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Learning Microsoft Project 2019

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838988722
Length 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Srikanth Shirodkar Srikanth Shirodkar
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Table of Contents (32) Chapters Close

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 27. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix A: Using This Book as a Textbook
1. Appendix B: Available Fields Reference 2. Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Appendix D: Glossary

Next steps

Congratulations! You have arrived at the end of this book through diligence and hard work. Now is the time to translate all that you have learned into project success. Here are the next steps to take:

  • As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. You have learned about all of the tools to practice the techniques we have covered perfectly. If you have not been working on the chapters in this book, then I urge you to start recreating the simple examples. You can find new assignments that I give to my students periodically on the website www.learngood.in.
  • Review project schedules from anywhere that you can get them—from your company, from colleagues, and from your extended network.
  • Sharpen the saw: Study and leverage project templates from your organization, industry, and business domains.
  • Share your own templates and schedule plans! Be careful to sanitize them first by removing named resources and any business-critical information. Be generous,...
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