Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I: Project Management Basics. Chapter 1: The Nature of Projects. Chapter 2: Exploring the Microsoft Project Environment. PART II: Getting Your Project Going. Chapter 3: Creating a New Project. Chapter 4: Building Tasks. Chapter 5: Creating Resources and Assigning Costs. PART III: Refining Your Project. Chapter 6: Understanding the Basics of Views. Chapter 7: Using Views to Gain Perspective. Chapter 8: Modifying the Appearance of Your Project. Chapter 9: Resolving Scheduling Problems. Chapter 10: Resolving Resource Problems. PART IV: Tracking Your Progress. Chapter 11: Understanding Tracking. Chapter 12: Recording Actuals. Chapter 13: Reporting on Progress. Chapter 14: Analyzing Financial Progress. PART V: Working in Groups. Chapter 15: Using Project in an E-mail Workgroup. Chapter 16: Project Management and the Web. Chapter 17: Coordinating Multiple Projects. PART VI: Advanced Microsoft Project. Chapter 18: Customizing Microsoft Project. Chapter 19: Using Macros to Speed Your Work. Chapter 20: importing and Exporting Project Information. Appendix A: Project Management Resources. Appendix B: Project Management Worksheet. Appendix C: Available Fields and Functions for Custom Field Formulas. Appendix D: What's on the CD-ROM. Project Management Glossary. Index. End-User License Agreement. CD-ROM Installation Instructions.

About the Author

About the Author Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises, Inc., an organization that specializes in technical writing and software training. She routinely employs project management software and skills to manage critical business projects, and otherwise spends most of her time writing. Elaine has authored or coauthored more than 20 books about software, including Word for Windows, Word for the Mac, Quicken for Windows, Quicken for DOS, 1-2-3 for Windows, Lotus Notes, and Excel. Elaine is a contributing editor to the monthly magazines Inside Peachtree for Windows, Inside Timeslips for Windows, and Inside QuickBooks for Windows. Elaine left her native Chicago for the warmer climes of Florida (by way of Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, New York; and Washington, D.C.) where she basks in the sun with her PC and her cats, Cato and Watson. Elaine also sings in the Toast of Tampa, an International Champion Sweet Adeline barbershop chorus.