Managing Projects With Microsoft Project 2000 (eBook)

For Windows

Gwen Lowery, Teresa S. Stover (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2002 | 1. Auflage
480 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-43779-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Autor

GWEN LOWERY gained insider's knowledge as an original member of Microsoft Project's software documentation team. A well-known writer of computer hardware and software manuals, she began her career at Hewlett-Packard before joining Microsoft. TERESA STOVER is a technical writing consultant and owner of Stover Writing Services. She has been a key member of the Project team at Microsoft for four versions, including Project 2000. She has authored eight other books on personal computer hardware and software.

Inhalt

Introducing Microsoft Project 2000.

YOUR PROJECT TAKES SHAPE.

The Elements of Project Management.

How Microsoft Project Helps You Manage Projects.

Starting a Project.

CREATING AND REFINING YOUR PROJECT.

Entering and Structuring Your Tasks.

Making Tasks Happen at the Right Time.

Assigning Resources to Tasks.

Specifying Resource and Task Costs.

Fine-Tuning Your Project.

TRACKING AND UPDATING YOUR PROJECT.

Keeping Your Project on Track.

Updating Task Information Using E-Mail.

Updating Task Information Using the Web.

REVIEWING PROJECT INFORMATION.

Viewing Your Information.

Making Your Project Look How You Want.

Printing and Publishing Basics.

Printing Views.

Printing Reports.

USING OTHER PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

Managing Several Projects at Once.

Sharing Project Information with Other Programs.

CUSTOMIZING MICROSOFT PROJECT TOOLS.

Customizing Microsoft Project.

Glossary.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Project
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Word
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: Industrial Engineering • Industrial Engineering / Project Management • Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik • Project 2000 • Projektmanagement • Projektmanagement i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-471-43779-4 / 0471437794
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-43779-6 / 9780471437796