دانلود کتاب Project 2016 for Dummies

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Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 7
About This Book......Page 15
Icons Used in This Book......Page 16
Where to Go from Here......Page 17
Part I Getting Started with Project 2016......Page 19
Introducing Project Management......Page 21
Defining project manager......Page 22
Identifying what a project manager does......Page 23
Introducing Project 2016......Page 24
Getting to Know You......Page 25
Navigating file tabs and the Ribbon......Page 28
Displaying more tools......Page 31
Tell Me What You Want to Do......Page 32
Chapter 2 Starting the Project......Page 33
Creating the Project Charter......Page 34
Introducing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)......Page 35
Organizing the Work......Page 36
Entering project information......Page 38
Weighing manual scheduling versus automatic scheduling......Page 40
Entering the WBS......Page 42
Entering tasks......Page 44
Importing tasks from Outlook......Page 46
Promoting and demoting: The outdent‐and‐indent shuffle......Page 49
Saving the Project......Page 50
Creating Summary Tasks and Subtasks......Page 53
The project summary task......Page 55
Moving Tasks Up, Down, and All Around......Page 57
Moving tasks with the cut‐and‐paste (or copy‐and‐paste) method......Page 58
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Collapsing and Expanding the Task Outline......Page 59
Showing Up Again and Again: Recurring Tasks......Page 62
Setting Milestones......Page 63
Deleting Tasks and Using Inactive Tasks......Page 64
Making a Task Note......Page 65
Chapter 4 The Codependent Nature of Tasks......Page 67
Dependent tasks: Which comes first?......Page 68
Dependency types......Page 69
Allowing for Murphy’s Law: Lag and lead time......Page 71
Adding the dependency link......Page 72
Words to the wise......Page 75
Understanding that things change: Deleting dependencies......Page 76
Chapter 5 Estimating Task Time......Page 79
Tasks come in all flavors: Identifying task types......Page 80
Effort‐driven tasks: 1 + 1 = ½......Page 81
Estimating techniques......Page 84
Setting the task duration......Page 86
Understanding how constraints work......Page 87
Establishing constraints......Page 88
Setting a deadline......Page 89
Starting and Pausing Tasks......Page 90
Entering the task’s start date......Page 91
Taking a break: Splitting tasks......Page 92
A Project with a View......Page 95
Navigating tabs and views......Page 96
Scrolling around......Page 98
Reaching a specific spot in your plan......Page 99
Home base: Gantt Chart view......Page 100
Getting your timing down with the Timeline......Page 102
Going with the flow: Network Diagram view......Page 103
Calling up Calendar view......Page 104
Customizing Views......Page 105
Working with view panes......Page 106
Modifying Network Diagram view......Page 110
Resetting the view......Page 114
Part II Managing Resources......Page 115
Resources: People, Places, and Things......Page 117
Understanding resources......Page 118
How resources affect task timing......Page 119
Estimating resource requirements......Page 120
The Birth of a Resource......Page 121
Creating one resource at a time......Page 122
Identifying resources before you know their names......Page 123
Many hands make light work......Page 124
Estimating and setting availability......Page 125
When a resource comes and goes......Page 126
Skimming from resource pools......Page 128
Importing resources from Outlook......Page 130
Mastering Base, Project, Resource, and Task Calendars......Page 133
How calendars work......Page 134
How one calendar relates to another......Page 135
Setting calendar options......Page 136
Setting exceptions to working times......Page 138
Setting resource calendars......Page 140
Making the change to a resource’s calendar......Page 141
Creating a Custom Calendar Template......Page 143
Sharing Copies of Calendars......Page 144
Finding the Right Resource......Page 147
Needed: One good resource willing to work......Page 148
Custom fields: It’s a skill......Page 149
Making a Useful Assignation......Page 150
Making assignments......Page 151
Shaping the contour that’s right for you......Page 154
Benefitting from a Helpful Planner......Page 156
Chapter 10 Determining a Project’s Cost......Page 159
Adding up the costs......Page 160
When will this hit the bottom line?......Page 161
You can’t avoid fixed costs......Page 162
Entering hourly, overtime, and cost‐per‐use rates......Page 163
Assigning material resources......Page 165
