Chapter 4: Project 2002 Quickstart

Overview

Now that we’ve covered the basics of project design and management, you’re ready to begin entering information for your project. This chapter is a quick overview of how to use Micro-soft Project 2002 to build, manage, and close a project. We’ll use the XYZ-BOT (Branch Office Training) project outlined in Chapters 2 and 3 as our sample project, but if you have a project that you’re ready to sink your teeth into, locate your design documents and get ready. That black smoke pouring out of your computer isn’t just your imagination—it’s coming from the place where the rubber meets the road.

Here are the topics covered in this chapter:

• Defining and planning a project

• Entering task, resource, and cost information

• Optimizing the plan

• Communicating with stakeholders

• Tracking and managing a project

• Closing a project