Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2010 and PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition - Softcover

Harris, Paul E

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9781921059391: Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2010 and PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition

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ISBN 10: 1921059397 ISBN 13: 9781921059391

Publisher: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, 2010

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This book is principally a Microsoft Project book aimed at Project Management Professionals who understand the PMBOK(r) Guide Fourth Edition processes and wish to learn how to use Microsoft Project 2010 to plan and control their projects in a PMBOK(r) Guide environment, and discover how to gain the most from the software. The book is designed for users of earlier versions to upgrade their skills and for new planners to learn the software. It starts with the basics required to create a schedule, through resource planning and on to the more advanced features. A chapter is dedicated to the new functions and it outlines the differences from the earlier versions throughout the book. This book is a user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals following the PMBOK(r) Guide Fourth Edition who wish to learn how to schedule projects in a single project environment with or without Resources with Microsoft Project. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is suitable as a training course handout, for learning the software or as a reference book. The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter.

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About the Author

Paul Harris holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering obtained in the UK and is a Certified Cost Engineer through AACEI International, a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, an Approved PRINCE2 Trainer and a “Managing Successful Programmes” Registered Practitioner. He has worked in the project controls industry for a number of years and has assisted many companies in a range of industries to set up and run project controls systems. His Melbourne, Australia based company, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, offers project controls consulting and training services world wide with a strong focus on Microsoft Project and Primavera software.

Review

This book is useful for students and teachers in the classroom, and by project management and scheduling practitioners, both new and experienced. It is a rewrite of Harris recent book, Planning and Scheduling Using Microsoft� Project 2007. This new book addresses the latest features and carry-over functions of Microsoft s latest release to the project management public with a PMI/PMBOK� Guide spin. Sustaining his clear and concise manner of writing, Harris explains the basic and intermediate functions, both new and carry-over, of using Microsoft� Project. The book covers most available functions and features, and adds complexity gradually and palatably as the users work their way through the book s 24 detailed chapters of content and reference information. Like the MS Project 2003, 2002, and 2000 books, Harris takes some pretty complicated topics like how duration, work, resources, and units trade-off with each other and makes it seem like anybody can learn to use the software. Harris books continue to be functionally organized, not by menu item. So, if you are using the book as a reference manual or help guide, it s easy to find a particular topic since you don t have to know which menu the function is called up from you just need to know the subject that you are looking for. The detailed index at the back is thorough and handy. Harris also provides a list of menus and related submenus at the beginning of most chapters for people who cannot remember how to find or use a particular function. Paul Harris has succeeded in explaining how to plan, schedule and track projects using Microsoft� Project 2007 within the practices prescribed by PMI s PMBOK� Guide. I recommend reading and using it. --A. Larry Aaron CCE President, T&M Concepts Las Vegas, NV

An accurate and maintainable project plan is critical for project success. Paul Harris has created a book that not only introduces a very powerful Project Management tool, Microsoft� Project 2010, and he also provides PMBOK� Guide process context and the steps to ensure that a plan is created that is accurate and maintainable!!. The guidance in the book stresses the importance of setting up Microsoft� Project first before entering a plan by explaining how some of the subtle and critical settings influence the use of the product. In addition, Paul has provided a single example project that is developed through a series of workshops in the context of the PMBOK� Guide processes. Each workshop includes a set of correct answers and screen shots to confirm the correct use and understanding of the way Microsoft� Project helps project managers manage their planning data. The screen shots are carefully crafted to communicate each step of the way supported by text that is clear and written for the project manager in their language. I highly recommend the basis for learning Microsoft Project in a workshop training or individual study environment. --Bruce McNaughton Director, Customer Driven Solutions Limited

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