The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part 1: Project Management: The Missing Manual
1. Projects: In the Beginning
-What's So Special About Projects?
-What Is Project Management?
-Why Manage Projects?
-Picking the Right Projects
-Gaining Support for a Project
-Publicizing a Project and Its Manager
2. Planning a Project
-Project Planning in a Nutshell
-Defining the Project
-Documenting How You'll Run the Project
-Laying Out Project Processes
3. Taking Microsoft Project for a Test Drive
-Navigating the Project Ribbon
-The Project Window
-Creating a Project Schedule
-Saving Your Project
4. Breaking Work into Task-Sized Chunks
-Identifying the Work to Be Done
-Building a WBS in Microsoft Project
-Documenting a WBS in Another Program
-Setting Up Custom WBS Codes
-Documenting Work Package Details
5. Estimating Task Work and Duration
-Understanding Work and Duration
-Getting Good Estimates
-Getting Estimates into Project
-Planning with Manually Scheduled Tasks
6. Setting Up a Project Schedule
-Creating a New Project File
-Saving a New Project
-Opening a Project File
-Setting Up Options For a Project
-Adding Tasks to a Project
-Inserting, Moving, and Deleting Tasks
-Copying Tasks
-Modifying a Task's Level in the Outline
7. Making a Schedule That's Easy to Maintain
-How Tasks Affect One Another
-Building Relationships Between Tasks
-Scheduling Task Work Time with Calendars
-Setting Specific Task Dates
Part 2: Project Planning: More Than Creating a Schedule
8. Building a Team for Your Project
-Identifying Project Resources
-Understanding Project's Resource Types
-Adding Resources in Microsoft Project
-Providing Detailed Resource Information
9. Connecting Resources to Tasks
-Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
-Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
-Understanding Duration, Work, and Units
-Modifying Resource Assignments
-Adding and Removing Resources from Tasks
10. Does the Schedule Work?
-Making Sure Tasks Are Set Up Correctly
-Defining Work Schedules with Calendars
-Task Inspector: Help with Schedule Problems
-Building Reality into Assignments
-Balancing Workloads
11. Setting Up a Project Budget
-Putting a Price Tag on Your Project
-Incorporating Resource Costs
-Preparing for Cost Calculations
-Reviewing Cost Information
-Comparing Costs to Your Budget
-Reducing Project Costs
-Setting the Project Fiscal Year
-Assigning Accounting Codes
12. Refining a Project Schedule
-Evaluating the Project Schedule
-Project Tools for Change
-Adjusting Resource Assignments
-Splitting Tasks into Smaller Pieces
-Overlapping Tasks
-Paying More for Faster Delivery
-Playing What-If Games
13. Saving the Project Plan
-Obtaining Approval for the Plan
-Storing Project Documents
-Preserving the Original Plan in Project
Part 3: Projects in Action
14. Tracking Progress
-Picking the Best Way to Track Progress
-Obtaining Progress and Cost Data
-Entering Actual Progress in Project
15. Evaluating Project Performance
-Scheduled, Baseline, and Actual Values
-Is the Project on Time?
-Checking on Work
-Is the Project Within Budget?
-Earned Value Analysis
-Getting Back on Track
16. Managing Change
-Setting Up a Change Management System
-Managing Changes in Project
17. Reporting on Projects
-An Overview of Project's Reports
-Text-Based Reports
-Working with Visual Reports
-Printing Views to Report Project Information
18. Closing a Project
-Obtaining Project Acceptance
-Tying Up Loose Ends
-Producing Project Closeout Reports
-What to Do with Project Information
Part 4: Project Power Tools
19. Working on Multiple Projects
-Managing Multiple Projects
-Sharing Resources Among Projects
20. Exchanging Data Between Programs
-Copying Information
-Importing and Exporting Data
-Sharing Projects with SharePoint
21. Linking and Embedding
-Linking and Embedding Project Data
-Linking and Embedding Data into Project
-Working with Linked and Embedded Objects
22. Project on the Internet
-Hyperlinking to Information
-Integrating Project and Outlook
Part 5: Customizing Project
23. Viewing What You Want
-Creating Your Own View
-Changing Tables
-Changing the Way Text Looks
-Filtering Through Information
-Grouping Project Elements
24. Defining Your Own Fields
-Understanding Custom Fields
-Customizing a Field
-Coding Tasks and Resources
25. Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
-Customizing the Ribbon
-Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
26. Reusable Project: Templates
-Sharing Custom Elements
-Storing Project Settings and Elements
-Building Templates for Projects
27. Saving Time with Macros
-What You Can Do with Macros
-Recording Macros
-Running Macros
-Viewing and Editing Macro Code
-Learning More About Programming Project
Part 6: Appendixes
Appendix A: Installing Project
-Installing Project on Your Computer
-Activating Project
-Maintaining and Repairing Project
Appendix B: Getting Help for Project
-In Search of Project Help
-Microsoft Office Online
-Interactive and In-Depth Assistance
Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts
-How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts
-Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Project
-Selecting Elements in a Project View Table
Index
