Microsoft Project 2013 Step by Step

Microsoft® Project 2013 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage the complete project life cycle with Project 2013. With Step by Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Work with Project 2013 on your PC or touch-enabled device
• Build and fine-tune your project plan
• Schedule tasks and milestones, and assign resources
• Track progress and costs, and manage variances
• Troubleshoot delays and budget overruns
• Customize Gantt chart views, tables, and calendars
• Learn project-management best practices

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Microsoft Project
Chapter 1. Microsoft Project, project management and you
Chapter 2. A guided tour of Project

Part II: Simple Scheduling Basics
Chapter 3. Starting a new plan
Chapter 4. Building a task list
Chapter 5. Setting up resources
Chapter 6. Assigning resources to tasks
Chapter 7. Formatting and sharing your plan
Chapter 8. Tracking progress

Part III: Advanced Scheduling Techniques
Chapter 9. Advanced task scheduling
Chapter 10. Fine-tuning task details
Chapter 11. Fine-tuning resource and assignment details
Chapter 12. Fine-tuning the Project plan
Chapter 13. Organizing project details
Chapter 14. Tracking progress on tasks and assignments
Chapter 15. Viewing and reporting project status
Chapter 16. Getting your project back on track

Part IV: In-Depth and Special Subjects
Chapter 17. Applying advanced formatting and printing
Chapter 18. Advanced report formatting
Chapter 19. Customizing Project
Chapter 20. Sharing information with other programs
Chapter 21. Consolidating projects and resources

Part V: Appendices
Appendix A. A short course in project management
Appendix B. Developing your project-management skills
Appendix C. Collaborating: Project, SharePoint, and PWA
Appendix D. Using this book in a classroom
Appendix E. Glossary
Appendix F. About the authors