The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Project 2007–one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Office Project, including information on the new, easy-to-use scenarios and reporting features. You will learn the essentials for managing time, people, and budgets for projects large and small with Office Project 2007. You will learn how to create a task list and assign resources, fine-tune your project plan, track project progress, and share and publish project information. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes a companion CD with hands-on practice files.
Contents of this Book written by Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson D.
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Managing a Simple Project
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with Project
1. Managing Your Projects with Project
2. Starting Project Standard
3. Starting Project Professional
4. Exploring Views
5. Exploring Reports
6. Creating a New Project Plan
7. Setting Nonworking Days
8. Entering Project Properties
9. Key Points
2.
Chapter 2 Creating a Task List
1. Entering Tasks
2. Estimating Durations
3. Entering a Milestone
4. Organizing Tasks into Phases
5. Linking Tasks
6. Documenting Tasks
7. Checking the Plan’s Duration
8. Key Points
3.
Chapter 3 Setting Up Resources
1. Setting Up People Resources
2. Setting Up Equipment Resources
3. Setting Up Material Resources
4. Setting Up Cost Resources
5. Entering Resource Pay Rates
6. Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
7. Documenting Resources
8. Key Points
4.
Chapter 4 Assigning Resources to Tasks
1. Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
2. Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
3. Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
4. Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
5. Key Points
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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
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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. Key Points
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Advanced Project Scheduling
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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. Entering Deadline Dates
8. Entering Fixed Costs
9. Setting Up a Recurring Task
10. Key Points
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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. Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
3. Leveling Overallocated Resources
4. Examining Project Costs
5. Checking the Project’s Finish Date
6. 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
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Chapter 11 Printing Project Information
1. Printing Your Project Plan
2. Printing Views
3. Printing Reports
4. Key Points
6.
Chapter 12 Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
1. Copying and Pasting with Project
2. Opening Other File Formats in Project
3. Saving to Other File Formats from Project
4. Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
5. Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
6. Key Points
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Chapter 13 Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
1. Updating a Baseline
2. Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
3. Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
4. Rescheduling Incomplete Work
5. Key Points
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Chapter 14 Viewing and Reporting Project Status
1. Identifying Tasks that Have Slipped
2. Examining Task Costs
3. Examining Resource Costs
4. Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
5. Key Points
9.
Chapter 15 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 Projects
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Chapter 16 Applying Advanced Formatting
1. Formatting a Gantt Chart View
2. Formatting the Network Diagram View
3. Formatting the Calendar View
4. Key Points
2.
Chapter 17 Customizing Project
1. Sharing Custom Views and Other Elements Between Project Plans
2. Recording Macros
3. Editing Macros
4. Customizing a Toolbar
5. Key Points
3.
Chapter 18 Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
1. Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
2. Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
3. Generating an Earned Value Visual Report
4. Key Points
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Chapter 19 Consolidating Projects and Resources
1. Creating a Resource Pool
2. Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
3. Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
4. Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
5. Updating All Plans’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
6. Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
7. Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
8. Consolidating Project Plans
9. Creating Dependencies Between Projects
10. Key Points
4.
Introducing Project Server
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Chapter 20 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 21 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 22 Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents with Project Server
1. Managing Risks
2. Managing Issues
3. Managing Documents
4. Key Points
5.
Appendices
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Appendix A A Short Course in Project Management
1. Understanding What Defines a Project
2. The Project Triangle: Viewing Projects in Terms of Time, Cost, and Scope
3. Time, Cost, and Scope: Managing Project Constraints
4. Managing Your Projects with Project
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Appendix B What’s Next?
1. Joining a Project Learning Community
2. Joining a Project Management Learning Community
3. Final Words
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Glossary
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Appendix About the Authors
1.
Carl S. Chatfield
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Timothy D. Johnson
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Acknowledgments
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Appendix Choose the Right Book for You
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