Managing Enterprise Projects Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, Second Edition (Epm Learning) [Paperback]

Dale A. Howard Gary L.Chefetz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0975982893 | ISBN-13: 978-0975982891 | Publication Date: March 20, 2006 | Edition: 2

The only book devoted to Project Server for Project Managers, Managing Enterprise Projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, Second Edition guides you through the layers of new functions and features you must know to manage projects effectively using Microsoft’s innovative enterprise project management software. This second edition covers updates to the software made through service packs one and two and includes new topics and a rich index. Award winning technologists Gary Chefetz and Dale Howard put years of field experience into your hands through a structured learning approach including hands-on exercises to reinforce each learning module. This book is perfect for users who already use a Microsoft Project version as a stand-alone tool, and want to acquire Microsoft EPM skills.

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About the Author

Co-authors Gary Chefetz and Dale Howard are among a handful of Microsoft Project MVPs world wide. Their expertise, recognized by Microsoft through the MVP award program is your assurance that the information contained in this book is authoratative. Learn more about the MVP program by visiting the Microsoft Project home page at the Microsoft website and click on Project Experts. Follow the links to the MVP program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 466 pages
• Publisher: Soho Corp; 2 edition (March 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975982893
• ISBN-13: 978-0975982891
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not Great..., August 22, 2005

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James T. Heires "Gamucci e-cig wholesaler" (Cedar Rapids, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Enterprise Projects Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 (Paperback)

After having been spoiled by Mr. Chefetz's Project Server 2002 book, I was disappointed in this work. My primary complaint with this book is that it is much less complete than the earlier book. As another reviewer mentioned, this edition does not even have an index. In addition, the coverage of enterprise outline codes, enterprise fields, Project Web Access views, built-in functions and the differences between Project Center and Project views was all less than stellar. The other gripe I have is that what was deliverd in one book before (Chefetz's 2002 book), is now separated into two $50+ books. Is this a conspiracy by the publisher to sell more books?

That being said, the basics of MS Project Server were covered, and this book should serve well as an introductory treatment on the subject.

I'm still looking for a solid reference manual for the 2003 product.

James T. Heires, PMP
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James Heires Consulting, Inc.
Home of EZ-Metrix code counting tool
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They're not called MSProjectExperts for nothing..., March 30, 2005

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Joel Seguin "go-project.com" (Montréal, QC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Enterprise Projects Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 (Paperback)

This book is packed with tips and recommendations you won't find in other books like Step by Step and SEU. It adds another layer of knowledge to make you reach a deeper understanding of the complex environment which is Project Professional in a Project Server system. And best of all, it's easy enough to read to be the first book you read on the subject.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only Buy one Title from Author, March 15, 2006

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B. Mouton (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing Enterprise Projects Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 (Paperback)

I have purchased 3 books by Gary Chefetz. The first on Project Server 2002 was excellent, just the chapter on how to install and configure Project Server was worth the price of the book. This book "Managing Enterprise Project Using Microsoft Project Server 2003" is a very good hands-on tutorial style book. It does not give you a tremendous amount of background information around project management or on how to structure a project management office using Project Server as a tool, or why it is that you would do something one way as opposed to aother. But it is a very good intoductory and hands-on book. I have also purchased another of the author's books, and to be honest there is about an 80% overlap in content. Same text, same screen shots, with possibly two chapters being substantially different. So I would caution anyone to purchase more that one title from the author because of the high redundancy factor in the different publications. He has the word processing template down cold. It struck me that the author would make an excellent consultant, because the books tell you enough, without you yourself really being able to do it yourself, which then means you have to rely on their consulting services. After you have read these books, be aware that some assembly may still be required.