Product Description

Led by a well-known Project expert, you’ll learn how to apply the right tools and techniques to the most common project-management scenarios you’ll encounter. Most important, you’ll see the effects of different approaches in action—so you can make the best decisions for your project. Orchestrate great results by learning the most effective ways to: • Identify project scope and goals • Evaluate project costs • Drive a project plan and schedule • Organize and deploy resources • Monitor and communicate status • Manage cuts in budget and resources • Get management buy-in on essential changes • Resolve cross-project conflicts • Get a wayward project back on track • Work out the kinks—solving real problems, in real time  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #766419 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

Good visual expanation of Microsoft Project for the single user

As the book says, it is not about teaching you everything there is to know about project, and some important concepts, such the use of master projects for example are not included. It does focus on typical scenarios for how Project is used, but is more biased toward the individual project manager with one copy of Project rather than someone working in a project team. The book diverts off into registry hacks but without the caveat that end users should do so only with great caution, and are unlikely to be allowed to do so on a corporate environment.
The book is very pictorial; and the various views within Project for resources, tasks budgeting and reporting are thoroughly covered. If all you have ever done in project is look at the Gantt chart and resource views then it is a very useful book for building on your existing competency.
The book only fleeting refers to Project Server and Project web access, both being products which have substantial improvements in 2007, to the extent that the creation of a workspace project portal using SharePoint Services for teams of any size is preferable to working with individual copies of Project. Elaine Marmel raises a concern about the security in using an enterprise product such as Project Server, without counter balancing the fact that there is a very granular user security model available.
In summary, As its `In the Trenches' title suggest, a good book for those who see Project as just a tool and need to understand the different project management approaches to be taken. Not a technical administration bible, and more focuses on the single user than the enterprise.