Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What's New in Project 2010; Where Microsoft Project Fits In; Choosing the Right Edition; Complementary Software; Getting Around Project; About This Book; Part One: Project Management: The Missing Manual; Chapter 1: Projects: In the Beginning; 1.1 What's So Special About Projects?; 1.2 What Is Project Management?; 1.3 Why Manage Projects?; 1.4 Picking the Right Projects; 1.5 Gaining Support for a Project; 1.6 Publicizing a Project and Its Manager; Chapter 2: Planning a Project; 2.1 Project Planning in a Nutshell; 2.2 Defining the Project; 2.3 Documenting How You'll Run the Project; 2.4 Laying Out Project Processes; Chapter 3: Taking Microsoft Project for a Test Drive; 3.1 Navigating the Project Ribbon; 3.2 The Project Window; 3.3 Creating a Project Schedule; 3.4 Saving Your Project; Chapter 4: Breaking Work into Task-Sized Chunks; 4.1 Identifying the Work to Be Done; 4.2 Building a WBS in Microsoft Project; 4.3 Documenting a WBS in Another Program; 4.4 Setting Up Custom WBS Codes; 4.5 Documenting Work Package Details; Chapter 5: Estimating Task Work and Duration; 5.1 Understanding Work and Duration; 5.2 Getting Good Estimates; 5.3 Getting Estimates into Project; 5.4 Planning with Manually Scheduled Tasks; Chapter 6: Setting Up a Project Schedule; 6.1 Creating a New Project File; 6.2 Saving a New Project; 6.3 Opening a Project File; 6.4 Setting Up Options For a Project; 6.5 Adding Tasks to a Project; 6.6 Inserting, Moving, and Deleting Tasks; 6.7 Copying Tasks; 6.8 Modifying a Task's Level in the Outline; Chapter 7: Making a Schedule That's Easy to Maintain; 7.1 How Tasks Affect One Another; 7.2 Building Relationships Between Tasks; 7.3 Scheduling Task Work Time with Calendars; 7.4 Setting Specific Task Dates; Part Two: Project Planning: More Than Creating a Schedule; Chapter 8: Building a Team for Your Project; 8.1 Identifying Project Resources; 8.2 Understanding Project's Resource Types; 8.3 Adding Resources in Microsoft Project; 8.4 Providing Detailed Resource Information; Chapter 9: Connecting Resources to Tasks; 9.1 Assigning Work Resources to Tasks; 9.2 Assigning Material Resources to Tasks; 9.3 Understanding Duration, Work, and Units; 9.4 Modifying Resource Assignments; 9.5 Adding and Removing Resources from Tasks; Chapter 10: Does the Schedule Work?; 10.1 Making Sure Tasks Are Set Up Correctly; 10.2 Defining Work Schedules with Calendars; 10.3 Task Inspector: Help with Schedule Problems; 10.4 Building Reality into Assignments; 10.5 Balancing Workloads; Chapter 11: Setting Up a Project Budget; 11.1 Putting a Price Tag on Your Project; 11.2 Incorporating Resource Costs; 11.3 Preparing for Cost Calculations; 11.4 Reviewing Cost Information; 11.5 Comparing Costs to Your Budget; 11.6 Reducing Project Costs; 11.7 Setting the Project Fiscal Year; 11.8 Assigning Accounting Codes; Chapter 12: Refining a Project Schedule; 12.1 Evaluating the Project Schedule; 12.2 Project Tools for Change; 12.3 Adjusting Resource Assignments; 12.4 Splitting Tasks into Smaller Pieces; 12.5 Overlapping Tasks; 12.6 Paying More for Faster Delivery; 12.7 Playing What-If Games; Chapter 13: Saving the Project Plan; 13.1 Obtaining Approval for the Plan; 13.2 Storing Project Documents; 13.3 Preserving the Original Plan in Project; Part Three: Projects in Action; Chapter 14: Tracking Progress; 14.1 Picking the Best Way to Track Progress; 14.2 Obtaining Progress and Cost Data; 14.3 Entering Actual Progress in Project; Chapter 15: Evaluating Project Performance; 15.1 Scheduled, Baseline, and Actual Values; 15.2 Is the Project on Time?; 15.3 Checking on Work; 15.4 Is the Project Within Budget?; 15.5 Earned Value Analysis; 15.6 Getting Back on Track; Chapter 16: Managing Change; 16.1 Setting Up a Change Management System; 16.2 Managing Changes in Project; Chapter 17: Reporting on Projects; 17.1 An Overview of Project's Reports; 17.2 Text-Based Reports; 17.3 Working with Visual Reports; 17.4 Printing Views to Report Project Information; Chapter 18: Closing a Project; 18.1 Obtaining Project Acceptance; 18.2 Tying Up Loose Ends; 18.3 Producing Project Closeout Reports; 18.4 What to Do with Project Information; Part Four: Project Power Tools; Chapter 19: Working on Multiple Projects; 19.1 Managing Multiple Projects; 19.2 Sharing Resources Among Projects; Chapter 20: Exchanging Data Between Programs; 20.1 Copying Information; 20.2 Importing and Exporting Data; 20.3 Sharing Projects with SharePoint; Chapter 2111111: Linking and Embedding; 21.1 Linking and Embedding Project Data; 21.2 Linking and Embedding Data into Project; 21.3 Working with Linked and Embedded Objects; Chapter 22: Project on the Internet; 22.1 Hyperlinking to Information; 22.2 Integrating Project and Outlook; Part Five: Customizing Project; Chapter 23: Viewing What You Want; 23.1 Creating Your Own View; 23.2 Changing Tables; 23.3 Changing the Way Text Looks; 23.4 Filtering Through Information; 23.5 Grouping Project Elements; Chapter 24: Defining Your Own Fields; 24.1 Understanding Custom Fields; 24.2 Customizing a Field; 24.3 Coding Tasks and Resources; Chapter 25: Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar; 25.1 Customizing the Ribbon; 25.2 Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar; Chapter 26: Reusable Project: Templates; 26.1 Sharing Custom Elements; 26.2 Storing Project Settings and Elements; 26.3 Building Templates for Projects; Chapter 27: Saving Time with Macros; 27.1 What You Can Do with Macros; 27.2 Recording Macros; 27.3 Running Macros; 27.4 Viewing and Editing Macro Code; 27.5 Learning More About Programming Project; Part Six: Appendixes; Installing Project; Installing Project on Your Computer; Activating Project; Maintaining and Repairing Project; Getting Help for Project; In Search of Project Help; Microsoft Office Online; Interactive and In-Depth Assistance; Keyboard Shortcuts; How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts; Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Project; Selecting Elements in a Project View Table;