Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual

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by: BCON (United States)
on: Friday, 24-September-2010

Needed the book for course structure. Delivery was prompt, but had received other book with the same order three days prior. I have not begun to utilize the book yet.

by: Abilio de Assis (United States)
on: Saturday, 11-September-2010

Bonnie, thanks for this wonderful book about Project Management using Microsoft Project!! Yesterday I did the Microsoft certification in Project Management (exam 70-632) and passed with 849 points !!!!! This book together with the uCertify practice tests (again questions prepared by Bonnie) made a difference in my preparation for the exam.

Unfortunately there are thousands of PMPs who only know theory. They are unable, do not have the skills necessary to clearly define the project scope and develop a good model of schedule. When the schedule is developed, do not know how to use the tool to collect actual data for project execution in order to compare actual data against the plan. This book fulfills this gap very didactics.The subjects are treated in a profound way, the language is light and full of examples and scenarios that we experience in the corporate world.

by: Carol J. Sherry (United States)
on: Friday, 12-February-2010

This book is exactly what I was looking for. The material is easy to understand, provides step-by-step guidelines.

by: Suresh Acharya (SF, California)
on: Thursday, 11-February-2010

This book can easily be reduced to half the size -- she repeats same things here and there. However, if you have patience to read until the last chapter, you will know a lot about MS Project.

by: LWhite (United States)
on: Friday, 5-February-2010

I recently received a promotion to a project manager. This book has saved my job many times.

by: Matthew B. Johnson (United States)
on: Thursday, 3-December-2009

Brand new to Project and would have been completely lost without this book! Love the Up to Speed boxes for us newbies. Lookout dictionary and encyclopedia, this is my desks reference book.

by: Sad Sak (Jacksonville, Fl.)
on: Thursday, 20-August-2009

The Author explains all things but goes off on tangents at times. I wanted a book on project and for me the chapters on Project Management were not needed. I just want to know the inner workings of the software not why the software is important. Sort of like buying a book on Microsoft Word and the author took you through an English lecture first.

by: Abiel Hammonds (Dallas, TX)
on: Friday, 10-July-2009

The author has successfully organized the overwhelming volume of info about project management into readable, digestible chunks. Its most helpful to skip around to the parts youre interested in at the time - and this book allows you to easily do that. MS Project 2007 is a complicated program!!!! I appreciate the examples and step-by-step breakdown of concepts that the author provides.

by: Cymry (California, USA)
on: Monday, 22-June-2009

What I look for, in a book like this, is good info and a good index -- so I can use it as a reference for specific problems, rather than having to read the whole thing.

I give this book very high marks in this regard. It was useful to me in the first hours of learning my way into MS Project. As far as Im concerned, it has already paid for itself. Good job.

by: David P. Rosenmarkle (United States)
on: Sunday, 12-April-2009

Very well written text to guide you through the complexities of Project. Beginner or expert will find lots of great suggestions and assistance.

by: Linda Bulger (Avon, Maine)
on: Friday, 29-August-2008

Microsoft Project is an unmatched tool for managing all aspects of a project, and the power of its integration with other MS tools is awesome. But its potential is very complex and not for the faint of heart. Before you start blithely loading your milestones and allocating your resources, you really need to understand the concepts of defining your project and conceptualizing the plan. The software wont teach you that and its the easiest thing in the world to wind up with a Gantt chart that looks like the head of Medusa in no time flat.

Thats where this manual makes its mark. Yes, its a good primer on the software; yes, its a good reference manual as long as you can guess the term for what you want to do. Unhide columns, for example: thats what I wanted to do this week, and two minutes with the index and a page reference got the job done for me. (Hint: it doesnt behave exactly like Excel.)

Since I tend to shun manuals, I had not picked up this book until now. I took a moment to flip, and was impressed, and wound up starting at the beginning and going all the way through, reading here and there, checking the books organization and the points it made about project management. What a great resource! Its an introductory project management course that will get the user started on the right foot.

Despite its name, Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual is much more than a manual. I recommend it for anyone who wants to brush up on the key points of project management, and especially for anyone using the software for the first time (or the first time in a while, which is my situation). It cant guarantee that your project will be a success, but it will greatly increase your understanding of whats going right and wrong. This book is going to make you look good!

Linda Bulger, 2008