Microsoft Project Step by Step (covering Project Online Desktop Client), 1st edition
Title overview
Now students can learn Microsoft Project efficiently and painlessly!
- Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources
- Share plans and track progress
- Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
- Use Gantt charts and other views and reports to visualize project schedules
- Share resources across multiple plans and consolidate projects
- Master project management best practices while learning Project
- Look up just the tasks and lessons needed
- For the first time, includes instructor resources - PowerPoint slides, a testbank, and an Instructor's Manual
- Fully updated for the most recent versions of Microsoft Project
- Easy lessons for essential tasks
- Detailed screenshots
- Skill-building practice files
Updated for the Microsoft Project release.
Table of contents
Part 1: Get started with Microsoft Project
1: Project, project management, and you
2: Take a guided tour
Part 2: Simple scheduling basics
3: Start a new plan
4: Build a task list
5: Set up resources
6: Assign resources to tasks
7: Format and share your plan
8: Track progress: Basic techniques
Part 3: Advanced scheduling techniques
9: Fine-tune task scheduling
10: Fine-tune task details
11: Fine-tune resource and assignment details
12: Fine-tune the Project plan
13: Organize plan details
14: Track progress: Detailed techniques
15: View and report project status
Part 4: In-depth and special subjects
16: Format and print views: In-depth techniques
17: Format reports: In-depth techniques
18: Customize Project
19: Share information with other programs
20: Consolidate projects and resources
21: Use Agile project management with Project
Part 5: Appendixes
A: A short course in project management
B: Develop your project management skills
C: Integration with Microsoft 365 solutions for collaboration
D: Use this book in a classroom
Glossary
Index
Author bios
Cindy M. Lewis is a project management consultant and trainer with 4 Pillars of Success, her consultancy business. She helps clients around the world gain business value and is also a sought after speaker who presents on a variety of topics related to project management.
Cindy is a multiyear recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, with specific expertise in Microsoft Project Online desktop client, Project for the web, and Project Online. She is also a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
In addition, Cindy is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). She earned her bachelor's degree from WMU in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and her MBA degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.