Project 2003 for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancy Stevenson
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Pages: 408
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0764542494
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.404028553
UPC: 785555873476
EAN: 9780764542497
ASIN: 0764542494
Publication Date: October 21, 2003
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Product Description
Whether your job is to manage the construction of a building, oversee the launch of a new product, host an international event, or plan a company party, Microsoft Project 2003 can help. Microsoft Project 2003 For Dummies shows you how to use the program to plan, schedule, and budget all phases of a project, assign the resources, create essential reports, and monitor your progress. If you’re new to Project, you’ll find what you need to get up to speed, including info on how Project works, finding your way around, and building your first Project plan. If you’ve used an earlier version of Project, you’ll delve into Project 2003 and all of the new features it puts at your fingertips. Complete with case histories, screen shots, and step-by-step instructions, this guide walks you through: - Making calendar settings, building a task-outline, and entering timing and timing relationships for tasks
- Assigning resources and material costs to tasks
- Using scheduling and tracking tools: The Gantt Chart which is the main view of Project; The Network Diagram (version of a PERT (program Evaluation and Review Technique) chart; Risk management; and Resource management
- Recalculating based on what-if scenarios to solve resource conflicts, get your costs within budget, or meet your deadlines
- Understanding the task/subtask structure, creating an outline, and working with WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) codes
- Working with a combination of cost types (fixed, work, and material) and customizing costs fields with Value Lists
- Saving your plan with a baseline
- Using the tracking toolbar and to record actual activity, update fixed costs, and more
- Generating and formatting standard reports (complete with graphics), creating custom reports, and using the XML Reporting Wizard
If you have Project Server (that complements Project 2003 but is not included), this book shows you how to use Project in an enterprise environment to centralize information online and get real online collaboration. You can publish projects to the Web, allow team members to update their progress, analyze your project status, and generally communicate in one central, online location. Microsoft Project 2003 For Dummies is complete with a bonus CD-ROM that includes: - Add-on tools and templates
- Case history examples
- Test preparation questions for the Project Management Institute (PMI) certification exam
- Milestones Project Companion and Project KickStart trial versions
- Cobra, WBS Chart Pro, PERT Chart Expert, and TimeSheet Professional demo versions
Use this friendly guide to get comfortable with Project. You’ll wonder how you managed without it.
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 I didn't care for this book May 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this out of curiosity and found it to be mediocre about explaining and using Project 2003.
It felt like the effort was to explain project management with a little Project 2003 tossed in. Maybe they were trying to make a reference book? I would not keep it as a reference and I am not sure I would suggest this book to a beginner.
It was not organized well as it could have been. The command examples loose their effectiveness as you don't have the example files for use and abuse while you play.
I also found the information spread out amoung the chapters as the already mentioned tasks and subtasks in the previous review.
The chapter on using project server seems to be out of place as it could be a book in itself. A person involved with it would not read this book to get an idea of project server. It was not needed.
One thing sorely lacking are links for more information. You get links for products but not informational sources.
The CD tools are ok but they appear to be dated now.
Overall, normally a dummies book is a baby steps book but I think this would confuse a person who has never worked with project management concepts.
It would have been better if the book centered on setting up a small project and walk the user through the use of Project 2003 while building the project.
 Dummies pick something else in this case January 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got some "dummies", but this is not the best one. The contents of the supplied CD-ROM is hardly useful for beginners. Project 2003 Step by Step is imo a better book with good digital samples and a digital version of the book on the CD-ROM.
 Project 2003 - Not For Dummies! July 22, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Earlier this year I purchased Project 2003 for Dummies and I must say that it has been a very useful tool. Since purchasing the book from Amazon I have been able to build and use Microsoft Project 2003 for a number of incentive and loyalty marketing projects that I have either launched or worked on. I would highly recommend Project 2003 for Dummies to anyone who needs to build or manage a project plan.
 Book was in excellent condition April 10, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ordered the book and received it promptly. Great service from Amazon.
Not the Best of the Dummies March 18, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I found this book very poorly organized. The author dives into technicalities before explaining the basics. For example, there are "tasks" and "subtasks." Tasks get immediate treatment, but then the book dives into calendars and effort management and other "advanced tab" topics without explaining subtasks, and how subtasks are entered. Even though there are examples in chapters 1-4 using subtasks, subtasks are not explained until chapter 5 (that's right, FIVE). Examples on page 65 and 78 show subtasks, but you don't learn how to enter one until page 93.
I spent a lot of time going back and re-reading, trying to find out if I missed something so that I could duplicate the examples - a lot of wasted time.
Starting with a complete and simple project, and then adding layers of complication on to it, would have been a much more effective approach. Overall, I am not happy with this book. In most "for dummies" books I can get up and running on a basic level in a few hours. I am now at hour four, page 85, and just about to learn about tasks and subtasks.
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