Product Description

Check out case histories to see how Project works

Explore Project Server and use SharepointTM to manage projects in multiple locations

Did you know you’ve been managing projects ever since you tackled your first coloring book? Now both the projects and the problems are bigger, but if you manage to grab this book, you’ll discover easy ways to collect and track data, share resources, prepare budgets, develop reports, and make your projects successful with Project.

Discover how to:

• Build Project plans
• Set up calendar settings, task outlines, and timing relationships
• Assign resources
• Incorporate smaller projects into a master project
• Modify item formatting
• Integrate Project with Outlook®

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• A selection of add-on tools and templates
• Case history examples
• Test preparation questions for the Project Management Institute (PMI) certification exam
• Milestones Project Companion® and Project KickStart trial versions
• Cobra, WBS Chart Pro, PERT Chart Expert, and TimeSheet Professional® demo versions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66351 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780764542497
• Condition: New
• Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

From the Back Cover
Check out case histories to see how Project works

Explore Project Server and use Sharepoint^TM to manage projects in multiple locations

Did you know you’ve been managing projects ever since you tackled your first coloring book? Now both the projects and the problems are bigger, but if you manage to grab this book, you’ll discover easy ways to collect and track data, share resources, prepare budgets, develop reports, and make your projects successful with Project.

Discover how to:

• Build Project plans
• Set up calendar settings, task outlines, and timing relationships
• Assign resources
• Incorporate smaller projects into a master project
• Modify item formatting
• Integrate Project with Outlook^®

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• A selection of add-on tools and templates
• Case history examples
• Test preparation questions for the Project Management Institute (PMI) certification exam
• Milestones Project Companion^® and Project KickStart trial versions
• Cobra, WBS Chart Pro, PERT Chart Expert, and TimeSheet Professional^® demo versions

About the Author
Nancy Stevenson has written more than 40 books on topics from motivation to wireless technology. She’s a project management expert who has presented seminars for Fortune 500 companies.

Customer Reviews

Great place to start
Facing the new year with numerous relatively small projects that I felt were out of control, I resolved to take action. I believed that my planning tasks were unlikely to tax the abilities of Project 2003, and was not really interested in knowing every detail of the software. I picked up this book, and was able to read the sections of interest--about 75% of the content--on a flight from Atlanta to San Jose. I was not disappointed. By the evening of January 10, my three most pressing projects were organized, resources were assigned, and realistic finish dates had been determined. The book gave me the information I needed to get results without false starts. While the attempts at folksy humor can be a tad annoying, the prose is generally clear and understandable. I doubt this is the book for you if you are managing a major project with dozens of people. However, if your projects are jobs like press releases, webinars, and minor software releases, you will likely be well served by it.

Not the Best of the Dummies
I found this book very poorly organized. The author dives into technicalities before explaining the basics. For example, there are "tasks" and "subtasks." Tasks get immediate treatment, but then the book dives into calendars and effort management and other "advanced tab" topics without explaining subtasks, and how subtasks are entered. Even though there are examples in chapters 1-4 using subtasks, subtasks are not explained until chapter 5 (that's right, FIVE). Examples on page 65 and 78 show subtasks, but you don't learn how to enter one until page 93.
I spent a lot of time going back and re-reading, trying to find out if I missed something so that I could duplicate the examples - a lot of wasted time.
Starting with a complete and simple project, and then adding layers of complication on to it, would have been a much more effective approach. Overall, I am not happy with this book. In most "for dummies" books I can get up and running on a basic level in a few hours. I am now at hour four, page 85, and just about to learn about tasks and subtasks.

I didn't care for this book
I read this out of curiosity and found it to be mediocre about explaining and using Project 2003.

It felt like the effort was to explain project management with a little Project 2003 tossed in. Maybe they were trying to make a reference book? I would not keep it as a reference and I am not sure I would suggest this book to a beginner.

It was not organized well as it could have been. The command examples loose their effectiveness as you don't have the example files for use and abuse while you play.

I also found the information spread out amoung the chapters as the already mentioned tasks and subtasks in the previous review.

The chapter on using project server seems to be out of place as it could be a book in itself. A person involved with it would not read this book to get an idea of project server. It was not needed.

One thing sorely lacking are links for more information. You get links for products but not informational sources.

The CD tools are ok but they appear to be dated now.

Overall, normally a dummies book is a baby steps book but I think this would confuse a person who has never worked with project management concepts.

It would have been better if the book centered on setting up a small project and walk the user through the use of Project 2003 while building the project.