Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Project 2007 (Paperback)
暫譯: 特別版：使用 Microsoft Office Project 2007 (平裝本)

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Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Project2007

 

We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Project proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Project 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Project2007 is the only book you need.

 

THEONLYDESKTOPPROJECTBOOK YOUNEED

 

• Leverage Microsoft Project 2007 to support your management processes, communication and collaboration within your organization

• Manage your project through initiation, tracking, controlling, performance measuring , and closing

• Model real life project scenarios with the scheduling engine

• Define tasks, milestones, summary tasks, and recurring tasks to create your project schedule

• Create task relationships, constraints, and perform advanced actions on tasks

• Customize the project to fit your needs

• Use views, tables, filters, and groups to review your project and application interface schedule

• Manipulate Microsoft Project 2007 data using other Microsoft Office applications

• Implement Visual Reports to allow 3D models of project data for sharing and analysis

• Master advanced features with built-in and advanced manual techniques

 

“Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Project 2007 continues the great QUE tradition of bringing together all of the features and capabilities of our software in a logical, easy-to-follow manner. With the knowledge and experience that QuantumPM, LLC brings to the domain of project management and to the use of Microsoft® Office Project 2007, this book should be on every desktop!”

–Mike Angiulo, General Manager, Microsoft’s Office Project Business Unit

 

QuantumPM, LLC is a project, program, and portfolio management product and services firm that helps its clients create pragmatic and valuable solutions to address real world problems. The company combines state-of-the-art tools from Microsoft and other technology leaders, its own expertise, and industry best practices to create solutions that support the way their customers work. QuantumPM services include Management Consulting, Technical Consulting, Training, Hosting Services, Earned Value Management, and Business Intelligence solutions. This book is a culmination of many experiences, people, and industries that together make up QuantumPM, LLC. It includes many insights into Microsoft Office Project 2007 from the experts who have used this tool in the field for many years.

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

I Getting Started with Microsoft Project 2007

1 Power of Microsoft Project 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

2 Microsoft Project 2007 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

3 Microsoft Project and the Project Management Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

II Organizing for Success–Project Initiation and Planning

4 Getting Started After Business Initiative Is Approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

5 Setting Up Project for Your Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

6 Creating Your Project Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

7 Defining Task Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

8 Defining Project Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

9 Understanding Work Formula Basics . . . . . . . . . . .283

10 Scheduling Single and Multiple Resource Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

11 Using Standard Views, Tables, Filters, and Groups to Review Your Schedule . . . . . . .369

12 Performing a Schedule Reality Check . . . . . . . . . .419

III Project Execution Through Completion

13 Tracking Your Project Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

14 Analyzing Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

15 Using Reports for Tracking and Control . . . . . . . . .519

16 Revising the Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557

17 Closing the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .565

IV Tailoring Microsoft Office Project 2007 to Your Needs

18 Managing Project Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581

19 Formatting Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601

20 Creating and Customizing the Basic Reports . . . .657

21 Creating and Customizing Visual Reports . . . . . . .707

22 Customizing Views, Tables, Filters, Groups, and Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .755

23 Customizing Toolbars, Menus, and Forms . . . . . .813

V Microsoft Office Project 2007 Knowledge In Depth

24 Working with Multiple Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .853

25 Resolving Resource Allocation Problems . . . . . . .885

26 Exporting and Importing Project Data . . . . . . . . . .913

27 Manipulating Data Using Other Applications . . . .959

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .995