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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)
1
Section 1: The Iron Triangle – a Quick Primer for Project Management
3
Section 2: Project Initiation with Microsoft Project
8
Section 3: Project Planning Like a Pro!
13
Section 4: Project Execution – the Real Deal
15
Chapter 11: Overallocation – the Bane of Project Managers
18
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

Gaining an advanced understanding of views

Views are the principal user interface of Microsoft Project. Beginning in Chapter 2, Fundamentals of Microsoft Project, we have already explored more than 10 views in the book so far: Gantt Chart, Resource Sheet, Resource Usage, Task Usage, Team Planner, Timeline, Tracking Gantt, Task Board, Sprint Planning Sheet, Current Sprint Board, and Multiple Baselines Gantt, among others.

You will be aware that views provide a subset of the information contained in the project schedule. In this chapter, we will forge ahead to an advanced understanding of views. We take a top-down approach, beginning from the components of a view. Then we will move on to a classification of views followed by the innards of a view. Along the way, we will investigate powerful tools in Project to slice and dice schedule information. We will then finish the chapter by learning how to create our own custom views.

Types of view

All views can be classified under...