Project Webcast: Tips and Tricks for More Accurate Scheduling in Microsoft Project

Project Webcast: Tips and Tricks for More Accurate Scheduling in Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads. Microsoft Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application, and within a couple of years of its introduction it became the dominant PC-based project management software. It is part of the Microsoft Office family but has never been included in any of the Office suites. It is available currently in two editions, Standard and Professional. Microsoft Project's proprietary file format is .mpp. Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server are the cornerstones of the Microsoft Office enterprise project management (EPM) product.

Microsoft Project is a scheduling tool, and if you feed the software with the right information, Microsoft Project will produce an accurate schedule for the project. However, many project managers fail at the basics of scheduling, which results in an inaccurate and untrustworthy schedule of their projects. A project manager, needs to have an accurate schedule. In this powerful presentation, Dale Howard, a Microsoft Project MVP, will demonstrate a series of useful tips and tricks that will result in a more accurate and trustworthy schedule in Microsoft Project.