Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010


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Through the use of best practices, helpful screen shots, hands-on exercises, and review questions, this book instructs you on how to build dynamic schedules with Microsoft Project 2010 that will allow you to explore 'what if?' scenarios and decrease the time you spend making static schedule changes.




Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual


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Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master. Get a project management primer. Discover what it takes to handle a project successfully Learn the program inside out. Get step-by-step instructions for Project Standard and Project Professional Build and refine your plan. Put together your team, schedule, and budget Achieve the results you want. Build realistic schedules, and learn how to keep costs under control Track your progress. Measure your performance, make course corrections, and manage changes Use Project's power tools. Customize Project's features and views, and transfer info directly between Project and other programs




PRINCE2 2009 Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2010


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This book is primarily a Microsoft Project book and designed to teach project management professionals, who understand the PRINCE2TM methodology, to use Microsoft(r) Project to plan and control PRINCE2 TM projects. It identifies which PRINCE2 TM processes may be handled with Microsoft Project(r) 2010 and how the software may be effectively used to assist in managing a project. Paul Harris' manual unlocks the power and versatility of Microsoft(r) Project with a logical presentation of the tool in the context of a PRINCE2 project scenario.




Project 2010 Project Management


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The ideal on-the-job reference guide for project managers who use Microsoft Project 2010 This must-have guide to using Microsoft Project 2010 is written from a real project manager's perspective and is packed with information you can use on the job. The book explores using Project 2010 during phases of project management, reveals best practices, and walks you through project flow from planning through tracking to closure. This valuable book follows the processes defined in the PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition, and also provides exam prep for Microsoft's MCTS: Project 2010 certification. Explains Microsoft Project 2010, the leading software tool for project managers Shows working project managers practical ways to use Project 2010 on the job Delves into project planning, tracking, reporting, and project closure, and explores best practices for all phases of planning Reveals new software features, including tools that show what factors are affecting the schedule, a "what-if" scenario builder, and how slippages affect other aspects of the project Follows processes and procedures from The Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), Fourth Edition Covers the skill set required for the MCTS: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects certification, so you can use this book for exam prep This valuable book follows the processes defined in the PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, and also provides exam prep for Microsoft's MCTS: Project 2010, Managing Projects certification. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. (PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)




Planning and Scheduling Using Microsoft® Project 2010


Book Description

The book is designed for users of earlier versions to upgrade their skills and for new planners to learn the software. It starts with the basics required to create a schedule, through resource planning and on to the more advanced features. A chapter is dedicated to the new functions and it outlines the differences from the earlier versions throughout the book. Microsoft(r) Project 2010 is an extensive software update with many new functions and as a result this is a complete rewrite of the author's previous book. It is designed to teach project management professionals how to use the software in a project environment.




Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out


Book Description

Conquer Microsoft Project 2010—from the inside out! You're beyond the basics, so dive right in and really put your project management skills to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It's all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts tackle Project 2010—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Take charge of the project triangle—time, money, and scope—to balance your plan Enable collaboration among team members, sponsors, and other project stakeholders Manually schedule tasks or use the automatic scheduling engine Track and control your project using earned value analysis Create pivot views of project data with Microsoft Excel(R) 2010 and Visio(R) 2010 Manage project activities in an enterprise project-management environment Apply your experience to future projects by creating your own custom templates




Project 2010 Bible


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A comprehensive reference on the latest version of the leading enterprise project management software: Microsoft Project 2010 Microsoft Project allows users to manage business activities effectively by sharing project information, performing modeling and scenario analyses, standardizizing reporting processes, and more. This soup-to-nuts reference covers both the professional and standard versions of the latest iteration of Microsoft Project, as well as Project Server, so that you can efficiently manage your business projects. Veteran author Elaine Marmel begins with an overview of project management basics and then gradually moves on to more advanced topics so that you can learn the scope of what successful project management entails. Popular author Elaine Marmel provides comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Project 2010 and shows you how to successfully manage your business activities Begins with project management basics, such as creating a new project, tracking a project's progress, and working in groups Covers more advanced topics, including customizing Project, using macros, and importing and exporting information Demonstrates how to build tasks, use views, modify the appearance of a project, and resolve scheduling and resource problems With Project 2010 Bible by your side, you’ll learn to confidently and skillfully put Microsoft Project 2010 to work for you.




Microsoft Project 2010


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The most up to date features are covered for this latest Microsoft release, Project 2010. You can be certain this book helps you introduce your students to the wide array of new features this powerful, easy-to-use tool offers. Learn about powerful new ways to help your students deliver their best work.




Microsoft Project 2010 In Depth


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This is the world’s most expert, complete, and practical guide to succeeding with Microsoft Project 2010! World-renowned project management consultants QuantumPM help you improve Project 2010 planning, scheduling, resource assignments, budgeting, collaboration, workload analysis, progress reporting, completion, closure, and more. Get comfortable with Project 2010, leverage its immense power, and tailor it to your unique needs–no matter how large or complex your project may be! Real solutions, new techniques, innovative shortcuts! • Get started fast with Microsoft Project 2010 and its new Ribbon interface • Plan and initiate your project to maximize the likelihood of success • Create an effective preliminary project schedule • Accurately define task logic and project resources • Prepare work formulas and schedule resource assignments • Refine and review your schedules, and perform an effective “Reality Check” • Use Project 2010 to collaborate more efficiently with colleagues and partners • Track progress and costs, and analyze project performance • Customize Project 2010’s reports, views, tables, filters, groups, fields, toolbars, menus, and forms • Work with multiple projects at once, and resolve complex resource allocation problems • Analyze and present Project data in other applications, including Excel and Visio • Identify and solve problems with your project and with Project 2010 itself All In Depth books offer • Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Learning, reference, problem-solving...the only Project 2010 book you need!




Using Microsoft Project 2010, Enhanced Edition


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More than just a book! Get comfortable with simple techniques that you can use to bring order to project management chaos. Don’t just read about it: see it and hear it, with step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars. Way more than just a book, this is all the help you’ll ever need… where you want, when you want! Learn Fast, Learn Easy! Using web, video, and audio Show Me video walks through tasks you’ve just got to see – including bonus advanced techniques Tell Me More audio delivers practical insights straight from the experts Let Me Try It tasks break down the complex into easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequences