Managing Projects With Microsoft Project 2000

Learn proven project management strategies as you master theworld's #1 project management software Here's a winning combination: a series of successful projectmanagement strategies that cover every phase of the process AND aninsider's guide to the most powerful and versatile projectmanagement software available anywhere. That's what you'll find inManaging Projects with Microsoft Project 2000. A synchronized learning system helps you get with theprogram Microsoft Project 2000 brings 21st-century power to this alreadyformidable tool. Whether you're an experienced user preparing toupgrade to Microsoft Project 2000 or an aspiring project managerwho needs to understand the big picture as you gain control of thedetails, this remarkable one-stop guide helps you make the most ofthis outstanding new program. It puts you in control of every newfeature and enhanced capability, including how to: * SCHEDULE TASKS AND TRACK PROGRESS using task calendars,deadline dates, estimated durations, baseline and interim plans,and more * MANAGE RESOURCES FOR BETTER TASK SCHEDULING with new methodsthat let you vary resource availability, specify materialresources, and set task priorities for resource leveling * MODEL PROJECTS GRAPHICALLY WITH NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW, whichoffers flexible viewing and formatting of program information in agraphical layout of tasks * MANAGE TASKS AND RESOURCES ACROSS A WORKGROUP with MicrosoftProject Central-a Web-based companion to Microsoft Project 2000that allows for task delegation up and down organizational lines,task progress reporting, and narrative status reporting * WORK FASTER AND SMARTER by jump-starting new products withtemplates, grouping tasks and resources, creating your own workbreakdown structure numbering scheme-and much, much more