CONTENT : Preface,..,-.xxix Acknowledgments .., xxxv Part I: Project Management Basics 1 Chapter 1: The Nature of Projects 3 Chapter 2: Exploring the Microsoft Project Environment..,21 Part II: Getting Your Project Going..41 Chapter 3: Creating a New Project..,43 Chapter 4: Building Tasks ..- .83 . Chapter 5: Creating Resources and Assigning Costs. 123 Part III: Refining Your Project. 159 Chapter 6: Understanding the Basics of Views - 161 Chapter 7: Using Views to Gain Perspective..215 Chapter 8: Modifying the Appearance of Your Project ..255 Chapter 9: Resolving Scheduling Problems .299 Chapter 10; Resolving Resource Problems ..321 Part IV: Tracking Your Progress 347 Chapter 11: Understanding Tracking 349 Chapter 12: Recording Actuals367 Chapter 13: Reporting on Progress 397 Chapter 14: Analyzing Financial Progress .. 451 Part V: Working in Groups .. 477 Chapter 15: Coordinating Multiple Projects Outside Project Server ..479 Chapter 16: Preparing to Use Project Server507 Chapter 17: Installing and Configuring Project Server 521 Chapter 18: Project Server and the Administrator ..543 Chapter 19: Project Server and the Project/Resource Manager .611 Chapter 20: Project Server and the Day-to-Day User ,655 Chapter 21'. Project Server and the Executive..,.685 Part VI: Advanced Microsoft Project. 695 Chapter 22: Customizing Microsoft Project .697 Chapter 23: Using Macros to Speed Your Work ..729 Chapter 24: Customizing Microsoft Project Using VBA and Active Scripting 747 Chapter 25: Importing and Exporting Project Information785 Chapter 26: Project Case Studies ..815 Part VII: Appendixes 829 Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROM831 Appendix B: Project Management Worksheet..839 Appendix C: Available Fields and Functions for Custom Field Formulas ..849 Appendix D: Project Management Resources - ..865 Glossary- 875 Index ..- 881 End-User License Agreement ..923