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Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies


Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies


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von: Cynthia Snyder Dionisio

19,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 22.01.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9781119565093
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 352

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<p><b>Keep projects on track</b></p> <p>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, <i>Microsoft</i> <i>Project 2019 For Dummies</i> will get you thinking and operating at the level of a project management guru.</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li>Reference the full set of Microsoft Project 2019 features</li> <li>Learn to think like a project management professional</li> <li>Get into the nuts and bolts of Project for better productivity</li> <li>Create a task schedule that keeps a project moving</li> <li>Identify the golden rules that keep projects on track</li> </ul> <p>With <i>Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies</i>, 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.</p>
<p><b>Introduction</b><b> 1</b></p> <p>About This Book 1</p> <p>Foolish Assumptions 2</p> <p>Icons Used in This Book 3</p> <p>Beyond the Book 3</p> <p>Where to Go from Here 3</p> <p><b>Part 1: Getting Started with Project 2019</b><b> 5</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1: Project Management, Project 2019, and You</b><b> 7</b></p> <p>Introducing Project Management 7</p> <p>Defining project manager 8</p> <p>Identifying what a project manager does 9</p> <p>Introducing Project 2019 10</p> <p>Getting to Know You 11</p> <p>Navigating Ribbon tabs and the Ribbon 13</p> <p>Displaying more tools 17</p> <p>Tell Me What You Want to Do 18</p> <p><b>Chapter 2: Starting the Project</b><b> 19</b></p> <p>Creating the Project Charter 20</p> <p>Introducing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 22</p> <p>Organizing the Work 23</p> <p>Starting the Project 24</p> <p>Entering project information 25</p> <p>Weighing manual scheduling versus automatic scheduling 27</p> <p>Entering the WBS 29</p> <p>Entering tasks 30</p> <p>Importing tasks from Outlook 32</p> <p>Inserting hyperlinks 34</p> <p>Inserting one project into another 35</p> <p>Promoting and demoting: The outdent-and-indent shuffle 36</p> <p>Saving the Project 37</p> <p><b>Chapter 3: Becoming a Task Master</b><b> 39</b></p> <p>Creating Summary Tasks and Subtasks 39</p> <p>How many levels can you go? 41</p> <p>The project summary task 41</p> <p>Moving Tasks Up, Down, and All Around 43</p> <p>Moving tasks with the drag-and-drop method 43</p> <p>Moving tasks with the cut-and-paste method 44</p> <p>Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Collapsing and Expanding the Task Outline 44</p> <p>Showing Up Again and Again: Recurring Tasks 47</p> <p>Setting Milestones 48</p> <p>Deleting Tasks and Using Inactive Tasks 49</p> <p>Making a Task Note 50</p> <p><b>Chapter 4: The Codependent Nature of Tasks</b><b> 53</b></p> <p>How Tasks Become Dependent 54</p> <p>Dependent tasks: Which comes first? 54</p> <p>Dependency types 55</p> <p>Allowing for Murphy’s Law: Lag and lead time 58</p> <p>Setting the Dependency Connection 59</p> <p>Adding the dependency link 59</p> <p>Words to the wise 61</p> <p>Understanding that things change: Deleting dependencies 62</p> <p><b>Chapter 5: Estimating Task Time</b><b> 65</b></p> <p>You’re in It for the Duration 66</p> <p>Tasks come in all flavors: Identifying task types 66</p> <p>Effort-driven tasks: 1 + 1 = ½ 69</p> <p>Estimating Effort and Duration 70</p> <p>Estimating techniques 71</p> <p>Setting the task duration 72</p> <p>Controlling Timing with Constraints 74</p> <p>Understanding how constraints work 74</p> <p>Establishing constraints 75</p> <p>Setting a deadline 76</p> <p>Starting and Pausing Tasks 77</p> <p>Entering the task’s start date 77</p> <p>Taking a break: Splitting tasks 78</p> <p><b>Chapter 6: Check Out This View!