Description:
Managing large projects has a lot to do with keeping track of dependencies among their components. In other words, you have to know what must be done first, before other aspects of the project can go ahead. Microsoft Project 2000 helps you identify those dependencies and monitor progress toward them, and Microsoft Project 2000 Bible can help you become an expert in using this useful program. It covers Project 2000's entire feature set clearly and completely. About the only shortcoming of this book is its lack of an evaluation version of the application on the companion CD-ROM. Some books in the Bible Series fall into the trap of emphasizing interface documentation over practical explanations. This book avoids that snare, focusing on business goals rather than on the software itself. So sections (easily located in the index) like "Assigning Part-Time Work" and "Using the Critical Path to Shorten a Project"--in which you'll find procedures to follow and explanations of how Project complements the duties of real-life managers--are the norm. Passages on reporting and network publishing are (appropriately) more software-centric. --David Wall Topics covered: Microsoft Project 2000 for people who use it every day to monitor and manage elaborate team efforts; Project's management of goals, tasks, resources, and actual progress; financial tracking; Project's tools for collaboration via e-mail and network publishing.
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