Planning and Scheduling Using Microsoft Office Project 2007 Including Microsoft Project 2000 to 2003: Including Microsoft Project 2000 To 2003 - Revised 2009 - Brossura

Harris, Paul E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1921059273 ISBN 13: 9781921059278

Casa editrice: EASTWOOD HARRIS, 2009

Riassunto

This book may be used with Microsoft Project as either: A self teach book, or A user guide, or A training manual for a two day training course. The book is aimed at: Project management companies in industries such as the building, construction, oil & gas, software development, government and defence who wish to run their own software training courses or provide their employees a good practical guide to using the software. Training organizations who require a training manual to run their own training courses. Project managers and schedulers who wish learn the software, however are unable to attend a training course. The book stays focused on the information required to create and update project schedules by: Concentrating on the core functions required to plan and control a project. Keeping the information relevant to each topic in the appropriate chapter. Providing a quick reference at the start of each chapter listing the chapters topics and associated menu commands. Providing a comprehensive index of topics. This book is designed to teach project team members in any industry how setup and use the software in a project environment and it: Explains in plain English and in a logical sequence the steps required to create and maintain a schedule. Highlights the sources of information and methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule. Presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up the software and import data. Each subject is covered in one chapter and the reader does not have to flick backwards and forwards through the book to read about a subject. Explains some of the important difference between Microsoft Project and other scheduling software. Explains some of the more difficult calculations, that are often omitted in other books, in plain English. Includes exercises to reinforce the learning outcomes, a large number of screen dumps, numerous tips and a detailed index. Every function and form in the book is listed in a very easy to use index that refers the user directly to the page and not to another index item. It has a chapter dedicated to the new functions available in Microsoft Project 2007 and Covers some of the more advanced features of the software.

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Contenuti

1 Introduction
2 Creating a Project Plan
3 Creating Projects and Setting up the Software
4 Navigating Around the Screen
5 Defining Calendars
6 Adding Tasks
7 Organizing Tasks Using Outlining
8 Formatting the Display
9 Adding Task Dependencies
10 Network Diagram View
11 Constraints
12 Filters
13 Views, Tables and Details
14 Printing and Reports
15 Tracking Progress
16 Grouping Tasks, Outline Codes and WBS
17 Options
18 Creating Resources
19 Assigning Resources and Costs to Tasks
20 Resource Histograms, Tables, S-Curves & Leveling
21 Statusing Projects with Resources
22 Tools and Techniques for Scheduling
23 What Is New In Microsoft Project
24 Items Not Covered in This Book
25 Appendix 1 – Screens Used To Create Views
26 Index

Product Description

Book by Harris Paul E

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: EASTWOOD HARRIS
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1921059273
• ISBN 13: 9781921059278
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile