Download or read book Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2016 and Project Pro for Office 365 written by Michael Samadi and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Microsoft Project 2016 Step by Step written by Carl Chatfield and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2016! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Project 2016. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources Share your plan and track your progress Capture and fine-tune work and cost details Use Gantt charts and other views and reports to visualize project schedules Share resources across multiple plans and consolidate projects Master project management best practices while you learn Project Look up just the tasks and lessons you need

Download or read book The Project Managers Guide to Microsoft Project 2019 written by Gus Cicala and published by Apress. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Microsoft Project 2019 from the perspective of the project manager. This guide is an all-in-one training resource and reference that covers all versions found in the Microsoft Project 2019 suite. It is not a “how-to” manual covering the features and functions of the software, but is designed to explain and demonstrate why those features and functions are important to you as a project manager, allowing you to maximize the value of Microsoft Project 2019. Each aspect of project-manager-specific coverage was selectively compiled by author and Microsoft Project expert Cicala over more than two decades of consulting, project management training, and managing real-world projects using Microsoft Project. Readers will appreciate the robust index and intuitively organized and learning-oriented chapters, and sub-sections for quick reference and problem solving. “Try it” exercises at the close of every chapter help ensure understanding of the content. What You Will Learn Understand key components to the Microsoft Project 2019 solutionReinforce learning via hands-on exercises with step-by-step illustrations Build a plan and work breakdown structure, and manage resources and assignmentsUtilize enterprise project management for creating a project, monitoring, controlling, and trackingExport and communicate project information to an external audience Who This Book Is For Project managers with limited time and resources who need to maximize their efficiency with Microsoft Project Answer keys and supporting PowerPoint slides are available for academic instructors upon request.

Download or read book Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2016 written by Gus Cicala and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-26 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This training and reference guide provides a comprehensive coverage of Project Management theory that is applied to the use of Microsoft Project 2016, from the project manager's perspective. Our debut of Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2013 was well received by the project management community in over 25 countries. It has been so successful that we decided to convert that work to our new version for Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2016. We have improved the hands-on exercises with new features, we have re-captured the screen images in larger, improved quality and higher resolution. We have also added the new features in Microsoft Project 2016, especially the new Resource Engagement feature.This text has been created to serve as a comprehensive reference and training guide that presents the main principles of project management theory which is then applied to the best practices of using Microsoft Project 2016.When used cover-to-cover, this text serves as a comprehensive guide to running a project from definition and initiation thru execution and closeout, accompanied with hands-on guidance that shows how to effectively apply project management principles to the use of Microsoft Project. The hands-on exercises are delivered in appropriate detail that provide detailed, step-by-step illustrations, supported by actual Microsoft Project files that can be download from our training web page. This is the same training material that we use to deliver all our Microsoft Project 2016 training for our clients.Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives and finishes with 25-50 questions that reinforce the learning that occurs throughout each chapter. For academic audiences, we provide the answer key for all questions and supporting PowerPoint slides for instructors.This training material and reference is also an excellent preparation guide for passing the Microsoft certification Exam 74-343: "Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2016" [See: Microsoft Exam 74-343: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-74-343.aspx]This guide has been created to serve as the most comprehensive reference and training guide available, assembling content and best practices honed over our many years of Microsoft Project and general project management training. Many training guides on technology are primarily manuals on features and functions of the software. The goal of this book is to show why those features and functions are important from a project management standpoint (based on PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK), and then demonstrate how to effectively leverage that value in the use of Microsoft Project 2016. The information in this book was selected based on Project Assistants' 21+ years of project management consulting, Microsoft Project training, and managing real projects with Microsoft Project with real clients in real project scenarios.This book is one-of-a-kind that covers Microsoft Project from the desktop all the way thru the enterprise capabilities, including specific training for:* Microsoft Project 2016 Standard * Microsoft Project 2016 Professional* Microsoft Project Server 2016* Microsoft Project Web Application (PWA)* Microsoft Project Online for Office 365

Download or read book Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2019 written by Gus Cicala and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Management Using Microsoft Project is an all-in-one training guide, textbook, and reference that covers each product of the Microsoft Project 2019 suite.Many training guides on technology are primarily manuals on features and functions of the software. The goal of this book is to show why those features and functions are important from a project management standpoint (based on PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge), and then demonstrate how to effectively leverage that value through the use of Microsoft Project 2019.This is the third edition of a text that has been well-received by the project management community across 25 different countries since the release of Project 2013. The information in this book was selected based on Project Assistants' 25 years of project management consulting, Microsoft Project training, and managing real-world projects with Microsoft Project.This text is carefully designed to serve as a training guide, textbook, and/or reference guide. Included with the book are hands-on exercises with step-by-step illustrations built from actual Microsoft Project files that can be downloaded from our training webpage. There is a robust index as well as intuitively organized and clearly delineated sections, chapters, and sub-sections for easy reference. Each chapter has a learning-oriented structure with objectives at the beginning and 25-50 questions at the end that reinforce those points of emphasis. We also provide all answer keys and supporting PowerPoint slides for academic instructors upon request.

