Microsoft Project 2019: Up To Speed

The Project 2019: Up To Speed guide helps you to get up and running quickly with the world's most popular project management application. This handy step-by-step guide is written from scratch, starting with basic Microsoft Project and project management topics and moving on to more advanced features of the application, designed to help you to become more productive more quickly. Though comprehensive, the information in this book is presented in a clear, concise manner with screenshots providing helpful visual guidance all along the way.

In no time at all, you're be creating and updating project files, managing resources, linking and scheduling task, tracking project progress, updating costs, updating work performance and much more.

Some of the topics include: Understanding Project Management

A Look at the Project Environment

Creating a New Project

Entering Project Information

Creating a Project Calendar

Saving and Closing a Project

Opening an Existing Project

Hiding the Ribbon

Setting Project Options

Using Tell Me to Obtain Help

Entering, Editing & Rearranging Tasks

Inserting and Deleting Tasks

Adding a Project Summary Task

Outlining Tasks

Adding a Recurring Task

Displaying and Customizing WBS Codes

Understanding Task Relationships

Linking Tasks

Adding Lead Time and Lag Time

Changing Task Dependency

Splitting Tasks

Setting Task Type

Setting Task Constraints

Setting Milestone Tasks

Setting Task Deadlines

Inspecting a Task

Working in Network Diagram View

Entering Resources

Creating a Resource Calendar

Assigning Resources to Tasks

Filtering Resources

Effort-Driven Scheduling

Entering Resource Costs

Entering Fixed Costs

Using the Cost Table

Working in Calendar View

Formatting a Gantt Chart

Using More Views

Using Split Views

Using Task Usage & Resource Usage Views

Sorting Tasks & Resources

Using AutoFilters

Using Tables

Using Project’s Agile Features

Using Team Planner View

Identifying Slack in a Project

Saving a Baseline Plan and Interim Plan

Leveling Overallocated Resources

Updating & Tracking Projects

Updating Task Progress & Work Performed

Manually Updating Costs

Rescheduling Uncompleted Tasks

Filtering Tasks

Copying and Pasting to Other Applications

Importing a Task List

Exporting Project Data

Using the Copy Picture Command

Viewing Standard Reports

Customizing a Report

Modifying Report Formatting

Modifying a Header and a Footer

Inserting a Graphic into a Report

Creating Visual Reports

Work with Visual Report Templates

Creating a Resource Pool

Linking Projects to a Resource Pool

Updating Resource Pool Information

Consolidating Projects

Linking Tasks between Projects

Sharing Elements between Projects

Creating a Project Plan Template

Formatting Bar Styles

Formatting Timescales

Creating Custom Fields, Tables and Views

Creating Custom Groups

Using Drawing Tools

Creating & Running a Macro

...and more