Managing a project with Microsoft Project 2010 E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Youcanprint
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

This eBook serves both as a support for those who attend an advanced Microsoft Project 2010 course and for all those who decide to analyze the “dynamics” of managing a project by using Microsoft Project 2010 in an advanced mode.One of the "propulsion engines" of our literary work was to provide the readers with a userfriendly product, usable on any digital support (smarthphone, tablet, PC…), instead of a “classic” complex and lengthy Microsoft Project manual. This product is based on our original Recall Map technique, a mix of graphic/intuitive/evocative images and Microsoft Project screen shots, useful for a smart and lasting memorization of the essential concepts of the software itself.

Leseprobe

Title | Managing a project with Microsoft Project 2010 Authors | Rosario D’Auria, Eugenio Rambaldi, Biagio Tramontana Cover design by the Authors ISBN | 9788891137937 2013 First Digital Edition

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Managing a Project with Microsoft Project 2010

Rosario D’Auria, Eugenio Rambaldi,

All rights are reserved, @Rosario D’Auria, @Eugenio Rambaldi, @Biagio Tramontana

DISCLAIMER The Authors disclaim any liability for the completeness/incompleteness of any information contained in this eBook, and for the use or misuse that the reader can do using the software described.

Table of Contents

Cover

Bookplate

Title page

Colophon

Table of contents

Introduction

How to use the eBook

What is Microsoft Project

What is a Recall Map

Recall Map - Planning Steps in MS Project

Recall Map - WBS - OBS - RAM

Work Breakdown Structure

Organization Breakdown Structure

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

Recall Map – Time Planning

Links

Durations

Calendars

Milestones

Deadlines

Constraints

Recall Map – Resource Planning

Adding

Assignment

Leveling

Views

Recall Map - Cost Planning

Rates

Cost Chart View

Budget Curve

Recall Map – Baseline

First Setting

Further Settings

Recall Map – Controlling – Theoretical Aspects

Recall Map – Controlling – Practical Aspects

Status Date Setting

Actual Project Data Tracking

Project Performance Analisys

Recall Map – Attachment A1 – Customizations

Timescale

Layout and bar Styles

Organizer

Recall Map - Attachment A2 – Customizations

Sorting

Grouping

Filters

Recall Map - Attachment A3 – Customizations

Total and Free Float dashboard

“Budget” resource

Bibliography

Abstract and Authors Biographies

Introduction

In many Organizations (public or private, profit and non-profit) the culture of Project Management is spreading with increasing conviction. Relevant change and innovation management projects are assigned to professionals who should theoretically possess adequate knowledge, skills and competencies in project management in order to enhance the Organization "sense of confidence" and its chance of success.

Between theoretical and practical aspect, sometimes, there are huge differences! These gaps are even more tangible when you approach the use of Project Management Information Systems(PMIS).

The choice of a Project Management application platform is the result of a series of evaluations that each Organization should perform beforehand:

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on which cultural/environmental factors and organizational process assets does our Organization work?

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does our Organization refer to appropriate industry standards and infrastructure?

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what is the capacity of our Organization in terms of human resources?

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what does our Organization expect from a Project Management information software (just a scheduling software or is it necessary to acquire a software for configuration management, …) ?

Starting from these considerations, the Authors decided to examine in depth the technical/methodological skills necessary to manage a project with success by using Microsoft Project (version 2010), one of the best-known software applications in the field.

This study was conceived by using one of the most powerful tools that has ever been created to support the processing/elaboration of human thought and memorization, that is mind maps but … with a personal “touch” that gave birth to a new tool called Recall Map.

And here's to you, dear readers, the Recall Map for managing a project by using Microsoft Project 2010!1

1 Unless readers did not already attend a theoretical Project Management course or apply Project Management processes/tools/techniques, following the dissertation flow could be demanding; thus the Authors believe that, in order to better understand the features of Microsoft Project, it is advisable to possess at least a basic Project Management knowledge

How to use the eBook

This eBook serves both as a support for those who attend an advanced Microsoft Project 2010 course and for all those who decide to analyze the “dynamics” of managing a project by using Microsoft Project 2010 in an advanced mode.

One of the "propulsion engines" of our literary work was to provide the readers with a userfriendly product, usable on any digital support (smarthphone, tablet, PC…), instead of a “classic” complex and lengthy Microsoft Project manual. This product is based on our original Recall Map technique, a mix of graphic/intuitive/evocative images and Microsoft Project screen shots, useful for a smart and lasting memorization of the essential concepts of the software itself.

What is Microsoft Project

Source: Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Project 2010 (Standard or Professional version) is one of the most complete Project Management information systems, used to support project planning and control.

Most of those who approach to the use of this tool “bump into” the software features which are not entirely intuitive and immediate; therefore, according to our experience, a very important step for the user is to “understand” the software “philosophy” that is being used, avoiding little added value operations and concentrating instead on learning at least the Project Management basic tools.

And here our maps for managing a project by using Microsoft Project 2010 come into play. They provide a new and immediate key to learn and memorize otherwise heterogeneous and complex procedures … and now, without further hesitation, here are our Recall Map!