The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2019!
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Project 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers-brisk lessons and informative screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Other Project users will want to grab this book as well.
Quickly start new plans, build task lists, and assign resources
View resource capacity and track progress
Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports
Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans
Manage modern Agile projects (James Mills, Jr., contributor)
Customize Project to maximize your efficiency
Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility
Master PM best practices while you learn Project
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Autorentext
Cindy Lewis is a project management consultant and trainer with 4 Pillars of Success, her consultancy business. She travels frequently to help 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 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 MBA degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and her Bachelor's degree from WMU in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
To stay current with the latest industry developments and explore new ideas, Cindy attends as many professional events and conferences as she can. She is active in her local chapter of the PMI and enjoys both sharing her knowledge with the project management community and helping others gain satisfaction in what they do.
Tim Johnson's first connection with Project began as a product support professional at Microsoft, starting with Project 3.0 for MS-DOS. Tim later worked on the Project user assistance team, where he brought his firsthand knowledge of customers' issues to new learning solutions for Project. Tim remains involved in the computer industry and continues to look for ways to help customers better understand and use their computer applications. Tim is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).
Carl Chatfield is a content strategist and technical writer in the software development industry. Carl teaches in the Professional Technical Writing program at the University of Washington. He is a graduate of the masters program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.
Inhalt
Introduction
Part 1: Get started with Microsoft project
Chapter 1 Project, project management, and you
Practice files
Meet the Project program
Meet the Project family
See the new features in Project 2019
New features in earlier versions
New in Project 2016
New in Project 2013
New in Project 2010
Take a project manager's perspective
Let's get started!
Chapter 2 Take a guided tour
Practice files
Explore the Project user interface
Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
Work with schedule details in views
Use reports to check a plan's status
Skills review
Practice tasks
Explore the Project user interface
Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
Work with schedule details in views
Use reports to check a plan's status
Part 2: Simple scheduling basics
Chapter 3 Start a new plan
Practice files
Create a new plan and set its start date
Set nonworking days in the project calendar
Enter the plan title and other properties
Skills review
Create a new plan and set its start date
Set nonworking days in the project calendar
Enter the plan title and other properties
Chapter 4 Build a task list
Practice files
Create tasks
Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
Enter task durations and estimates
Enter milestone tasks
Create summary tasks to outline the plan
Link tasks to create dependencies
Check a plan's duration and finish date
Document task information
Skills review
Create tasks
Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
Enter task durations and estimates
Enter milestone tasks
Create summary tasks to outline the plan
Link tasks to create dependencies
Check a plan's duration and finish date
Document task information
Chapter 5 Set up resources
Practice files
Set up work resources
Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
Enter work resource pay rates
Adjust working time in a resource calendar
Set up cost resources
Document resources by using notes
Skills review
Set up work resources
Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
Enter work resource pay rates
Adjust working time in a resource calendar
Set up cost resources
Document resources by using notes
Chapter 6 Assign resources to tasks
Practice files
Assign work resources to tasks
Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
Assign cost resources to tasks
Check the plan after assigning resources
Skills review
Assign work resources to tasks
Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
Assign cost resources to tasks
Check the plan after assigning resources
Chapter 7 Format and share your plan
Practice files
Customize a Gantt chart view
Add tasks to a Timeline view
Customize reports
Copy views and reports
Print views and reports
Skills review
Customize a Gantt chart view
Add tasks to a Timeline view
Customize reports
Copy views and reports
Print views and reports
Chapter 8 Track progress: Basic techniques
Practice files
Understand progress tracking
Save a baseline of your plan
Track a plan as scheduled
Enter a task's completion percentage <…