The Microsoft Project Management 2007 Toolkit: Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step and In the Trenches with Microsoft Office Project 2007

Sharpen your project-management skills—and increase your impact!—with this two-in-one toolkit. Master Project 2007 fundamentals at your own pace with STEP BY STEP. From there, you’ll go IN THE TRENCHES—gaining gritty, real-world advice for tackling tough challenges every day!

Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step:

• Teach yourself core project-management skills with Project 2007—one step at a time!
• Forge and fine-tune your project plan
• Manage tasks, resources, dependencies
• Monitor progress and track costs
• Visualize project data with Gantt Chart views
• Troubleshoot issues—and keep projects on track

STEP BY STEP CD features:

• Skill-building practice files
• Fully searchable eBook
• Bonus eReferences

In the Trenches with Microsoft Office Project 2007:

• Tame your toughest project-management challenges by applying the right Project 2007 tools and techniques to the job.
• See how different approaches affect your results—and make the best decisions for your project.

Learn the most effective ways to:

• Define project scope and goals
• Drive a project plan and schedule
• Organize and deploy resources
• Monitor and communicate status
• Manage cuts in budget and resources
• Get management buy-in on changes
• Resolve cross-project conflicts
• Get wayward projects back in line
• Solve real problems in real time

Sharpen your project-management skills—and increase your impact!—with this two-in-one toolkit. Master Project 2007 fundamentals at your own pace with STEP BY STEP. From there, you’ll go IN THE TRENCHES—gaining gritty, real-world advice for tackling tough challenges every day!

Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step:

• Teach yourself core project-management skills with Project 2007—one step at a time!
• Forge and fine-tune your project plan
• Manage tasks, resources, dependencies
• Monitor progress and track costs
• Visualize project data with Gantt Chart views
• Troubleshoot issues—and keep projects on track

STEP BY STEP CD features:

• Skill-building practice files
• Fully searchable eBook
• Bonus eReferences

In the Trenches with Microsoft Office Project 2007:

• Tame your toughest project-management challenges by applying the right Project 2007 tools and techniques to the job.
• See how different approaches affect your results—and make the best decisions for your project.

Learn the most effective ways to:

• Define project scope and goals
• Drive a project plan and schedule
• Organize and deploy resources
• Monitor and communicate status
• Manage cuts in budget and resources
• Get management buy-in on changes
• Resolve cross-project conflicts
• Get wayward projects back in line
• Solve real problems in real time

Carl is a principal content project manager at Microsoft. In this role Carl oversees development of assistance material, UI text and web content for a variety of V.1 products and services. Carl also teaches software user assistance in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. Carl is a graduate of the Master's program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute. Carl blogs regularly about Project, project management and knowledge worker teams at www.projhugger.com.