Microsoft Project 2000 Bible - Softcover

Marmel, Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764533193 ISBN 13: 9780764533198

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

You know it takes more than a just "do it" attitude to pull off the projects your department faces. The powerful tools packed into Microsoft Project 2000 help you meet your deadlines, build a focused team, head off problems -- and get the results you want.

Tools like wizards that automatically create charts, customize views, and link projects help you have your way with Microsoft Project 2000. Try importing files or creating macros to save yourself even more time. With this bible by your side, you'll be synchronizing tasks and making your projects flow, making you the team leader you were meant to be.

The CD-ROM features Project-related software, such as Timesheet Professional and Project Kickstart, as well as relevant templates and shareware.

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Review

Managing large projects has a lot to do with keeping track of dependencies among their components. In other words, you have to know what must be done first, before other aspects of the project can go ahead. Microsoft Project 2000 helps you identify those dependencies and monitor progress toward them, and Microsoft Project 2000 Bible can help you become an expert in using this useful program. It covers Project 2000's entire feature set clearly and completely. About the only shortcoming of this book is its lack of an evaluation version of the application on the companion CD-ROM.

Some books in the Bible Series fall into the trap of emphasizing interface documentation over practical explanations. This book avoids that snare, focusing on business goals rather than on the software itself. So sections (easily located in the index) like "Assigning Part-Time Work" and "Using the Critical Path to Shorten a Project"--in which you'll find procedures to follow and explanations of how Project complements the duties of real-life managers--are the norm. Passages on reporting and network publishing are (appropriately) more software-centric. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Project 2000 for people who use it every day to monitor and manage elaborate team efforts; Project's management of goals, tasks, resources, and actual progress; financial tracking; Project's tools for collaboration via e-mail and network publishing.

From the Publisher

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Microsoft Project 2000:

Plan a project -- and build in cost savings and efficiencies

Make optimum use of time, people, and resources

Create effective Gantt, PERT, and Resource charts

Track and analyze your progress

Gauge the impact of variables and "what if" scenarios

Build professional reports for follow-up

Use Project to keep workgroup members in the loop

Manage resources by linking and joining projects

Save time by creating macros and importing files

Take advantage of Project's intranet and Internet capabilities

BONUS CD-ROM includes top project management tools that also link with Microsoft Project, including trial and demo versions of:

TimeSheet Professional Project KickStart PERT Chart Expert WBS Chart for Project Milestones, Etc. 5.0 Innate Timesheets

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0764533193
• ISBN 13: 9780764533198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 696