1. Chapter 1 The Fundamentals

   1. Planning the Project

   2. Understanding Project Management

   3. What's New in Project 2003?

   4. Understanding the Project 2003 Screen

   5. Using Common Views

   6. Using More Views

   7. Creating a New Project

   8. Entering the Project Scheduling Date

   9. Selecting the Project Calendar

   10. Adjusting Working Hours

   11. Adjusting Working Days

   12. Creating a New Base Calendar

   13. Using the Project Guide

   14. Printing a View

   15. Printing the Current View as a Report

   16. Getting Help

   17. Chapter One Review

2. Chapter 2 Entering the Task List

   1. Entering Tasks

   2. Estimating Task Duration

   3. Entering Task Duration

   4. Entering a Milestone

   5. Organizing Tasks into Phases

   6. Linking Tasks

   7. Editing Task Links

   8. Unlinking Tasks

   9. Creating Recurring Tasks

   10. Using the Task Information Dialog Box

   11. Using Task Notes

   12. Using Task Hyperlinks

   13. Moving and Copying a Task

   14. Inserting and Deleting a Task

   15. Chapter Two Review

3. Chapter 3 Entering and Assigning Resources

   1. Entering People Resources

   2. Entering Equipment Resources

   3. Entering Material Resources

   4. Adjusting Individual Resource Working Schedules

   5. Using Resource Notes

   6. Understanding Effort-Driven Project Scheduling

   7. Assigning Resources to Tasks

   8. Assigning Additional Resources to Tasks

   9. Assigning Material Resources to Tasks

   10. Chapter Three Review

4. Chapter 4 Viewing the Project

   1. Using Split Views

   2. Sorting Information

   3. Grouping Information

   4. Filtering Information

   5. Using AutoFilters

   6. Viewing Details

   7. Using Zoom

   8. Chapter Four Review

5. Chapter 5 Working with Tasks

   1. Overlapping Tasks

   2. Delaying Tasks

   3. Setting Task Deadlines

   4. Setting Task Constraints

   5. Splitting Tasks

   6. Understanding Task Type

   7. Assigning a Task Calendar

   8. Understanding Task Indicators

   9. Chapter Five Review

6. Chapter 6 Working with Resources

   1. Delaying Resource Start Time

   2. Applying Predefined Resource Contours

   3. Specifying Resource Availability Dates

   4. Grouping Resources

   5. Assigning a Resource Calendar

   6. Chapter Six Review

7. Chapter 7 Working with Costs

   1. Entering Resource Overtime Rates

   2. Specifying Pay Rates for Different Dates

   3. Adding Pay Rates for a Resource

   4. Applying a Different Pay Rate to an Assignment

   5. Using Material Resource Consumption Rates

   6. Entering Task Fixed Costs

   7. Chapter Seven Review

8. Chapter 8 Balancing the Project

   1. Scheduling Resource Overtime

   2. Identifying Resource Overallocation

   3. Balancing Resource Overallocations Manually

   4. Balancing Resource Overallocations Automatically

   5. Chapter Eight Review

9. Chapter 9 Updating Project Progress

   1. Saving a Baseline Plan

   2. Updating Project Progress

   3. Updating Task Actual Values

   4. Updating Task Completion Percentage

   5. Updating Actual Work

   6. Updating Actual Costs

   7. Chapter Nine Review

10. Chapter 10 Checking Project Progress

    1. Viewing Project Statistics

    2. Viewing Project Costs

    3. Viewing the Project's Critical Path

    4. Checking Duration Variance

    5. Checking Work Variance

    6. Checking Cost Variance

    7. Identifying Slipped Tasks

    8. Saving an Interim Plan

    9. Chapter Ten Review

11. Chapter 11 Working with Reports

    1. Opening a Report

    2. Adding Page Elements to a Report

    3. Sorting a Report

    4. Defining Report Contents

    5. Saving a Project as a Web Page

    6. Chapter Eleven Review

12. Chapter 12 Working with Multiple Projects

    1. Creating Links Between Projects

    2. Consolidating Projects

    3. Viewing Critical Paths for Multiple Projects

    4. Viewing Consolidated Project Statistics

    5. Creating a Resource Pool

    6. Chapter Twelve Review

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects.

Genevieve d'Entremont was the production editor and copyeditor for Project 2003 Personal Trainer. Sarah Sherman proofread the book. Sanders Kleinfeld and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index.

The cover image of the comic book hero is an original illustration by Brian Kong.

Emma Colby designed and produced the cover of this book with Adobe InDesign CS and Photoshop CS. The typefaces used on the cover are Base Twelve, designed by Zuzana Licko and issued by Emigre, Inc., and JY Comic Pro, issued by AGFA Monotype.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout. Karen Montgomery designed the CD label. This book was converted by Keith Fahlgren to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The typefaces are Minion, designed by Robert Slimbach and issued by Adobe Systems; Base Twelve and Base Nine; JY Comic Pro; and TheSansMono Condensed, designed by Luc(as) de Groot and issued by LucasFonts.

The technical illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash, using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS.