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MicrosoftВ® Office Project 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

ISBN: 0735623058
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 247

Authors: Carl Chatfield, Timothy Johnson

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• Table of Contents
• Back Cover
• Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step
• Information for Readers Running Windows XP
• Using the Start Menu
• Navigating Dialog Boxes
• Features and Conventions of This Book
• Conventions and Their Meanings
• Getting Help
• Getting Help with Project 2007
• More Information
• Using the Books CD
• Minimum System Requirements
• Installing the Practice Files
• Using the Practice Files
• Removing and Uninstalling the Practice Files
• Quick Reference
• 2 Creating a Task List
• 3 Setting Up Resources
• 4 Assigning Resources to Tasks
• 5 Formatting and Printing Your Plan
• 6 Tracking Progress on Tasks
• 7 Fine-Tuning Task Details
• 8 Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
• 9 Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
• 10 Organizing and Formatting Project Details
• 11 Printing Project Information
• 12 Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
• 13 Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
• 14 Viewing and Reporting Project Status
• 15 Getting Your Project Back on Track
• 16 Applying Advanced Formatting
• 17 Customizing Project
• 18 Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
• 19 Consolidating Projects and Resources
• Part 1: Managing a Simple Project
• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Project
• Managing Your Projects with Project
• Starting Project Standard
• Starting Project Professional
• Exploring Views
• Exploring Reports
• Creating a New Project Plan
• Setting Nonworking Days
• Entering Project Properties
• Key Points
• Chapter 2: Creating a Task List
• Entering Tasks
• Estimating Durations
• Entering a Milestone
• Organizing Tasks into Phases
• Linking Tasks
• Documenting Tasks
• Checking the Plans Duration
• Key Points
• Chapter 3: Setting Up Resources
• Setting Up People Resources
• Setting Up Equipment Resources
• Setting Up Material Resources
• Setting Up Cost Resources
• Entering Resource Pay Rates
• Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
• Documenting Resources
• Key Points
• Chapter 4: Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
• Key Points
• Chapter 5: Formatting and Printing Your Plan
• Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
• Drawing on a Gantt Chart
• Formatting Text in a View
• Formatting and Printing Reports
• Key Points
• Chapter 6: Tracking Progress on Tasks
• Saving a Project Baseline
• Tracking a Project as Scheduled
• Entering a Tasks Completion Percentage
• Entering Actual Values for Tasks
• Key Points
• Part 2 : Advanced Project Scheduling
• Chapter 7: Fine-Tuning Task Details
• Adjusting Task Relationships
• Setting Task Constraints
• Viewing the Projects Critical Path
• Interrupting Work on a Task
• Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
• Changing Task Types
• Entering Deadline Dates
• Entering Fixed Costs
• Setting Up a Recurring Task
• Key Points
• Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
• Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
• Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
• Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
• Delaying the Start of Assignments
• Applying Contours to Assignments
• Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
• Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
• Key Points
• Chapter 9: Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
• Examining Resource Allocations over Time
• Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
• Leveling Overallocated Resources
• Examining Project Costs
• Checking the Projects Finish Date
• Key Points
• Chapter 10: Organizing and Formatting Project Details
• Sorting Project Details
• Grouping Project Details
• Filtering Project Details
• Customizing Tables
• Customizing Views
• Key Points
• Chapter 11: Printing Project Information
• Printing Your Project Plan
• Printing Views
• Printing Reports
• Key Points
• Chapter 12: Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
• Copying and Pasting with Project
• Opening Other File Formats in Project
• Saving to Other File Formats from Project
• Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
• Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
• Key Points
• Chapter 13: Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
• Updating a Baseline
• Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
• Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
• Rescheduling Incomplete Work
• Key Points
• Chapter 14: Viewing and Reporting Project Status
• Identifying Tasks that Have Slipped
• Examining Task Costs
• Examining Resource Costs
• Reporting Project Costs Variance with a Stoplight View
• Key Points
• Chapter 15: Getting Your Project Back on Track
• Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
• Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
• Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
• Key Points
• Part 3: Special Projects
• Chapter 16: Applying Advanced Formatting
• Formatting a Gantt Chart View
• Formatting the Network Diagram View
• Formatting the Calendar View
• Key Points
• Chapter 17: Customizing Project
• Sharing Custom Views and Other Elements Between Project Plans
• Recording Macros
• Editing Macros
• Customizing a Toolbar
• Key Points
• Chapter 18: Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
• Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
• Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
• Generating an Earned Value Visual Report
• Key Points
• Chapter 19: Consolidating Projects and Resources
• Creating a Resource Pool
• Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
• Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
• Updating a Resources Information in a Resource Pool
• Updating All Plans Working Times in a Resource Pool
• Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
• Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
• Consolidating Project Plans
• Creating Dependencies Between Projects
• Key Points
• Part 4: Introducing Project Server
• Chapter 20: Planning Work with Project Server
• Understanding the Key Pieces of Enterprise Project Management
• Building a New Plan from an Enterprise Template
• Staffing an Enterprise Project with Resources
• Publishing a Plan to Project Server
• Key Points
• Chapter 21: Tracking Work with Project Server
• Reporting Actual Work Through Project Web Access
• Reporting Actual Work Through Outlook
• Handling Actuals from Resources
• Keeping Stakeholders Informed
• Key Points
• Chapter 22: Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents with Project Server
• Managing Risks
• Managing Issues
• Managing Documents
• Key Points
• Part 5: Appendices
• Appendix A: A Short Course in Project Management
• The Project Triangle: Viewing Projects in Terms of Time, Cost, and Scope
• Time, Cost, and Scope: Managing Project Constraints
• Managing Your Projects with Project
• Appendix B: Whats Next?
• Joining a Project Management Learning Community
• Final Words
• Glossary
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• Index
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• List of Figures
• List of Examples
• List of Sidebars
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