MSProject 2000 handbook

[jjoycepmp]

I am looking for suggestions as to which MSProject handbook I should buy. I
am not looking for a beginners book, but rather one that explores all the
capabilities of the software. Any good ones out there?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Years ago I studies Using... from Quecorp. and adored it.
Don't know if it is still published but it's good.

 

[JulieS]

Hi Joyce,

Please see FAQ # 25 at http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

My personal favorite is the Que publication "Special Edition Using
Microsoft Project 2000"

I hope this helps.

Julie

 

[davegb]

I am looking for suggestions as to which MSProject handbook I should buy. I
am not looking for a beginners book, but rather one that explores all the
capabilities of the software. Any good ones out there?

I agree with the above suggestion. The Que books by Tim Pyron are the
best. Too bad he's retired. I'm hoping one of his co-authors will take
over as primary author and keep this manual going for future versions.

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

I like "Microsoft Project Step-by-Step" from Microsoft Press. To aid in
understanding WHY it behaves the way it does, I STRONGLY recommend also
getting a copy of the "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge"
(the PMBOK) from PMI.org.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

?? Step by Step actually recommends to link summary tasks!

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

I know - no courseware I've encountered is perfect, and as mentioned in the
other forum I'm not so sure that it always improper to link summaries. For
example, almost all the manuals I've seen, including Step-by-Step, suggest
leaving the OT rate at zero for "exempt" managerial and professional
resources who do not get paid for overtime. I feel that this is misleading
and the cost of an hour-long task done by a salaried manager between 7 and 8
in the evening, after regular working hours, should impact your budget
exactly as it would if he had done it between 2 and 3 in the afternoon
during the regular workday. It's not extra cash out of pocket as it would
be if he was an hourly wage worker getting overtime, true, but none the less
it represents a very real cost to the firm. It may not show up as extra
money in his paycheque but nobody ever works for free. Thus I usually
recommend for non-exempt emloyees OT=1.5*Std rate (or whatever the statutes
or union agreements call for) while for exempt employees, managers etc, Std
Rate and OT Rate should be equal.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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