Using Microsoft Project 98

by Tim Pyron

Ques Special Edition Using Project 98 focuses on the latest features of this dynamic tool-including the improved scheduling engine-taking you to a new level of understanding and mastery. Written by an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789712520
• ISBN13: 9780789712523
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 1032 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Most Comprehensive

I continue to examine other books on MS Project, and keep coming back to this one as having the most thorough coverage of this software. To fully use MS Project to manage a team on a project, one has to dig pretty deep into many of it's features, this is the only book that digs deeply enough for me. The Project 2000 version of this book does not come out unitl Aug, but I would still choose this book before any of the other current 2000 books... still more value. Not a 'project for dummies' type book, more of a full reference for serious users.

How to do just about anything in Project '98...

Intrinsically, project management requires chess-like thinking; it is multi-dimensional by nature. I think both the software and this book reflect that complexity and do not try to over-simplify. Project '98 is a highly challenging application to learn to do correctly, and that is why I think the explanations and discussions contained in this book are so valuable.The book is logically structured. Also very helpful: each chapter begins with an overview and ends with a summary; tips and notes are graphically offset; and the many illustrated screen-shots are clear and readable. I also like IDG's choice of a friendly font, good use of headings, and overall layout and design. Especially useful to me, there is at the end of the book a Project '98 glossary, a list of PM resources (i.e., associations, books, training, websites, and other software products), an index, and the accompanying CD-ROM offers some useful templates and other goodies."Project '98 Bible" covers the subject from soup to nuts, in-depth. I highly recommend this book to others like me with strong project management background, but limited training and hands-on experience with Project '98.

Great resource for training on Project98!

This book is GREAT! It's been a HUGE help. I've already benefited greatly from everything I've read. My project team and my business has also benefited, and I just received a note this morning thanking me for creating the project plan to organize a complicated internal software release. This is the clearest, most relevant software book I've read, and I make it my business to read the books that go with the software I depend on to do my work.

Best Project 98 book on the market!

As a Microsoft Project consultant and trainer, I've read and reviewed every book I can get my hands on. This book is the most comprehensive, well-written, and useful I've seen. Most books are heavily front-loaded: they spend the bulk of their time on the easy stuff and put one chapter in the back that touches on the hard stuff (advanced techniques, customization, and programming). This author really understands Project 98 and clearly explains what happens, even under the hood, when you use its different features. He also understands why and how to do the hard stuff. It's the book I recommend to anyone who asks.

If you're using Project 98 - buy this book!

After working with MS-Project since 1985 and teaching it since 1990, I've finally found a book that lists most of the tips and tricks I've found over the years. As a project management consultant, my clients often ask me to suggest books that will help them with Microsoft Project and this is the one I recommend. For new users, or users moving up from previous versions, the book is full of useful techniques - often providing useful background information about many of the more obscure "features" of Project that cause problems for many users. Most books on Project don't provide example that can be used in a real project environment - I found that this one does and I highly recommend it.Pat Buckna, Maryhill Computing