Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out [Paperback]

Teresa S. Stover (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735619581 | ISBN-13: 978-0735619586 | Publication Date: November 26, 2003

Dig into Project 2003—and discover how you can really put your project management skills to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Find the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Project mastery!

• Master powerful tools for orchestrating project scope, resources, and time
• Learn expert ways to monitor progress and costs, make corrections, and stay on course
• Enable Web-based project collaboration, tracking, and reporting for project stakeholders
• Skillfully coordinate multiple projects and resource pools
• Simplify work by exchanging information between other projects and Microsoft Office programs
• Employ advanced solutions to improve enterprise-wide project and resource management
• Customize Project to work your way with macros and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

CD features:

• Complete eBook—easy to browse and print
• Insider Extras—including special content for team members and executives, plus Help files
• Catalog of Project resources with links to third-party tools and demos
• Microsoft resources and demos, including Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 eBook
• FREE—60-day trial of Microsoft Office Project 2003 Standard Edition software
• FREE—Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, eBook—10,000+ entries

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About the Author

Teresa S. Stover is a project management expert who has consulted with the Microsoft Office Project Team since Version 4. She is an instructional designer and award-winning author with more than two decades of technical communication experience. Teresa is the author of countless user manuals, tutorials, and help systems—plus more than a dozen computer books, including Microsoft Office Project 2007 Inside Out, Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out, and Microsoft Project Version 2002 Inside Out.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1088 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (November 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619581
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619586
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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71 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference for Project Pro, still too light on Server, January 19, 2004

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P. Elkin "phil4000" (Frisco, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out (Paperback)

As an EPM consultant, a good thorough reference book is absolutely essential for me. I have carried my copy of Project 2002 Inside Out all over the country with me and have just about worn it out. I ordered a copy of Project 2003 Inside Out the day it became available, and have recommended it to several clients, all of whom have bought it and thanked me for it.

The Inside Out books are wonderful, complete references on Project Professional, but they don't go into anywhere near the same level of detail on Project Server or Project Web Access. Granted, if they did, both the 2002 and 2003 versions would have been 10,000 pages long, rather than the current 1,000 or so.

This book will help you answer pretty much any quesiton you've got about Project Pro, and that tends to be where most of the questions are. As a reference, this is a great tool. The index is thorough, the detailed TOC is very easy to use, and there is a TON on information in here.

To be fair, I have to say that the 2003 version does cover more of Project Server and PWA than 2002 did. However, it's still just barely scratching the surface. If Ms. Stover would cover only the security model, that would be a huge step forward.

Bottom line: If you're going to be using Project 2003, either stand alone or in a full-blown Enterprise Project Management scenario, Project 2003 Inside Out is a great tool. I recommend it enthusiasticly.

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book For Rookies and Pros, March 8, 2004

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S. C. Gales "pdrgal" (Playa del Rey, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out (Paperback)

I needed to learn the ins and out of Microsoft Project in a weekend. The book was the best reference for me to do so. It took me step by step to learnings all the quirks and strategies when working with project.

I still use it as a reference in my work today and may have to buy another because I am wearing it down so much. It is a very easy book to reference and I would recommend it to any Project user.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better books out there on MS Project, September 22, 2004

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Kevelaer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Project 2003 Inside Out (Paperback)

Not the best book out there for MS Project. It didn't really seem like the author was a power user. Some of the directions are very superficial and not very useful. Not a good book at all for Project Server administration. Get more bang for your buck with MS Project Special Edition.