Project 2010 For Dummies 1st Edition by Nancy C. Muir (PDF)

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A friendly reference guide to Microsoft Project, the leading enterprise project management softwareAs project management software, Microsoft Project allows you to oversee your business activities effectively. You can manage resources, share project info, perform modeling and scenario analysis, and standardize reporting processes. This easy-to-understand guide is completely updated to cover the latest changes and newest enhancements to Project 2010 and shows you how to get Project 2010 to work for you.After an introduction to basic project management concepts, you’ll discover the mechanics of using Project software to create and manage projects. Other topics covered include working with calendars, using and sharing resources, budgeting, formatting taskbars, gathering and tracking data, working with reports, and creating templates.Microsoft Project allows you to manage resources, share project information, perform scenario analysis, and standardize reporting processesOffers completely updated coverage of the new Project 2010, which is expected to implement the Office RibbonReviews formatting taskbars, gathering and tracking data, and working with reportsAddresses using and sharing resources, creating templates, and managing projectsLet the friendly For Dummies writing style guide you through maximizing the new features of Project 2010.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Learn to:Manage project schedules with Project 2010Work with new scheduling tools and the Ribbon interfaceAssign and share resources and understand calendarsCreate impressive reportsIn charge of a project? Manage it better with Project 2010 and this book!If you’ve never used project management software before — or you’ve used previous versions of Project and want to master the all-new Project 2010 interface and features — this is the book for you! You’ll find the project management concepts you need to know, how Project 2010 works and how to get up to speed, what’s new, and most importantly, how to apply it to a real project. What do I do with this thing? — set up Project, learn what types of input you need to provide, and begin building project plansBe resourceful — create and assign work resources, material resources, and fixed costs, and manage resources effectivelyA perfect fit — ensure your project has a high chance of success by fine-tuning your planRunning on rails — learn to use baselines, track progress and materials, and create reports that help keep projects on trackEnterprise options — get an overview of online collaborative features using Project Server, Web Application, and SharePointOpen the book and find:How to maximize control with the new manual scheduling featureYour way around the Project interfaceThe new Timeline and Team Planner viewsTips on assigning resourcesAdvice on communicating with your teamAll about reports and how to use themScheduling help from the new Task InspectorVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/project2010fd to find additional project management tools, including add-on software, bonus Project templates, sample cases, and more! From the Back Cover Learn to:Manage project schedules with Project 2010Work with new scheduling tools and the Ribbon interfaceAssign and share resources and understand calendarsCreate impressive reportsIn charge of a project? Manage it better with Project 2010 and this book!If you’ve never used project management software before — or you’ve used previous versions of Project and want to master the all-new Project 2010 interface and features — this is the book for you! You’ll find the project management concepts you need to know, how Project 2010 works and how to get up to speed, what’s new, and most importantly, how to apply it to a real project. What do I do with this thing? — set up Project, learn what types of input you need to provide, and begin building project plansBe resourceful — create and assign work resources, material resources, and fixed costs, and manage resources effectivelyA perfect fit — ensure your project has a high chance of success by fine-tuning your planRunning on rails — learn to use baselines, track progress and materials, and create reports that help keep projects on trackEnterprise options — get an overview of online collaborative features using Project Server, Web Application, and SharePointOpen the book and find:How to maximize control with the new manual scheduling featureYour way around the Project interfaceThe new Timeline and Team Planner viewsTips on assigning resourcesAdvice on communicating with your teamAll about reports and how to use themScheduling help from the new Task InspectorVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/project2010fd to find additional project management tools, including add-on software, bonus Project templates, sample cases, and more! About the Author Nancy C. Muir has written more than 50 books on technology and business topics including Windows, Office applications, PCs, laptops, and Internet safety. She has presented workshops to Fortune 500 companies on project management and related software. Her credits include more than a dozen For Dummies books. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐When I buy an “ for Dummies” book, I’m expecting it to teach me at least the basics of how to use . This book, however, is written more in the form of a reference, but if I were to buy a reference, I’d buy a TRUE reference and not a “Dummies” book.It doesn’t walk you through any exercises; rather, it explains things. For example, it explains the differences between Task Types but doesn’t walk you through any tutorial examples where you create different Task Types and see the results of each. Rather, it just tells you the steps needed to do activities. For example, “If you want to create a Fixed Duration task, follow these steps…” and it lists the steps.I was looking to brush up on and improve my MS Project skills, so I researched several books. I finally settled on this book and the “MS Project Step By Step” book. Fortunately, I decided to start with that book and it was a GREAT start and I very-much HIGHLY recommend that book instead of this one!The Step-By-Step book comes with example Project Plans and walks you through examples/tutorials. I learned A LOT from that book.Even though this “Dummies” book may serve best as a reference, there are better reference-written books/series out there than this “Dummies” book, so I urge you to also AVOID this book, even if you’re looking for a reference.

⭐This book is well written and easy to understand. The last time I used Project was many years ago, before Microsoft completely revamped the user interface. So I was looking for a quick way to get up to speed on the 2010 version and this book was the ticket. After reading just a few chapters, I got the gist of it and have been able to create a project plan that I can continue to update in just a day.

⭐Book is OK. But is a drier read than I had hoped and would have benefitted from the inclusion of a DVD to actually demo the concepts or to populate a dummy project so that you could practice the concepts discussed and described in the text.

⭐I wanted facts not a lot of stories. This had a lot of busy talk that frustrated me. I had to read lots of stories that had nothing to do with starting a project. The basic information is in there, you just have to hunt for it and I didn’t have the time. Now that I have the basics down, I will go back to this book.

⭐Great resource for MS Project novices.

⭐Nice

⭐Lots of good tips.

⭐Good Product

⭐Bought this as a present for my son, who I’d given some basic training on how to use MS project.The 2010 version is quite different to the earlier 2007 one and it has some annoying traits.So I bought the book to help my son gain a bit of experience and use the book as a reference to gain more confidence. I saw my son yesterday and asked what he thought of the book. The feedback was. Very good and he said it it very constructive in explaining the use of MS project especially as he had never used it before.

⭐Very Good Quality

⭐Great investment

⭐I bought this to help me learn project 2010. It has been of some help but I really needed tips on the complicated elements like reports and costs plus fees.

⭐I had to learn Microsoft Project 2010 rapidly for a University Project Management module.I found this book to be useful reference and helped me get up to speed quickly. Like all the Dummies books its easy to read and follow.

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