MS Project Teaching Resource

[Joseph A. Gard]

Hi,

I have some experience with MS Project (used it so schedule small projects
of less than 500 tasks) and so I am familiar with the basic capabilities.
Currently, I am the PM for a much larger task that unfortunately doesn't
have the budget to support a dediticated and experienced scheduler. So I'm
forced to do it myself.

I know there are a TON of books and tutorial on how to use MS Project, but
I'm hoping someone can narrow the field a little and point me in the
direction of a really good teaching resource (course, book, video, web
tutorial...) that explains some of the more advanced concepts. Well
advanced for me, like resource loading and combining multiple schedules into
an integrated master and even tricks on how to organize a large project.


Any help would be appreciated.

Joe Gard

 

[Strasser]

Hi,  

I have some experience with MS Project (used it so schedule small projects
of less than 500 tasks) and so I am familiar with the basic capabilities.
Currently, I am the PM for a much larger task that unfortunately doesn't
have the budget to support a dediticated and experienced scheduler.  SoI'm
forced to do it myself.

I know there are a TON of books and tutorial on how to use MS Project, but
I'm hoping someone can narrow the field a little and point me in the
direction of a really good teaching resource (course, book, video, web
tutorial...) that explains some of the more advanced concepts.  Well
advanced for me, like resource loading and combining multiple schedules into
an integrated master and even tricks on how to organize a large project.

Any help would be appreciated.

Joe Gard

I suggest "The Ultimate Learning Guide" by Dale Howard and Gary
Chefetz and also following this bulletin board (the most supportive
and helpful I have ever seen).
That was my plan and its working for me.
Different things work best for different people, so good luck!
Strasser

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Strasser --

Thanks for the kind referral!

Hi,

I have some experience with MS Project (used it so schedule small projects
of less than 500 tasks) and so I am familiar with the basic capabilities.
Currently, I am the PM for a much larger task that unfortunately doesn't
have the budget to support a dediticated and experienced scheduler. So I'm
forced to do it myself.

I know there are a TON of books and tutorial on how to use MS Project, but
I'm hoping someone can narrow the field a little and point me in the
direction of a really good teaching resource (course, book, video, web
tutorial...) that explains some of the more advanced concepts. Well
advanced for me, like resource loading and combining multiple schedules
into
an integrated master and even tricks on how to organize a large project.

Any help would be appreciated.

Joe Gard

I suggest "The Ultimate Learning Guide" by Dale Howard and Gary
Chefetz and also following this bulletin board (the most supportive
and helpful I have ever seen).
That was my plan and its working for me.
Different things work best for different people, so good luck!
Strasser