</b><b> 81</b></p> <p>A Project with a View 81</p> <p>Navigating tabs and views 82</p> <p>Scrolling around 84</p> <p>Reaching a specific spot in your plan 85</p> <p>More Detail about Views 86</p> <p>Home base: Gantt Chart view 86</p> <p>Resourceful views: Resource Sheet and Team Planner 87</p> <p>Getting your timing down with the Timeline 88</p> <p>Going with the flow: Network Diagram view 89</p> <p>Calling up Calendar view 90</p> <p>Customizing Views 91</p> <p>Working with view panes 91</p> <p>Modifying Network Diagram view 96</p> <p>Resetting the view 100</p> <p><b>Part 2: Managing Resources</b><b> 101</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 7: Creating Resources</b><b> 103</b></p> <p>Resources: People, Places, and Things 103</p> <p>Becoming Resource-Full 104</p> <p>Understanding resources 104</p> <p>Resource types: Work, material, and cost 105</p> <p>How resources affect task timing 105</p> <p>Estimating resource requirements 107</p> <p>The Birth of a Resource 107</p> <p>Creating one resource at a time 108</p> <p>Identifying resources before you know their names 109</p> <p>Many hands make light work 110</p> <p>Managing Resource Availability 111</p> <p>Estimating and setting availability 112</p> <p>When a resource comes and goes 113</p> <p>Sharing Resources 114</p> <p>Skimming from resource pools 114</p> <p>Importing resources from Outlook 116</p> <p><b>Chapter 8: Working with Calendars</b><b> 119</b></p> <p>Mastering Base, Project, Resource, and Task Calendars 120</p> <p>Setting the base calendar for a project 120</p> <p>Understanding the four calendar types 120</p> <p>How calendars work 121</p> <p>How one calendar relates to another 121</p> <p>Scheduling with Calendar Options and Working Times 122</p> <p>Setting calendar options 123</p> <p>Setting exceptions to working times 124</p> <p>Working with Task Calendars and Resource Calendars 126</p> <p>Setting resource calendars 127</p> <p>Making the change to a resource’s calendar 128</p> <p>Creating a Custom Calendar Template 130</p> <p>Sharing Copies of Calendars 132</p> <p><b>Chapter 9: Assigning Resources </b><b>135</b></p> <p>Finding the Right Resource 135</p> <p>Needed: One good resource willing to work 136</p> <p>Custom fields: It’s a skill 137</p> <p>Making a Useful Assignation 138</p> <p>Determining material and cost-resource units 138</p> <p>Making assignments 139</p> <p>Shaping the contour that’s right for you 142</p> <p>Benefitting from a Helpful Planner 144</p> <p><b>Chapter 10: Determining a Project’s Cost</b><b> 147</b></p> <p>How Do Costs Accrue? 148</p> <p>Adding up the costs 148</p> <p>When will this hit the bottom line? 149</p> <p>Specifying Cost Information in the Project 150</p> <p>You can’t avoid fixed costs 150</p> <p>Entering hourly, overtime, and cost-per-use rates 152</p> <p>Assigning material resources 153</p> <p>How Your Settings Affect Your Costs 155</p> <p><b>Part 3: Before You Baseline</b><b> 157</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning Your Plan</b><b> 159</b></p> <p>Everything Filters to the Bottom Line 159</p> <p>Setting predesigned filters 160</p> <p>Putting AutoFilter to work 161</p> <p>Creating do-it-yourself filters 163</p> <p>Gathering Information in Groups 165</p> <p>Applying predefined groups 166</p> <p>Devising your own groups 166</p> <p>Figuring Out What’s Driving the Project 169</p> <p>Inspecting tasks 169</p> <p>Handling task warnings and suggestions 170</p> <p><b>Chapter 12: Negotiating Project Constraints</b><b> 173</b></p> <p>It’s about Time 174</p> <p>Applying contingency reserve 174</p> <p>Completing a task in less time 175</p> <p>Getting What You Want for Less 178</p> <p>The Resource Recourse 179</p> <p>Checking resource availability 179</p> <p>Deleting or modifying a resource assignment 180</p> <p>Beating overallocations with quick-and-dirty rescheduling 181</p> <p>Finding help 182</p> <p>Leveling resources 182</p> <p>Rescheduling the Project 186</p> <p><b>Chapter 13: Making the Project Look Good</b><b> 187</b></p> <p>Looking Good! 188</p> <p>Formatting the Gantt Chart 188</p> <p>Formatting taskbars 188</p> <p>Zeroing in on critical issues 191</p> <p>Restyling the Gantt chart 192</p> <p>Formatting Task Boxes 193</p> <p>Adjusting the Layout 195</p> <p>Modifying Gridlines 197</p> <p>Recognizing When a Picture Can Say It All 199</p> <p>Creating a Custom Text Field 200</p> <p><b>Chapter 14: It All Begins with a Baseline </b><b>205</b></p> <p>All about Baselines 205</p> <p>Saving a baseline 206</p> <p>Saving more than one baseline 207</p> <p>Clearing and resetting a baseline 209</p> <p>In the Interim 210</p> <p>Saving an interim plan 211</p> <p>Clearing and resetting an interim plan 212</p> <p><b>Part 4: Staying on Track</b><b> 213</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 15: On the Right Track </b><b>215</b></p> <p>Developing a Communications Management Plan 216</p> <p>Gathering data 216</p> <p>Applying a tracking method 217</p> <p>Using the tracking tools 218</p> <p>For everything, there’s a view 219</p> <p>Tracking Work for the Record 220</p> <p>Specifying the status date 221</p> <p>Remaining on track 222</p> <p>Determining the percent complete 222</p> <p>Recording start and finish information 223</p> <p>Knowing what to do when John works three hours and Mary works ten 224</p> <p>Uh-oh — we’re in overtime 226</p> <p>Specifying remaining durations for auto-scheduled tasks 227</p> <p>Entering fixed-cost updates 228</p> <p>Moving a Task 229</p> <p>Update Project: Sweeping Changes 230</p> <p>Tracking Materials 232</p> <p>Tracking More Than One: Consolidated Projects 233</p> <p>Consolidating projects 233</p> <p>Updating consolidated projects 235</p> <p><b>Chapter 16: Project Views: Observing Progress</b><b> 237</b></p> <p>Seeing Where Tasks Stand 238</p> <p>Baseline versus actual progress 238</p> <p>Lines of progress 238</p> <p>Delving into the Detail 241</p> <p>Tracking Progress Using Earned Value Management 244</p> <p>Calculating Behind the Scenes 246</p> <p>Earned-value options 246</p> <p>An abundance of critical paths 247</p> <p><b>Chapter 17: You’re Behind — Now What?