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Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out

ISBN: 0735619581
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 268

Authors: Teresa S. Stover

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out
• About the CD
• Using the CD
• System Requirements
• Support Information
• Conventions and FeaturesUsed in This Book
• Part I: Project Fundamentals
• Chapter 1: Introducing 2003Microsoft Project
• Using this Book
• Using Microsoft Project - An Overview
• What s New in Microsoft Project 2003
• Learning As You Go
• Chapter 2: Understanding Project Projects and Management
• Understanding Project Management Basics
• Understanding Project Management Processes
• Facilitating Your Project with Microsoft Project
• Understanding Project Stakeholders
• Keys to Successful Project Management
• Part II: Developing the Project Plan
• Chapter 3: Starting a New Project
• Focusing the Project Vision
• Creating a New Project Plan
• Entering Tasks
• Sequencing and Organizing Tasks
• Organizing Tasks into an Outline
• Setting Up Your Work Breakdown Structure
• Adding Supplementary Information to Tasks
• Chapter 4: Viewing Project Information
• Understanding Project Information Categories
• Accessing Your Project Information
• Using Tables
• Using Fields
• Rearranging Your Project Information
• Arranging Your Microsoft Project Workspace
• Navigating to a Specific Location in a View
• Chapter 5: Scheduling Tasks
• Setting Task Durations
• Establishing Task Dependencies
• Scheduling Tasks to Achieve Specific Dates
• Setting Deadline Reminders
• Creating Milestones in Your Schedule
• Working with Task Calendars
• Chapter 6: Setting Up Resources in the Project
• Understanding the Impact of Resources in the Project Plan
• Adding Work Resources to the Project
• Adding Material Resources to the Project
• Removing a Resource from the Project
• Setting Resource Working Time Calendars
• Adding Detailed Resource Information
• Chapter 7: Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
• Reviewing Assignment Information
• Changing Resource Assignments
• Contouring Resource Assignments
• Chapter 8: Planning Resource and Task Costs
• Working with Costs and Budgeting
• Planning Resource Costs
• Planning Fixed Task Costs
• Reviewing Planned Costs
• Working with Multiple Currencies
• Chapter 9: Checking and Adjusting the Project Plan
• Working with the Critical Path and Critical Tasks
• Bringing in the Project Finish Date
• Reducing Project Costs
• Balancing Resource Workloads
• Changing Project Scope
• Reviewing the Impact of Changes
• Obtaining Buyoff on the Project Plan
• Part III: Tracking Progress
• Chapter 10: Saving a Baseline and Updating Progress
• Saving Original Plan Information Using a Baseline
• Updating Task Progress
• Chapter 11: Responding to Changes in Your Project
• Monitoring and Adjusting the Schedule
• Monitoring and Adjusting Costs
• Monitoring and Adjusting Resource Workload
• Part IV: Reporting and Analysis
• Chapter 12: Reporting Project Information
• Establishing Your Communications Plan
• Setting Up and Printing Views
• Generating Reports
• Revising a Built-in Report
• Building a Custom Report
• Generating Reports from Project XML Data
• Publishing Project Information to the Web
• Chapter 13: Analyzing Project Information
• Analyzing Progress and Costs Using Earned Value
• Calculating Project Information in Microsoft Excel
• Part V: Managing Multiple Projects
• Chapter 14: Managing Master Projects and Resource Pools
• Structuring Master Projects with Subprojects
• Consolidating Project Information
• Sharing Resources Using a Resource Pool
• Chapter 15: Exchanging Information Between Project Plans
• Linking Information Between Project Plans
• Copying and Moving Information Between Projects
• Copying Project Elements Using the Organizer
• Part VI: Integrating Microsoft Project with Other Programs
• Chapter 16: Exchanging Information with Other Applications
• Copying Information
• Embedding Information
• Linking Information
• Hyperlinking to Documents in Other Applications
• Publishing Project Information to the Web
• Creating Project XML Data
• Importing and Exporting Information
• Chapter 17: Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Excel
• Copying Between Microsoft Project and Excel
• Embedding Between Microsoft Project and Excel
• Linking Between Microsoft Project and Excel
• Importing and Exporting with Excel
• Chapter 18: Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Outlook
• Exchanging Task Information with Outlook
• Building Your Resource List with Outlook
