Learn how to use Microsoft® Office Project to build, optimize and manage project schedules. This book shows how to use Microsoft® Office Project to successfully create, track, manage and modify project schedules and resource pools.

This book shows how to apply best practices, tips and tricks to planning and managing projects with Microsoft® Office Project.

Effective Use of Microsoft® Project

• MS Project Overview
• Avoiding the pitfalls of working with MS
  Project
• Creating project schedules, segments,
  milestones
• Creating task relationships & dependencies
• Setting task constraints and outlining

Applying Resources and Calendars

• Creating and utilizing resource pools
• Applying layers of calendars
• Utilizing project views
• Formatting schedule layouts
• Utilizing project reports
• Understanding printing

Customizing for Better Management Results

• Using filters, tables, details and groups
• Creating views, filters, tables, and groups
• MS Project scheduling methodologies
• Utilizing effort‐driven scheduling

Managing and Tracking of Projects

• Utilizing scheduling methods to shorten the critical path of a project
• Utilizing MS Project Tools and Views to
  resolve resource conflicts
• Advanced resource scheduling techniques
• Managing costs, tracking baselines
• Tracking completion of actual work between
  tasks and resources
• Applying resource contours for forecasting
  and analyzing resource availability
• Managing and viewing planned and actual
  durations, costs and schedules

Working with External Data & Applications

• Linking data between applications
• Importing & exporting data
• Hyperlinking and web pages
• Utilizing business analysis templates