This book is principally a Microsoft Project book aimed at Project Management Professionals who understand the PMBOK(R) Guide Fourth Edition processes and wish to learn how to use Microsoft Office Project to plan and control their projects in a PMBOK(R) Guide environment, and discover how to gain the most from the software. This book is may be used for learning Microsoft Project in an environment utilizing the PMBOK(R) Guide processes and may be used as a self teach book, or a user guide, or for a two-day training course. A Microsoft Project user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals following the PMBOK(R) Guide Fourth Edition who wish to learn how to schedule projects in a single project environment with or without Resources with Microsoft Project. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is suitable as a training course handout, for learning the software or as a reference book. The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter.
The book is based on the Microsoft Project 2007 but may be used with Microsoft Project 2000, 2002 or 2003 as the book points out the differences.
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Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACE International, a certified PRINCE2 practitioner and Approved PRINCE2 Trainer. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services with a strong focus on Microsoft and Primavera software.
1 Introduction 2 Creating a Project Schedule 3 Creating Projects and Setting up the Software 4 Navigating Around the Screen 5 Defining Calendars 6 Adding Tasks 7 Organizing Tasks Using Outlining 8 Formatting the Display 9 Adding Task Dependencies 10 Network Diagram View 11 Constraints 12 Filters 13 Tables, Grouping Tasks, Outline Codes and WBS 14 Views, Tables and Details 15 Printing and Reports 16 Tracking Progress 17 Options 18 Creating Resources 19 Assigning Resources and Costs to Tasks 20 Resource Histograms, Tables, S-Curves & Leveling 21 Statusing Projects with Resources 22 Tools and Techniques for Scheduling 23 What Is New In Microsoft Project 24 Items Not Covered in This Book 25 Appendix 1 Screens Used To Create Views 26 Index