Download or read book Project Management Using Microsoft Projects 2016 written by Gus Cicala and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This educational text book was developed for the academic market. This works provides comprehensive coverage of Project Management theory that is applied to the use of Microsoft Project 2016, from the project manager's perspective.This academic version was designed to serve the specific needs of the education market, including: * End of chapter student quizzes * Access to answer key for instructors * Access to PowerPoint slides for instructors that align to the content of the text * Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter * Hands-on exercises and supporting screen captures for each chapter that covers Microsoft Project * Microsoft Project MPP files available for download to support the hands-on exercises * Full color interior * Bonus chapter on the extended features Microsoft Project in the cloud, available for downloadOur debut of Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2013 was well received by the project management education community in over 25 countries. It has been so successful that we decided to convert that work to our new text: Project Management Using Microsoft Project 2016. We have improved the hands-on exercises with new features, we have re-captured the screen images in larger, improved quality, full color with higher resolution. We have also added the new features in Microsoft Project 2016, especially the new Resource Engagement feature (in the bonus chapter).This text has been created to serve as a comprehensive reference and training guide that presents the main principles of project management theory which is then applied to the best practices of using Microsoft Project 2016.When used cover-to-cover, this text serves as a comprehensive guide to running a project from definition and initiation thru execution and closeout, accompanied with hands-on guidance that shows how to effectively apply project management principles to the use of Microsoft Project. The hands-on exercises are delivered in appropriate detail that provide detailed, step-by-step illustrations, supported by actual Microsoft Project files that can be download from our training web page. This is the same training material that we use to deliver all our Microsoft Project 2016 training for our clients.Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives and finishes with 25-50 questions that reinforce the learning that occurs throughout each chapter. For academic audiences, we provide the answer key for all questions and supporting PowerPoint slides for instructors.This training material and reference is also an excellent preparation guide for passing the Microsoft certification Exam 74-343: "Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2016" [See: Microsoft Exam 74-343: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-74-343.aspx]This text has been created to serve as the most comprehensive reference and training guide available, assembling content and best practices honed over our many years of Microsoft Project and general project management training. Many training guides on technology are primarily manuals on features and functions of the software. The goal of this book is to show why those features and functions are important from a project management standpoint (based on PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK), and then demonstrate how to effectively leverage that value in the use of Microsoft Project 2016. The information in this book was selected based on Project Assistants' 21+ years of project management consulting, Microsoft Project training, and managing real projects with Microsoft Project with real clients in real project scenarios.This book is one-of-a-kind that covers Microsoft Project from the desktop thru the enterprise capabilities, including specific training for:* Microsoft Project 2016 Standard * Microsoft Project 2016 Professional* Microsoft Project Server 2016* Microsoft Project Web Application (PWA) * Microsoft Project Online 2016 for Office 365

Download or read book Microsoft Project 2019 Step by Step written by Cindy M. Lewis and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2019! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Project 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and informative screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Other Project users will want to grab this book as well. Quickly start new plans, build task lists, and assign resources View resource capacity and track progress Capture and fine-tune work and cost details Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans Manage modern Agile projects (James Mills, Jr., contributor) Customize Project to maximize your efficiency Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility Master PM best practices while you learn Project Look up just the tasks and lessons you need

Download or read book Practical Project Management with Microsoft Project written by Bonnie Biafore and published by Cold Press Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Project Management with Microsoft Project guides you through Project's features step by step. You can jump directly to the topics you need.Or download sample files from the book's website to follow along.

