Cynthia Snyder Dionisio - Microsoft Project For Dummies

Microsoft® Project For Dummies®

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021952565

ISBN 978-1-119-85862-1 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-85863-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-85864-5 (ebk)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book What's Not in This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Getting Started with Project Chapter 1: Project Management, MS Project, and You Project Management Evolution What’s in a Name: Projects, Project Management, and Project Managers Introducing Microsoft Project Getting to Know You Tell Me What You Want to Do Chapter 2: Starting the Project Creating the Project Charter Introducing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Organizing the Work Starting the Project Chapter 3: Becoming a Task Master Creating Summary Tasks and Subtasks Moving Tasks Up, Down, and All Around Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Collapsing and Expanding the Task Outline Showing Up Again and Again: Recurring Tasks Setting Milestones Deleting Tasks and Using Inactive Tasks Making a Task Note Chapter 4: The Codependent Nature of Tasks How Tasks Become Dependent Setting the Dependency Connection Chapter 5: Estimating Task Time You’re in It for the Duration Estimating Effort and Duration Controlling Timing with Constraints Starting and Pausing Tasks Chapter 6: Check Out This View! A Project with a View More Detail about Views Customizing Views

6 Part 2: Managing Resources Chapter 7: Creating Resources Resources: People, Places, and Things Becoming Resource-Full The Birth of a Resource Managing Resource Availability Sharing Resources Chapter 8: Working with Calendars Mastering Base, Project, Resource, and Task Calendars Scheduling with Calendar Options and Working Times Working with Task Calendars and Resource Calendars Creating a Custom Calendar Template Sharing Copies of Calendars Chapter 9: Assigning Resources Finding the Right Resource Making a Useful Assignation Benefitting from a Helpful Planner Chapter 10: Determining a Project’s Cost How Do Costs Accrue? Specifying Cost Information in the Project

7 Part 3: Before You Baseline Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning Your Plan Everything Filters to the Bottom Line Gathering Information in Groups Figuring Out What’s Driving the Project Chapter 12: Negotiating Project Constraints It’s about Time Getting What You Want for Less The Resource Recourse Rescheduling the Project Chapter 13: Making the Project Look Good Looking Good! Formatting the Gantt Chart Formatting Network Diagram Boxes Adjusting the Layout Modifying Gridlines Recognizing When a Picture Can Say It All Creating a Custom Text Field Chapter 14: It All Begins with a Baseline All about Baselines In the Interim

8 Part 4: Staying on Track Chapter 15: On the Right Track Tracking Views Moving a Task Update Project: Sweeping Changes Tracking Materials Tracking More than One Project Chapter 16: Project Views: Observing Progress Seeing Where Tasks Stand Delving into the Detail Tracking Progress Using Earned Value Management Calculating behind the Scenes Chapter 17: You’re Behind — Now What? Using Project with Risk and Issue Logs What-If Scenarios How Adding People or Time Affects the Project When All Else Fails Chapter 18: Spreading the News: Reporting Generating Standard Reports Creating New Reports Fine-Tuning a Report Spiffing Things Up Calling the Printer! Working on the Timeline

9 Part 5: Working with Sprints Projects Chapter 19: Setting Up a Sprints Project Creating a Sprints Project Enjoying a Whole New View Adding Information to Tasks Prioritizing Tasks Inserting a Sprints Project into a Plan-Driven Project Chapter 20: Tracking a Sprints Project Viewing Your Sprints Project Data Creating Sprints Reports Chapter 21: Getting Better All the Time Reviewing the Project Comparing Versions of a Project Building on Success