Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) [Paperback]

Carl Chatfield (Author), Timothy Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735619557 | ISBN-13: 978-0735619555 | Publication Date: November 5, 2003

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage project resources, schedules, and scope with Project 2003. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need, or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Learn how to develop and present your project plan
• Master the tools for managing schedules and resources effectively
• Identify critical paths and manage multiple dependencies
• Track progress and costs—and make real-time adjustments
• Work better together—coordinating projects online with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
• Plus, sharpen your project management skills with the quick course in the Appendix!

Practice your skills using the files on CD!

Your Microsoft Office System Reference Pack on CD includes:

• Twenty-five templates straight from the Microsoft Office team
• Microsoft Office System Quick Reference eBook
• Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 eBook—describes new notetaking features in Office
• Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, eBook—10,000+ entries!
• Introducing the Tablet PC eBook
• Complete STEP BY STEP eBook
• Skill-building practice files

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [e-mail].

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About the Author

Carl is a principal content project manager at Microsoft. In this role Carl oversees development of assistance material, UI text and web content for a variety of V.1 products and services. Carl also teaches software user assistance in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. Carl is a graduate of the Master's program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute. Carl blogs regularly about Project, project management and knowledge worker teams at www.projhugger.com.

Tim's first connection with Project began as a product support professional at Microsoft, starting with Project 3.0. Later Tim worked in the Project user assistance team, where he brought his first-hand knowledge of Project customers' issues to new learning solutions for Project. Tim remains involved in the computer industry and continues to look for ways to help customers better understand and use their computer applications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619557
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619555
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > Computers & Technology > Project Management
  • #97 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Reference if you Deal with Project Management at any Level using MS Project, July 14, 2006

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David De Sousa "The Automation and Control Guy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

The best reference out there to learn everything you can do with MS Project 2003. This book is packet with useful information, laid out in a clear and readable language, with many illustrations and examples, and a CD-ROM loaded with practice Project files. The 23 chapters in the book deal with everything related with project management: From creating a task list, setting up resources, and assigning resources to tasks,... to measuring performance, tracking progress, and managing risks.

No matter at what level of project management you are dealing with in your work, if you are using MS Project 2003 to do it you will find the information you need in this book.

I am an Industrial Practitioner who uses MS Project at work, and I haven't found a better reference for Project 2003 on the shelves yet.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Tutorial Project, September 20, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

Project management on even a fairly large project is both important and difficult to accomplish without computer assistance. Microsoft Project is a full fledged project management system that is fully integrated into the Microsoft Office environment. This means that the screen looks a lot like any other Office application. There are several versions of Project, and these are described to assist in deciding what to buy.

Finally you get to the point where you have Project on your system and have gotten it started. The book then becomes a Step by Step tutorial. It explains what you are doing and why, and gives you a good understanding of why this particular bit of information is being required. As you would expect in a book this size, the book continues through all the aspects of project management reaching the use of Project Server where multiple inputs can come in from users throughout the organization.

Of all the books I've seen, this is the one I'd recomment for the beginning user. There are some more complex reference books for advanced users, but this is the place to start.

61 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Bland, Better for Reference Then Study, January 15, 2005

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Michael Cizmar (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

This book takes the flavorless subject of "Project Management with Project 2003" and serves it up cold. The sections are well laid out but the book is lacking a logical structure. There are problems with Project but you won't hear about them in this book, obviously.

That said, after looking at several other books on this subject, I believe this is the best value of the bunch.