You're reading from Learning Microsoft Project 2019 Streamline project, resource, and schedule management with Microsoft's project management software

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838988722

Length 504 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Microsoft Project

Concepts

Management Software

Author (1):

Srikanth Shirodkar

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Table of Contents (32) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: The Iron Triangle – a Quick Primer for Project Management

2. Chapter 1: Project Management – the Essential Primer FREE CHAPTER

3. Section 2: Project Initiation with Microsoft Project

4. Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Microsoft Project

5. Chapter 3: Initiating projects with Microsoft Project

6. Chapter 4: Underlying Concepts of Microsoft Project

7. Chapter 5: Resource Management with Microsoft Project

8. Section 3: Project Planning Like a Pro!

9. Chapter 6: Work Breakdown Structure – the Single Critical Factor

10. Chapter 7: Tasks – under the Microscope

11. Chapter 8: Mastering Link Dependency and Constraints

12. Chapter 9: Extended Customization – Task and Gantt Formatting

13. Section 4: Project Execution – the Real Deal

14. Chapter 10: Executing Agile Projects with MS Project

15. Chapter 11: Overallocation – the Bane of Project Managers

16. Chapter 12: Baselines – Techniques and Best Practices

17. Chapter 13: Project Tracking Techniques

18. Section 5: Monitoring and Control with Microsoft Project

19. Chapter 14: Views, Tables, and Customization

20. Chapter 15 : Resource and Cost Management

21. Chapter 16: Critical Path Monitoring and Advanced Techniques

22. Chapter 17: Project Reports 101

23. Section 6: Project Closure with Microsoft Project

24. Chapter 18: Reviewing Projects and Creating Templates for Success

25. Chapter 19: Advanced Custom Reports and Templates

26. Chapter 20: Book Conclusion and Next Steps

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Appendix A: Using This Book as a Textbook

1. Appendix B: Available Fields Reference

Task fields – a small curated subset

2. Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts

3. Appendix D: Glossary

Advanced techniques for project tracking

So far, we have studied the simpler techniques of updating and tracking schedules, based only upon the estimated percentage completion of a task. They can be considered simpler because of the following practical reasons:

Just using percentage completion for a task is almost never sufficient or realistic. For example, when a software developer says a task is 90% complete, it can mean that they have used up 90% of the time allocated to the task. Last week, if the developer reported 80% completion, then this week it has to be 90% complete. This can mean anything, and often does!
So far, we have ignored what really happened with the execution details of the task. Was the task really started on time? Did some other task take up extra time and push all the other tasks on a team member's plate? Such incidents cannot be tracked.

So, now, the question is, How can we track with factual information instead of potentially fictional...