</b><b> 249</b></p> <p>Using Project with Risk and Issue Logs 250</p> <p>Printing interim plans and baselines 250</p> <p>Printing task notes 251</p> <p>What-If Scenarios 253</p> <p>Sorting tasks 253</p> <p>Filtering 254</p> <p>Examining the critical path 255</p> <p>Using resource leveling (again) 257</p> <p>Determining which factors are driving the timing of a task 258</p> <p>How Adding People or Time Affects the Project 259</p> <p>Hurrying up and making modifications 259</p> <p>Throwing resources at the problem 259</p> <p>Shifting dependencies and task timing 261</p> <p>When All Else Fails 262</p> <p>Taking the time you need 263</p> <p>Finding ways to cut corners 263</p> <p><b>Chapter 18: Spreading the News: Reporting</b><b> 265</b></p> <p>Generating Standard Reports 266</p> <p>What’s available 266</p> <p>Overviewing the dashboard reports 267</p> <p>Creating New Reports 268</p> <p>Gaining a new perspective on data with visual reports 270</p> <p>Creating a visual report 270</p> <p>Fine-Tuning a Report 271</p> <p>Dragging, dropping, and sizing 272</p> <p>Looking good! 273</p> <p>Spiffing Things Up 274</p> <p>Call the Printer! 277</p> <p>Working with Page Setup 277</p> <p>Getting a preview 282</p> <p>Printing, at last! 283</p> <p>Working on the Timeline 283</p> <p>Adding tasks to the Timeline 284</p> <p>Customizing the Timeline 285</p> <p>Copying the Timeline 286</p> <p><b>Chapter 19: Getting Better All the Time</b><b> 287</b></p> <p>Reviewing the Project 288</p> <p>Learning from your mistakes 288</p> <p>Debriefing the team 290</p> <p>Comparing Versions of a Project 291</p> <p>Building on Success 293</p> <p>Creating a template 293</p> <p>Mastering the Organizer 294</p> <p><b>Part 5: The Part of Tens</b><b> 297</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 20: Ten Golden Rules of Project Management</b><b> 299</b></p> <p>Roll with It 299</p> <p>Put Your Ducks in a Row 300</p> <p>Expect the Unexpected 301</p> <p>Don’t Put Off until Tomorrow 302</p> <p>Delegate, Delegate, Delegate 302</p> <p>Document It 303</p> <p>Keep the Team in the Loop 303</p> <p>Measure Success 304</p> <p>Maintain a Flexible Strategy 305</p> <p>Learn from Your Mistakes 305</p> <p><b>Chapter 21: Ten Cool Shortcuts in Project 2019</b><b> 307</b></p> <p>Task Information 307</p> <p>Resource Information 308</p> <p>Frequently Used Functions 309</p> <p>Subtasks 310</p> <p>Quick Selections 310</p> <p>Fill Down 310</p> <p>Navigation 310</p> <p>Hours to Years 311</p> <p>Timeline Shortcuts 311</p> <p>Quick Undo and Repeat 312</p> <p>Appendix: glossary 313</p> <p>Index 321</p>
<p><b>Cynthia Snyder Dionisio</b> is a project management consultant, trainer, and author. She also leads the team that creates the <i>PMBOK Guide,</i> the standard for project management that is published by the Project Management Institute. She has written more than a dozen books, including <i>A Project Manager's Book of Forms</i> and <i>A Project Manager's Book of Tools and Techniques.</i>
<ul> <li>Manage project resources, calendars, and budgets</li> <li>Create a dynamic schedule that keeps a project moving</li> <li>Get the "golden rules" that keep projects on track</li> </ul> <p><b>Manage your projects like a pro!</b> <p>Whether project management is in your job title or just one of many tasks on your plate, Microsoft Project 2019 is the secret weapon you've been looking for. Even if you already know a little about managing projects, this book shows you how to use the valuable features of Microsoft Project 2019 to make your process run like a well-oiled machine. Learn how to enter tasks, estimate durations, work with resources and calendars, set baselines, fine-tune schedules, stay on track, analyze your progress, and report results. <p><b>Inside...</b> <ul> <li>Launch a project</li> <li>Enter tasks and estimate durations</li> <li>Change project views</li> <li>Create a resource calendar</li> <li>Develop a budget</li> <li>Track project progress</li> <li>Deal with delays</li> <li>Use time-saving shortcuts</li> </ul>

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