Practical Project Management with Microsoft Project

by Bonnie Biafore

Learn how to manage projects of any size with Microsoft Project. Whether you’re new to project management and Microsoft Project, or looking to expand your skills, this clear and engaging book guides you through Project’s features step by step. You can jump directly to the topics you need. Or download sample files from the book’s website to follow along to build a task list and resource team, develop and fine-tune your schedule, and monitor and correct performance. This book shows you how to make the most of Project’s tools, so you can master Project and the projects you manage with it.Learn Project basics. Follow the step-by-step instructions whether you use Project Standard or Professional. Develop your task list and assemble your team. Assign resources to tasks to build your project schedule. Make your schedule realistic and modify it to deliver on time and within budget. Enter actual values, evaluate performance, correct course, and manage changes. Produce reports and other output to communicate project info to stakeholders and team members. Develop your own views, tables, fields, filters, and groups. Customize the ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar. Exchange data between programs, share customizations, and share info via SharePoint. Use master projects to manage several projects. Learn how Project Server or Project Online help manage project portfolios.

792 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2021

About the author

Bonnie is a zealous organizer of everything from software demos to gourmet meals with the occasional vacation to test the waters of spontaneity. Ironically, fate, not planning, turned this obsession into a career as a project manager. She earned a Project Management Professional certification (affectionately pronounced “pimp”) from the Project Management Institute. As a consultant, she manages projects for clients and wins accolades for her ability to herd cats. She has fun and makes new friends on every project, but mostly makes things happen.
She’s written 30 books including QuickBooks 2016: The Missing Manual (Intuit’s Official Guide to QuickBooks), Project 2013: The Missing Manual, and Fresh Squeezed, a funny thriller about hitmen and stupid criminals. Bonnie is an engineer, so she’s fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. She tries to redeem herself by using her sick sense of humor to transform these drool-inducing subjects into entertaining reading.
She has a mostly unused Bachelor of Science in Architecture from MIT and an occasionally useful Master of Science in Structural Engineering from Columbia University. Don’t hold this against her. She’s quite nice, actually.