How to Plan Projects with Microsoft Project

Not another book on Microsoft Project! How is this different? It only concentrates on planning activities. (The tracking of schedules, costs and earned value is developed in the companion eBook, Click Here). Through 141 workouts, it steps you through the planning of a project using Microsoft Project.

Microsoft Project is often used, lightly, to develop quick Gantt Charts and resource assignments. However, it has a rich panoply of facilities that the Project Manager can benefit from when planning his or her project. 


141 Workouts are supported by screen captures. These workouts are available with the purchase of the eBook. The download also contains a good number of useful templates and supporting documents.


About the Author


Akram Najjar is an engineer currently working as a Business Technology Consultant. He completed a B. Sc. in physics and mathematics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1966). He took another B. Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire in England (1969).


Akram spent the first part of his career managing software development companies in Lebanon and the Arabian Gulf. By 1995, he concentrated on contractual work: IT Consulting, Business Process Reengineering, Project Management, Process Mapping, Data Analysis, Frameworks for Software Development and Technical Writing. He worked with various international organizations such as the World Bank, UNDP and the EU. In parallel with his consulting work, Akram focused on management training developing and conducting workshops for the above subjects. This and other books on his site are based on the experience acquired in these workshops.


The three types of books Akram writes (fiction, technical and puzzles) can be traced back to one incident when he was 12. His teacher introduced him to “Scientific American”. His name was David W. Miller. Mr. Miller”s whereabouts are not known today. But he is to be thanked and thanked again. The articles were above Akram”s head but his love for astronomy made the magazine fascinating. That eventually led him to study Physics and Mathematics. Coincidentally, the Greek Myths that were used to name the constellations got him interested in Literature, a love that led him to write fiction at a later date.


Akram also got hooked on the Mathematical Games column by Martin Gardner which was the reason Akram was set firmly in Puzzledom. Later on, it was second nature to him to work in software as a career. Software is an abstract practice that is full of puzzles whether you are designing, programming or debugging.


His eBooks are presented on two website. The www.marginalbooks.com site covers technical and literary books. All puzzles and games are presented on www.thehiddenpaw.com.