The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2019!
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Project 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step.
- Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources
- Share your plan and track your progress
- Capture and fine-tune work and cost details
- Use Gantt charts and other views and reports to visualize project schedules
- Share resources across multiple plans and consolidate projects
- Master project management best practices while you learn Project
- Look up just the tasks and lessons you need
Cindy Lewis is a project management consultant and trainer with 4 Pillars of Success, her consultancy business. She travels frequently to help clients around the world gain business value and is also a sought-after speaker who presents on a variety of topics related to project management.
Cindy is a multiyear recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, with specific expertise in Microsoft Project and Project Online. She is also a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
In addition, Cindy is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). She earned her MBA degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, and her Bachelor’s degree from WMU in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
To stay current with the latest industry developments and explore new ideas, Cindy attends as many professional events and conferences as she can. She is active in her local chapter of the PMI and enjoys both sharing her knowledge with the project management community and helping others gain satisfaction in what they do.
Tim Johnson’s first connection with Project began as a product support professional at Microsoft, starting with Project 3.0 for MS-DOS. Tim later worked on the Project user assistance team, where he brought his firsthand knowledge of customers’ issues to new learning solutions for Project. Tim remains involved in the computer industry and continues to look for ways to help customers better understand and use their computer applications. Tim is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).
Carl Chatfield is a content strategist and technical writer in the software development industry. Carl teaches in the Professional Technical Writing program at the University of Washington. He is a graduate of the masters program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute.
Table of Contents from previous edition:
Introduction to Microsoft Project
Chapter 1: Microsoft Project, project management and you
Chapter 2: A guided tour of Project
Simple Scheduling Basics
Chapter 3: Starting a new plan
Chapter 4: Building a task list
Chapter 5: Setting up resources
Chapter 6: Assigning resources to tasks
Chapter 7: Formatting and sharing your plan
Chapter 8: Tracking progress
Advanced Scheduling Techniques
Chapter 9: Advanced task scheduling
Chapter 10: Fine-tuning task details
Chapter 11: Fine-tuning resource and assignment details
Chapter 12: Fine-tuning the Project plan
Chapter 13: Organizing project details
Chapter 14: Tracking progress on tasks and assignments
Chapter 15: Viewing and reporting project status
Chapter 16: Getting your project back on track
In-Depth and Special Subjects
Chapter 17: Applying advanced formatting and printing
Chapter 18: Advanced report formatting
Chapter 19: Customizing Project
Chapter 20: Sharing information with other programs
Chapter 21: Consolidating projects and resources
Appendices