Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 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
  • A short course in project management
  • Developing your project-management skills

About the Author

Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson are the authors of every version of the popular Microsoft Project Step by Step going back to Project 2000.

Carl is a principal content project manager at Microsoft, where he oversees development of user assistance material, UI text, and web content for a range of products and services.