Book description
Keep your project on time, on track, and on target! This practical guide focuses on the core skills you need to successfully manage any project with Microsoft Project. Includes a companion CD with sample Project templates.
Table of contents
- On Time! On Track! On Target! Managing Your Projects Successfully with Microsoft® Project
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- About the CD
- One. Getting a Project Started
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Two. Planning a Project
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Four. Planning to Achieve Success
- What Is Project Planning?
- Plans Change
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An Overview of Project Planning
- The Project Charter
- Project Planning Step by Step
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The Components of a Project Plan
- Problem Statement
- Project Mission Statement
- Project Strategy
- Project Objectives
- Scope Statement
- Deliverables and Success Criteria
- Project Assumptions
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Project Schedule
- Project Organization and Resources
- Budget
- Risk Management Plan
- Communication Plan
- Quality Plan
- Change Control Plan
- In Summary
- Five. What’s the Problem?
- Six. Visualizing Success: Scope, Objectives, and Deliverables
- Seven. Building a Work Breakdown Structure
- Eight. Project Resources
- Nine. Building a Project Schedule
- Ten. Working with a Budget
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Four. Planning to Achieve Success
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Three. Carrying Out a Project
- Eleven. Executing the Project Plan
- Twelve. Evaluating Project Performance
- Thirteen. Managing Project Resources
- Fourteen. Communicating Information
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Four. Controlling Projects
- Fifteen. Managing Project Changes
- Sixteen. Modifying the Project Schedule
- Seventeen. Balancing the Budget and Other Project Variables
- Eighteen. Managing Risk
- Five. Closing Projects
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: On Time! On Track! On Target! Managing Your Projects Successfully with Microsoft® Project
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2006
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735622562
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