Course Overview
Learn Project 2013—one step at a time!
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
Target Audience - Beginner / Intermediate
Course Outline
Introduction
Who this book is for
How this book is organized
Download the practice files
Your settings in Project
Your companion ebook
Get support and give feedback
I. Introduction to Microsoft Project
1. Microsoft Project, project management and you
2. A guided tour of Project
II. Simple Scheduling Basics
3. Starting a new plan
4. Building a task list
5. Setting up resources
6. Assigning resources to tasks
7. Formatting and sharing your plan
8. Tracking progress
III. Advanced Scheduling Techniques
9. Advanced task scheduling
10. Fine-tuning task details
11. Fine-tuning resource and assignment details
12. Fine-tuning the Project plan
13. Organizing project details
14. Tracking progress on tasks and assignments
15. Viewing and reporting project status
16. Getting your project back on track
IV. In-Depth and Special Subjects
17. Applying advanced formatting and printing
18. Advanced report formatting
19. Customizing Project
20. Sharing information with other programs
21. Consolidating projects and resources
V. Appendices
A. A short course in project management
B. Developing your project-management skills
C. Collaborating: Project, SharePoint, and PWA
D. Using this book in a classroom
E. Glossary
F. About the authors
Acknowledgments
Index