Microsoft Project For Dummies

Cynthia Snyder Dionisio is a project anagement consultant with a passion for curriculum design and online training. Author of Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies, she's helped thousands of employees find success in their project management careers.

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Project 5 Chapter 1: Project Management, MS Project, and You 7 Chapter 2: Starting the Project 23 Chapter 3: Becoming a Task Master 41 Chapter 4: The Codependent Nature of Tasks 55 Chapter 5: Estimating Task Time 67 Chapter 6: Check Out This View! 83 Part 2: Managing Resources 103 Chapter 7: Creating Resources 105 Chapter 8: Working with Calendars 121 Chapter 9: Assigning Resources 137 Chapter 10: Determining a Project's Cost 149 Part 3: Before You Baseline 159 Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning Your Plan 161 Chapter 12: Negotiating Project Constraints 175 Chapter 13: Making the Project Look Good 189 Chapter 14: It All Begins with a Baseline 207 Part 4: Staying on Track 217 Chapter 15: On the Right Track 219 Chapter 16: Project Views: Observing Progress 235 Chapter 17: You're Behind -- Now What? 249 Chapter 18: Spreading the News: Reporting 265 Part 5: Working with Sprints Projects 285 Chapter 19: Setting Up a Sprints Project 287 Chapter 20: Tracking a Sprints Project 299 Chapter 21: Getting Better All the Time 307 Part 6: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 22: Ten Golden Rules of Project Management 319 Chapter 23: Ten Cool Shortcuts in Project 327 Glossary 333 Index 341