Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
      2. Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
      3. Changing How Project Calculates Earned Value Numbers
      4. Key Points

    4. Chapter 20 Consolidating Projects and Resources

      1. Creating a Resource Pool
      2. Creating a Dedicated Resource Pool
      3. Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
      4. Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
      5. Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
      6. Updating All Projects’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
      7. Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
      8. Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
      9. Working with Consolidated Projects
      10. Creating Dependencies Between Projects
      11. Key Points

  4. Introducing Project Server

    1. Chapter 21 Planning Work with Project Server

      1. Understanding the Key Pieces of Enterprise Project Management
      2. Building a New Plan from an Enterprise Template
      3. Staffing an Enterprise Project with Resources
      4. Publishing a Plan to Project Server
      5. Key Points

    2. Chapter 22 Tracking Work with Project Server

      1. Reporting Actual Work Through Project Web Access
      2. Reporting Actual Work Through Outlook
      3. Handling Actuals from Resources
      4. Keeping Stakeholders Informed
      5. Key Points

    3. Chapter 23 Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents with Project Server

      1. Managing Risks
      2. Managing Issues
      3. Managing Documents
      4. Key Points

  5. Appendixes

    1. Appendix A A Short Course in Project Management

      1. Understanding What Defines a Project
      2. The Project Triangle: Seeing Projects in Terms of Time, Cost, and Scope
      3. Time, Cost, and Scope: Managing Project Constraints
      4. Managing Your Projects with Project

    2. Appendix B What’s Next?

      1. Joining a Project Learning Community
      2. Joining a Project Management Learning Community
      3. Final Words

    3. Appendix About the Authors

      1. Carl S. Chatfield
      2. Timothy D. Johnson
      3. Acknowledgments


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