How Your Settings Affect Your Costs......Page 166
Part III Before You Baseline......Page 169
Everything Filters to the Bottom Line......Page 171
Setting predesigned filters......Page 172
Putting AutoFilter to work......Page 173
Creating do‐it‐yourself filters......Page 175
Applying predefined groups......Page 177
Devising your own groups......Page 178
Inspecting tasks......Page 180
Handling task warnings and suggestions......Page 181
It’s about Time......Page 185
Applying contingency reserve......Page 186
Completing a task in less time......Page 188
The Resource Recourse......Page 190
Checking resource availability......Page 191
Deleting or modifying a resource assignment......Page 192
Finding help......Page 193
Leveling resources......Page 194
Rescheduling the Project......Page 197
Looking Good!......Page 199
Formatting taskbars......Page 200
Zeroing in on critical issues......Page 203
Restyling the Gantt chart......Page 204
Formatting Task Boxes......Page 205
Adjusting the Layout......Page 206
Modifying Gridlines......Page 209
Recognizing When a Picture Can Say It All......Page 211
Creating a Custom Text Field......Page 212
All about Baselines......Page 215
Saving a baseline......Page 216
Saving more than one baseline......Page 217
Clearing and resetting a baseline......Page 219
In the Interim......Page 220
Saving an interim plan......Page 221
Clearing and resetting an interim plan......Page 222
Part IV Staying on Track......Page 225
Developing a Communications Management Plan......Page 227
Gathering data......Page 228
Applying a tracking method......Page 229
Using the tracking tools......Page 230
For everything, there’s a view......Page 231
Tracking Work for the Record......Page 232
Specifying the status date......Page 233
Determining the percent complete......Page 234
Knowing what to do when John works three hours and Mary works ten......Page 236
Uh‐oh — we’re in overtime......Page 238
Specifying remaining durations for auto‐scheduled tasks......Page 239
Entering fixed‐cost updates......Page 241
Moving a Task......Page 242
Update Project: Sweeping Changes......Page 243
Tracking Materials......Page 245
Consolidating projects......Page 246
Updating consolidated projects......Page 248
Changing linking settings......Page 249
Chapter 16 Project Views: Observing Progress......Page 251
Baseline versus actual progress......Page 252
Lines of progress......Page 253
Delving into the Detail......Page 256
Tracking Progress Using Earned Value Management......Page 258
Calculating Behind the Scenes......Page 260
Earned‐value options......Page 261
An abundance of critical paths......Page 262
Using Project with Risk and Issue Logs......Page 265
Printing interim plans and baselines......Page 266
Printing task notes......Page 267
What‐If Scenarios......Page 268
Sorting tasks......Page 269
Filtering......Page 270
Examining the critical path......Page 271
Determining which factors are driving the timing of a task......Page 273
Hurrying up and making modifications......Page 274
Throwing people at the problem......Page 275
Shifting dependencies and task timing......Page 276
Taking the time you need......Page 278
Finding ways to cut corners......Page 279
Chapter 18 Spreading the News: Reporting......Page 281
What’s available......Page 282
Overviewing the dashboard reports......Page 283
Creating New Reports......Page 284
Gaining a new perspective on data with visual reports......Page 285
Creating a visual report......Page 286
Dragging, dropping, and sizing......Page 287
Looking good!......Page 288
Spiffing Things Up......Page 290
Call the Printer!......Page 292
Working with Page Setup......Page 293
Getting a preview......Page 297
Printing, at last!......Page 298
Adding tasks to the Timeline......Page 299
Customizing the Timeline......Page 301
Enhanced Copy and Paste......Page 302
Reviewing the Project......Page 303
Learning from your mistakes......Page 304
Debriefing the team......Page 305
Comparing Versions of a Project......Page 306
Creating a template......Page 308
Mastering the Organizer......Page 310
Part V The Part of Tens......Page 313
Roll with It......Page 315
Put Your Ducks in a Row......Page 316
Don’t Put Off until Tomorrow . . .......Page 317
Delegate, Delegate, Delegate......Page 318
Keep the Team in the Loop......Page 319
Maintain a Flexible Strategy......Page 320
Learn from Your Mistakes......Page 321
Task Information......Page 323
Frequently Used Functions......Page 324
Subtasks......Page 325
Hours to Years......Page 326
Quick Find......Page 327
Appendix Glossary......Page 329
Index......Page 339
EULA......Page 363