Microsoft Project 2013: The Missing Manual

Introduction......Page 15
	Part One:	Project Management: The Missing Manual......Page 25
	Chapter 1:	Projects: In the Beginning......Page 27
What’s So Special About Projects?......Page 28
What Is Project Management?......Page 29
Why Manage Projects?......Page 31
Picking the Right Projects......Page 32
Gaining Support for a Project......Page 40
Publicizing a Project and Its Manager......Page 44
	Chapter 2:	Planning a Project......Page 47
Project Planning in a Nutshell......Page 48
Defining the Project......Page 52
Documenting How You’ll Run the Project......Page 58
Laying Out Project Processes......Page 60
	Part Two:	Project Planning: More Than Creating a Schedule......Page 67
Launching Project 2013......Page 69
Getting Around Project......Page 70
Scheduling Manually or Automatically......Page 83
	Chapter 4:	Creating a Simple Project......Page 93
Creating a New Project File......Page 94
Creating a Task List......Page 95
Organizing Work......Page 98
Putting Tasks in the Right Order......Page 100
Switching Tasks to Auto Scheduled Mode......Page 102
Assigning People and Other Resources......Page 103
Saving Your Project......Page 106
	Chapter 5:	Setting Up a Project File......Page 107
Creating a New Project File......Page 108
Setting the Project Start Date......Page 114
Saving a New Project......Page 116
Opening a Project File......Page 123
Setting Standard Workdays......Page 126
Defining Work Times with Calendars......Page 131
	Chapter 6:	Identifying the Work to Be Done......Page 147
Breaking Down Work into Manageable Chunks......Page 148
Adding Tasks to Your Project File......Page 155
Organizing Tasks......Page 166
Documenting Task Details......Page 177
Setting Up a Custom WBS Code......Page 181
	Chapter 7:	Building a Schedule......Page 185
Estimating Task Work and Duration......Page 186
Linking Tasks......Page 200
Scheduling Tasks to Accommodate Specific Dates......Page 210
	Chapter 8:	Building a Team for Your Project......Page 219
Identifying Project Resources......Page 220
Understanding Project’s Resource Types......Page 226
Adding Resources to Your Project File......Page 228
Removing Resources from Your Project......Page 236
Defining When Work Resources Are Available......Page 237
Defining Costs for Resources......Page 242
Using Generic or Tentative Resources......Page 246
Adding More Resource Information......Page 248
	Chapter 9:	Assigning Resources to Tasks......Page 251
Assigning Work Resources to Tasks......Page 252
Assigning Material Resources to Tasks......Page 269
Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks......Page 272
Reviewing Resource Assignments......Page 273
Understanding Duration, Work, and Units......Page 275
Modifying Resource Assignments......Page 279
	Chapter 10:	Setting Up a Project Budget......Page 287
Putting a Price Tag on Your Project......Page 288
Reviewing Cost Information......Page 290
Comparing Costs to Your Budget......Page 297
Setting the Project’s Fiscal Year......Page 311
	Chapter 11:	Reviewing and 
Fine-Tuning Your Plan......Page 315
Reviewing the Schedule and Cost......Page 316
Project Tools for Change......Page 330
Making Sure Tasks Are Set Up Correctly......Page 336
Building Reality into Assignments......Page 344
Balancing Workloads......Page 351
Shortening the Schedule......Page 373
Reducing Project Costs......Page 384
Playing What-If Games......Page 388
	Chapter 12:	Saving the Project Plan......Page 393
Obtaining Approval for the Plan......Page 394
Storing Project Documents......Page 395
Preserving the Original Plan in Project......Page 397
	Part Three:	Projects in Action......Page 413
	Chapter 13:	Tracking Status......Page 415
Methods for Tracking Status......Page 416
Preparing to Update Your Project......Page 419
Obtaining Status Data......Page 425
Updating Schedule Status in Project......Page 430
Updating Project Costs......Page 448
	Chapter 14:	Evaluating and Correcting Project Performance......Page 453
Scheduled, Baseline, and Actual Values......Page 454
Is the Project on Time?......Page 455
Is the Project Within Budget?......Page 463
Earned Value Analysis......Page 465
Getting Back on Track......Page 473
	Chapter 15:	Managing Change......Page 479
Setting Up a Change-Management System......Page 480
Managing Changes in Project......Page 484
	Chapter 16:	Reporting on Projects......Page 493
An Overview of Project’s Reports......Page 494
Working with Graphical Reports......Page 500
Working with Visual Reports......Page 509
Printing Views to Report Project Information......Page 524
	Chapter 17:	Closing a Project......Page 527
Tying Up Loose Ends......Page 528
Producing Project Closeout Reports......Page 529
What to Do with Project Information......Page 535
	Part Four:	Project Power Tools......Page 537
	Chapter 18:	Working on More Than One Project......Page 539
Managing Multiple Projects......Page 540
Sharing Resources Among Projects......Page 548
	Chapter 19:	Exchanging Data Between Programs......Page 555
Copying Information......Page 557
Importing and Exporting Data......Page 564
Integrating Project and Outlook......Page 583
	Chapter 20:	Linking and Embedding......Page 589
Understanding Linking and Embedding......Page 590
Linking and Embedding Project Data......Page 592
Linking and Embedding Data into Project......Page 598
Working with Linked and Embedded Objects......Page 602
Hyperlinking to Information......Page 607
	Part Five:	Customizing Project......Page 613
	Chapter 21:	Viewing What You Want......Page 615
Creating Your Own Views......Page 616
Changing Tables......Page 656
Formatting Text......Page 663
Filtering Through Information......Page 666
Grouping Project Elements......Page 680
Defining Your Own Fields......Page 686
	Chapter 22:	Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar......Page 707
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar......Page 708
Customizing the Ribbon......Page 709
Sharing a Custom Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar......Page 718
	Chapter 23:	Reusing Project Information......Page 721
Understanding the Types of Templates......Page 722
Storing Project Settings and Elements......Page 723
Sharing Custom Elements......Page 725
Building Templates for Projects......Page 731
What You Can Do with Macros......Page 739
Recording Macros......Page 740
Running Macros......Page 743
Viewing and Editing Macro Code......Page 746
Learning More About Programming Project......Page 748
	Part Six:	Appendixes......Page 749
	Appendix A:	Installing Project......Page 751
Installing Project on Your Computer......Page 752
Maintaining and Repairing Project......Page 758
	Appendix B:	Getting Help......Page 761
In Search of Project Help......Page 763
Microsoft Office Online......Page 766
Interactive and In-Depth Assistance......Page 767
How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 769
Project Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 771
Index......Page 777