Effective Executive's Guide to Project 2000: The Eight Steps for Using Microsoft Project 2000 to Organize, Manage and Finish Critically Important Projects [Paperback]

Stephen L. Nelson (Author), Pat Coleman (Author), Kaarin Dolliver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

Microsoft Project 2000 is a program used by project managers to organize and outline plans to efficiently complete projects. Written specifically for busy managers and executives, this book shows how to schedule tasks, identify and assign resources, present projects, and troubleshoot problems using Project 2000 without having to learn every nuance and special feature of the program. An eight-step process highlighting the fundamentals of Project 2000 offers advice for organizing, implementing, and finishing pressing projects. Real-world solutions for dealing with practical problems such as scheduling uncertainty, project complexity, and cost monitoring are also included in three appendices filled with troubleshooting tips for the busy professional.

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group Computer Book (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967298113
• ISBN-13: 978-0967298115
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,918,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services to small businesses. He belongs to the American Institute of CPAs and is a prolific author.

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78 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An ideal "how to" reference for project managers., March 3, 2000

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This review is from: Effective Executive's Guide to Project 2000: The Eight Steps for Using Microsoft Project 2000 to Organize, Manage and Finish Critically Important Projects (Paperback)

Designed for business executives and project managers, Stephen Nelson, Pat Coleman, and Kaarin Dolliver have collaborated to provide an easy to use eight step program of organizing, managing and finishing a project using Microsoft Project 2000. The steps clearly laid out in the Effective Executives: Guide To Project 2000 include learning the language of project management and Project 2000; describing the project in general terms (including start date, end date, and calendar of workdays); breaking the project down into components tasks, specifying task order and relationships; identification and assignment of project resources; reviewing the project for structural soundness and reasonableness; presenting the plan to project team members and management; monitoring process and costs (assuring the project stays on course); keeping project team members apprised of the project's status and communicate important project information and changes to all interested parties. Effective Executives: Guide To Project 2000 is enhanced for the reader with informative appendixes presenting real-world solutions for dealing with the practical problem of scheduling uncertainties using PERT; explaining how to customize Project 2000 so it better fits specific requirements, and more. Effective Executives: Guide To Project 2000 is the ideal "how to" reference for anyone using Project 2000 for their project management needs and concerns.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you've already read step by step, DON'T get this book!, February 18, 2001

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This review is from: Effective Executive's Guide to Project 2000: The Eight Steps for Using Microsoft Project 2000 to Organize, Manage and Finish Critically Important Projects (Paperback)

Taking the advice from the other's who reviewed this book, I bought it. Although I'd just finished Step by Step for Project 2000, I was looking for more concepts and principles behind PM for executives. This book was nothing more than a refresher for me. Its poorly written and the average user picking up a MS Project book for the first time would be lost. Stick with step by step books....

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Takes the Monster Out of the Closet, October 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Effective Executive's Guide to Project 2000: The Eight Steps for Using Microsoft Project 2000 to Organize, Manage and Finish Critically Important Projects (Paperback)

I've always found project management and project management software to be intimidating. This book, however, makes it all very clear and much less ominous. Not only is the Microsoft Project 2000 software thoroughly discussed but essentials of project management as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone new to managing projects or to the person who has so far found project software the equivalent of the Monster hiding in the closet.