Teach Yourself Microsoft Project 2000

This step-by-step tutorial gives you the information and visuals you need to quickly master Microsoft's powerful scheduling software. You'll come down with a textbook case of learning when you cover everything from starting a project to creating macros that automate project management. Find your own solutions to your project planning problems with this proven self-teaching method.

Including coverage of new scheduling features, this book is the fastest way to learn Microsoft Project 98 quickly and get up to speed on the critical features users need to update and maintain projects. Readers will learn about Resource Contouring, Task Splitting, Cost Rate Tables, and Office 97 integration.

Learn proven project management strategies as you master the world's #1 project management software Here's a winning combination: a series of successful project management strategies that cover every phase of the process AND an insider's guide to the most powerful and versatile project management software available anywhere. That's what you'll find in Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2000. A synchronized learning system helps you get with the program Microsoft Project 2000 brings 21st-century power to this already formidable tool. Whether you're an experienced user preparing to upgrade to Microsoft Project 2000 or an aspiring project manager who needs to understand the big picture as you gain control of the details, this remarkable one-stop guide helps you make the most of this outstanding new program. It puts you in control of every new feature and enhanced capability, including how to: SCHEDULE TASKS AND TRACK PROGRESS using task calendars, deadline dates, estimated durations, baseline and interim plans, and more MANAGE RESOURCES FOR BETTER TASK SCHEDULING with new methods that let you vary resource availability, specify material resources, and set task priorities for resource leveling MODEL PROJECTS GRAPHICALLY WITH NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW, which offers flexible viewing and formatting of program information in a graphical layout of tasks MANAGE TASKS AND RESOURCES ACROSS A WORKGROUP with Microsoft Project Central-a Web-based companion to Microsoft Project 2000 that allows for task delegation up and down organizational lines, task progress reporting, and narrative status reporting WORK FASTER AND SMARTER by jump-starting new products with templates, grouping tasks and resources, creating your own work breakdown structure numbering scheme-and much, much more

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to lead projects to success with Microsoft® Project 2002. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need, or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Develop a project plan with tasks, resources, and assignments Master the tools for presenting your plan and creating reports Track progress and costs—and make real-time adjustments Learn techniques for managing multiple projects and dependencies Collaborate using Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Web Access Prepare for the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOS) exam Plus, sharpen your project-management skills with the quick course in the appendix!

This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect a new product incorporated in Project called Enterprise Project. Topics covered include scheduling tasks effectively and tracking costs.

Necessity for greater flexibility and understanding of project management is coming into its own--even though most people manage projects as part of other duties. This guide seeks to provide consumers with a comprehensive understanding of the features, functions, and best practices of project management by thorough coverage of the industry's leading project management tool.

MICROSOFT PROJECT 2000 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to learn the latest version of Microsoft's powerful project-management program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you get insightful tips from a PMI-certified project management professional (Chatfield) and a Microsoft Project support professional (Johnson), who show you how to use Project 2000 to, manage projects effectively. 1. Step numbers are your unmistakable guides through the lessons. 2. Buttons and desktop icons show you where to point and click on the screen. 3. Screen shots illustrate the lessons you're working on. 4. Tips provide alternative steps or additional information. 5. Multimedia demos highlight key procedures. With this book and Microsoft Project 2000, you'll learn to: * Forecast what you can accomplish with resources such as people, equipment, time, and money * Analyze information by using graphs and tables, and publish your data in print or on line * Track how your projects progress and identify what to do if they don't proceed according to plan * Use the innovative Web-based companion product, Microsoft Project Central * Meet Microsoft Project 2000 MOUS core- and expert-level objectives