• Exchanging Workgroup Messages
• Sending Project File Information
• Chapter 19: Collaborating Using E-Mail
• Setting Up E-Mail Workgroup Messaging
• Sending Assignments and Updates to Team Members
• Receiving Assignments from the Project Manager
• Part VII: Managing Projects Across Your Enterprise
• Chapter 20: Understanding the Project Workgroup and Enterprise Model
• Who s Who in Enterprise Project Management
• Understanding Project Server Components
• Understanding Project Workgroup Collaboration
• Understanding Enterprise Project Management
• Modeling Enterprise Implementations
• Chapter 21: Administering Project Server and Project Web Access for Your Enterprise
• Configuring Your Enterprise and Workgroup
• Managing Users and System Security
• Administering the Enterprise Resource Pool
• Establishing the Enterprise Portfolio
• Standardizing Enterprise Project Elements
• Setting Up Team Member Timesheets
• Chapter 22: Managing Enterprise Projects and Resources
• Connecting to Your Project Server
• Working with Enterprise Projects
• Building Your Enterprise Project Team
• Collaborating with Your Project Team
• Chapter 23: Participating On a Team Using Project Web Access
• Getting Started with Project Web Access
• Working with Assignments
• Tracking Progress on Your Assignments
• Reviewing Task and Project Information
• Setting Up E-Mail Reminders and Calendars
• Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents
• Managing Resources in Project Web Access
• Chapter 24: Making Executive Decisions Using Project Web Access
• Getting Started with Project Web Access
• Working with Views and Fields
• Analyzing Your Project Portfolio
• Analyzing Resource Information
• Examining Projects Using Portfolio Analyzer
• Running Scenarios Using Portfolio Modeler
• Setting Up E-Mail Reminders and To-Do Lists
• Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents
• Part VIII: Customizing and Managing Project Files
• Chapter 25: Customizing Your View of Project Information
• Customizing Views
• Customizing Tables
• Customizing Fields
• Customizing Groups
• Customizing Filters
• Working with Outline Codes
• Sharing Customized Elements Among Projects
• Chapter 26: Customizing the Microsoft Project Interface
• Creating and Customizing Toolbars
• Creating and Customizing Menus
• Creating and Customizing Forms
• Chapter 27: Automating Your Work with Macros
• Understanding Macros
• Creating Macros
• Running Macros
• Chapter 28: Standardizing ProjectsUsing Templates
• Understanding the Template Types
• Working with the Project Global Template
• Working with Project Templates
• Closing a Project
• Chapter 29: Managing Project Files
• Opening Project Files
• Saving Files
• Saving and Opening with Different File Formats
• Safeguarding Your Project Files
• Part IX: Programming Custom Solutions
• Chapter 30: Understanding the Visual Basic Language
• Understanding Objects, Properties,Methods, and Events
• Understanding Data Types
• Understanding Variables
• Understanding Procedures
• Understanding Scope
• Understanding Decision Structures
• Understanding Loop Structures
• Writing Code That Is Easily Understood
• Writing Efficient Code
• Trapping Errors
• Chapter 31: Writing Microsoft Project Code with Visual Basic for Applications
• Using the Visual Basic Editor
• Understanding the Microsoft Project Object Model
• Creating Macros
• Debugging Macros
• Creating UserForms
• Extending and Automating Microsoft Project
• Chapter 32: Working with Microsoft Project Data
• Introducing Common Database Elements
• Understanding Project OLE DB Provider Data
• Understanding the Microsoft Project Database
• Understanding the Project Server Database
• Part X: Appendixes
• Appendix A: Installing Microsoft Office Project 2003
• Installing Project Standard and Project Professional 2003
• Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Setup Issues
• Enterprise Project Management System Requirements
• Appendix B: Field Reference
• Field Types
• Special Field Categories
• Appendix C: Online Resources for Microsoft Project
• Microsoft-Sponsored Resources
• Independent Resources
• Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts
• Index to Troubleshooting Topics
• B
• C
• E
• F
• G
• L
• M
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• V
• Index
• Index_Numbers
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J-K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q-R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Y-Z
• CD Content
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Troubleshooting Tips
• List of Inside Out Tips
• List of Sidebars