Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Project 5Chapter 1: Project Management, MS Project, and You 7Chapter 2: Starting the Project 23Chapter 3: Becoming a Task Master 41Chapter 4: The Codependent Nature of Tasks 55Chapter 5: Estimating Task Time 67Chapter 6: Check Out This View! 83Part 2: Managing Resources 103Chapter 7: Creating Resources 105Chapter 8: Working with Calendars 121Chapter 9: Assigning Resources 137Chapter 10: Determining a Project's Cost 149Part 3: Before You Baseline 159Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning Your Plan 161Chapter 12: Negotiating Project Constraints 175Chapter 13: Making the Project Look Good 189Chapter 14: It All Begins with a Baseline 207Part 4: Staying on Track 217Chapter 15: On the Right Track 219Chapter 16: Project Views: Observing Progress 235Chapter 17: You're Behind -- Now What? 249Chapter 18: Spreading the News: Reporting 265Part 5: Working with Sprints Projects 285Chapter 19: Setting Up a Sprints Project 287Chapter 20: Tracking a Sprints Project 299Chapter 21: Getting Better All the Time 307Part 6: The Part of Tens 317Chapter 22: Ten Golden Rules of Project Management 319Chapter 23: Ten Cool Shortcuts in Project 327Glossary 333Index 341
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