Download or read book Managing Projects with Microsoft Project Desktop written by Rolly Perreaux and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this training book is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage projects using Microsoft Project Desktop (2010, 2013 & 2016). TARGET AUDIENCE This training book is intended for Project Managers, Project Schedulers, Managers, Supervisors, Team Leads and other people responsible for managing projects. These individuals are involved in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting and staffing of projects and supporting other users of Microsoft Project. COURSE OUTLINE Module 1: Overview of Microsoft Project Lesson 1: What's New in Project? Lesson 2: Backstage Area Lesson 3: The Ribbon Lesson 4: Project Views Module 2: Configure Project Settings Lesson 1: Configuring Display and Schedule Settings Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring Calendars Lesson 3: Creating and Saving a Project Schedule Lesson 4: Scheduling Types Module 3: Working with Tasks Lesson 1: Managing Tasks and the WBS Lesson 2: Working with Task Dependencies Lesson 3: Working with Constraints Lesson 4: Advanced Task Features Module 4: Working with Resources Lesson 1: Resource Types Lesson 2: Creating Resources Module 5: Assigning and Leveling Work Resources Lesson 1: Working with Resource Assignments Lesson 2: Factors that Affect Assignments Lesson 3: Viewing Resource Assignments Lesson 4: Resolving Resource Allocations Module 6: Finalizing the Project Schedule Lesson 1: Understanding the Critical Path Method Lesson 2: Working with Groups, Filters and Highlights Lesson 3: Setting the Project Baseline Module 7: Tracking and Updating Project Schedules Lesson 1: Overview of Tracking the Project Schedule Lesson 2: Tracking Project Progress Lesson 3: Updating Project Progress Module 8: Working with Advanced Features Lesson 1: Linking Multiple Project Schedules Lesson 2: Working with Master and Subprojects Lesson 3: Working with Resource Pools Lesson 4: Integrating with Microsoft Excel and SharePoint AT COMPLETION After completing this training book, you will be able to: * Understand the new user interface of Microsoft Project. * Initialize Microsoft Project settings. * Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). * Create task relationships in a project schedule. * Configure advanced task information. * Use the Task Inspector. * Create and manage resources. * Assign and level work resources. * Review and finalize the project schedule. * Track and update project schedules. * Manage multiple projects and resource pools. PREREQUISITES You should have a working knowledge of the following: * Microsoft Windows Server 20xx networking. * Basic project management concepts. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS In order to complete the hands-on practices in this course you will require the following software: * Microsoft Project Standard or Microsoft Project Professional * Any version between 2010 - 2016 * Microsoft Excel * Any version between 2010 - 2016 TRAINING FILES Additional training files (PowerPoint slides, LabFiles and Hyper-V Build Guides) can be downloaded from our website at http://www.learnmsproject.ca/support/training-files/

Download or read book Computer Support for Successful Project Management written by Ulhaus M. Samant and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the recent past, computer programs have been used extensively to manage information technology (IT) projects. It has become almost mandatory for software development managers and students of information technology to learn how to use computer software to manage projects using computer software. Computer Support for Successful Project Management: Using MS Project 2016 with Information Technology Projects is a book intended to help IT management professionals and students, in using popular software MS-Project. Although there are many books on MS-Project, there are very few that cover the subject from the IT managers’ perspective. This book uses guided examples from the IT sector. Most of the relevant project management terminology, concepts, and key processes are discussed, based on the standards of the Project Management Institute. This book helps software development project managers to easily relate with the projects they execute in their day-to-day life. The author includes advanced topics like earned value analysis and multiple project management and discusses agile methodology as well as how MS-Project facilitates agile project management. Readers will learn how a tool like MS-Project can be used for processes related to risk and quality, in addition to meeting project objectives like scope, time, and cost. This book helps you to transform yourself from an IT professional to an IT project manager.

Download or read book Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations written by Robert Houdeshell and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the endless capabilities and end-to-end project management functionalities of Dynamics 365 Project Operations to drive your firm's project success and ensure rapid business growth in the competitive digital economic world Key FeaturesDeliver successful projects via improved collaboration, visibility, and teamwork using Microsoft Project Operations solutionsGain real-time data insights to modernize business strategies to increase market shareBuild the right project operations models to meet business needs with an optimized budgetBook Description Dynamics 365 Project Operations is a game-changing solution set for project-driven businesses that allows you to deliver commercially successful projects in a timely and cost-effective manner, keeping the project teams productive and collaborative. With this book, you'll find out how you can bring more value to the business by winning new projects and driving exponential revenue growth. Starting with the key principles of Project Operations, you'll understand how it improves project planning and execution. You'll then learn how to successfully deploy Project Operations along with different integration strategies and get to grips with the best approach for sales through project opportunities, project contracts, and pricing workflow implementation. This book will guide you through setting up direct staffing and centralized staffing models and enable you to manage project changes confidently by getting hands-on with project timeline management, pricing management, resource assignments, and modifications. In the final chapters, you'll find out how to use Project Operations effectively for project accounting and finance. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the confidence to deliver profitable projects in a well-connected organization through efficient decision-making and successful customer-client relationships. What you will learnConfigure key elements of Project Operations to drive improved collaboration with your customersDiscover how Project Operations is interconnected with Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 PlatformUnderstand the Project Opportunity-to-Quote-to-Contract workflow and its implications for sellingFind out how to set up and utilize direct staffing and centralized staffing modelsExplore Project Timeline Management using Task, Board, and Timeline viewsFind out how information flows to finance and operations in Project OperationsWho this book is for This book is for project managers, project leads, business consultants, and business leaders who want to gain a competitive edge by delivering successful projects in a shorter time span with the help of effective operations and workflows across different teams within projects. Knowledge of Microsoft 365 and a sound understanding of business acumen and sales through the delivery process is necessary to get the most out of this book.

