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Learning Microsoft Project 2019

By : Srikanth Shirodkar
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Learning Microsoft Project 2019

By: Srikanth Shirodkar

Overview of this book

Microsoft Project is one of the most popular project management tools for enterprises of all sizes thanks to its wide variety of features such as project scheduling, project budgeting, built-in templates, and reporting tools. Learning Microsoft Project 2019 will get you started with the basics and gradually guide you through the complete project life cycle. Starting with an overview of Microsoft Project 2019 and a brief introduction to project management concepts, this book will take you through the different phases of project management – initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure. You will then learn how to identify and handle problems related to scheduling, costing, resourcing, and work allocation. Understand how to use dynamic reports to create powerful, automated reports and dashboards at the click of a button. This Microsoft Project book highlights the pitfalls of overallocation and demonstrates how to avoid and resolve these issues using a wide spectrum of tools, techniques, and best practices. Finally, you will focus on executing Agile projects efficiently and get to grips with using Kanban and Scrum features. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with Microsoft Project and have the skills you need to use it effectively in every stage of project management.
Table of Contents (32 chapters)
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Section 1: The Iron Triangle – a Quick Primer for Project Management
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Section 2: Project Initiation with Microsoft Project
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Section 3: Project Planning Like a Pro!
13
Section 4: Project Execution – the Real Deal
15
Chapter 11: Overallocation – the Bane of Project Managers
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Section 5: Monitoring and Control with Microsoft Project
23
Section 6: Project Closure with Microsoft Project
Appendix A: Using This Book as a Textbook
Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix D: Glossary

Creating custom views

We have now come full circle with our discussion of Project views. We can apply everything that we have learned so far in this chapter to create new views that are perfectly suited for our own projects. Let's explore two techniques to create custom designed views. Remember that views are constructed from specific instances of tables, filters, groups, and display formats. So, a new view can be designed from the bottom up, designing each of the components that make up your new view. Refer to the following diagram:

Figure 14.31 – A pyramid design showing the construction of a new view

It is best to build a view by starting from the bottom of the component pyramid and moving up, shaping our data as we reach the completion of our view.

In the next sections, we will create a new view from the solution achieved by our previous exercise.

Creating a new view from a current view

With this simple technique, you first modify...