From experience: what do you like most? what in MS Project2003 "needs improvement"

[Strasser]

Would any of you be kind enough to share your impressions after using
MS Project in the real world?

I've never used MS Project and need feedback from those who have.
What does Project2003 do for you that you like best? What "needs
improvement"?

PS: I am a computer trainer assigned to learn MS Project and then
teach it.
I know, I know (and I agree): impossible to "teach" an application one
has never used!
That is why I am asking this question.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Strasser --

I was in your shoes 10 years ago. I was an in-house corporate software
trainer, and I volunteered to learn Microsoft Project and then to teach it
to project managers in our corporation. Ten years later I am a full-time
Microsoft Project Server trainer/consultant, a Microsoft Project MVP, and am
the co-author of 3 books on Microsoft Project and Project Server (with two
more books on the way).

Let me address your questions: they are irrelevant. It doesn't matter what
anyone likes about the product or where it needs improvement. For you to be
an effective instructor, you need to understand project management concepts
and learn how to use Microsoft Project properly to manage real-world
projects. You cannot learn the latter by "playing around" with the
software, as I originally attempted to do 10 years ago. I would strongly
recommend that you take a class from a company that knows how to use
Microsoft Project effectively, taught by instructors who understand project
management and who know how to use the tool effectively to manage real-world
projects. If you want to read a book and learn how to use the software well
in the real world, refer to our Ultimate Learning Guide book at the
following URL:

https://projectserverbooks.com/shopexd.asp?id=114&bc=no

Just my two cents worth. Hope this helps.

 

[Strasser]

Strasser --

I was in your shoes 10 years ago. I was an in-house corporate software
trainer, and I volunteered to learn Microsoft Project and then to teach it
to project managers in our corporation. Ten years later I am a full-time
Microsoft Project Server trainer/consultant, a Microsoft Project MVP, and am
the co-author of 3 books on Microsoft Project and Project Server (with two
more books on the way).

Let me address your questions: they are irrelevant. It doesn't matter what
anyone likes about the product or where it needs improvement. For you to be
an effective instructor, you need to understand project management concepts
and learn how to use Microsoft Project properly to manage real-world
projects. You cannot learn the latter by "playing around" with the
software, as I originally attempted to do 10 years ago. I would strongly
recommend that you take a class from a company that knows how to use
Microsoft Project effectively, taught by instructors who understand project
management and who know how to use the tool effectively to manage real-world
projects. If you want to read a book and learn how to use the software well
in the real world, refer to our Ultimate Learning Guide book at the
following URL:

https://projectserverbooks.com/shopexd.asp?id=114&bc=no

Just my two cents worth. Hope this helps.

Sounds like excellent advice. Thanks a lot!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Strasser --

You are more than welcome, my training friend!

In my original advice, I should have mentioned that you may wish to
participate regularly in this forum is you are using Project Server. If
not, you would gain great benefit from participating in the
microsoft.public.project newsgroup, which is devoted to the Microsoft
Project desktop application only. Hope this helps.