Download or read book Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project written by Advisicon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Microsoft Project that focuses on developing a successful project management strategy across the organization to drive better decisions Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project goes far beyond the basics of managing projects with Microsoft Project and how to set up and use the software. This unique guide is an indispensable resource for anyone who operates within a Project Management Operation (PMO) or is affected by the adoption of project management within an organization. Its focus is to provide practical and transitional information for those who are charged with making decisions and supporting corporate and strategic objectives, and who face cost and resource constraints. Because more and more companies are aligning project management with their business strategies, the book not only provides guidance on using Microsoft Project and teaching project management skills, but also includes important information on measuring results and communicating with the executive branch. It also provides valuable guidance in using SharePoint Server for social networking and working within a team. Clearly written and presented, the book: Covers work management using Microsoft Project at multiple levels within an organization Focuses on using Microsoft Project 2010 to integrate and support overall organizational strategies Includes hundreds of graphics, screen shots, and annotations that make it the most accessible and usable guide available on the subject Making Effective Business Decisions Using Microsoft Project is a valuable reference for project managers at all levels, and it sets a new standard for training manuals used by businesses that teach courses on project management using Microsoft Project.

Download or read book Managing Enterprise Projects written by Dale Howard and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 20 years, Microsoft has made professional project management tools available to the masses through the Microsoft Project desktop application and the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools Project Online and Project Server. Continuing the tradition started by msProjectExperts many years ago, the latest version of this "blue book" lays out everything a project manager needs to know to effectively use Microsoft Project with either Project Online or Microsoft Project Server 2019.Beginning with an overview of Microsoft's project management tools, Managing Enterprise Projects: Using Project Online and Microsoft Project Server 2019 follows the normal project management life cycle of Defining, Planning, Executing, and Controlling to show you how to effectively use these tools at each step of the cycle. It contains a generous number of Best Practice notes to provide you with our recommendations for best uses of the tools based on our years of field experience. Armed with this book, you will become more effective at using Microsoft Project and the Microsoft PPM tools.

Download or read book Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies written by Cynthia Snyder Dionisio and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep projects on track Microsoft Project 2019 is a powerhouse project management, portfolio management, and resource management tool. Whether you’re a full-time project manager or manage projects as part of a larger set of duties, Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies will get you thinking and operating at the level of a project management guru. Written by a noted project management pro, this book covers the ins and outs of Microsoft Project. Throughout the book, you’ll find project management best practices and tips for keeping any project on schedule and under budget. Reference the full set of Microsoft Project 2019 features Learn to think like a project management professional Get into the nuts and bolts of Project for better productivity Create a task schedule that keeps a project moving Identify the golden rules that keep projects on track With Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies, you’ll soon get a grip on all the powerful features of this popular project management software. No matter your level of training or experience, this book will show you how improve your project management with Microsoft Project 2019.

Download or read book Managing Projects with Microsoft Project written by Gwen Lowery and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timed for release with the latest version of the software, this is the most up-to-date and advanced edition of Lowery's highly popular book. She explains the concepts of project management from the ground up, and takes the reader step by step through the features and applications of Microsoft Project 4.0.

Download or read book Microsoft Project 2016 written by Scott Casterson and published by Conceptual Kings. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microsoft Project 2016 is a Microsoft based project management software that is used to assist project managers in carrying out their duties. It allows them to develop plans, allocating the resources to project tasks, progress tracking, budget management and reviewing your workloads. Some years after its introduction it become the leading project management software. It is a part of the Microsoft Office family but has never been included in the Office suite. It is available separately in to editions, the standard and the professional using a file format of .mpp. Project 2016 can be used to create budgets based on assignment work and resource rates. As the resources are assigned and the work is estimated, the software can calculate the costs and estimated completion time. Resources can also be tracked and shared between different projects quite easily.

Download or read book Practical Project Management with Microsoft Project 2016 written by Bonnie Biafore and published by Cold Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore how to use Microsoft Project to manage projects big or small. This book guides you through Project step-by-step. Follow along chapter by chapter to build and manage a project schedule. This book tells you which Project tools are most effective.