Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out

Conquer Microsoft® Project 2010--from the inside out!

Consisting of more than 1200 pages, this book basically contains everything you need to know about using Project 2010 to manage projects. Not only does it cover the fundamentals, but it also guides you through how to develop a project plan (Part 2), track the progress of your project (Part 3), and get reports about it (Part 4). Additionally, it covers more advanced topics such as how to manage multiple projects (Part 5), how to integrate Project 2010 with other Microsoft products (Part 6, talking about the Office suite and SharePoint), how to manage projects across your company (Part 7), and finally how to customise Project 2010 to suit your needs (Part 8). Each of these parts consists of several chapters, focusing on different topics related to the corresponding part.

In each chapter, you learn more about the relevant details, and you also get to know some helpful tips. On nearly every page you can find helpful screenshots that support the text well, making it easier to read (the topic becomes less dry!) and understand.

The book serves very well as a lookup resource if you quickly want to check how to do something in Project 2010. In my opinion, it can be considered as one of the standard books that everyone who's using Project 2010 regularly should possess. For beginners to Project 2010, it may contain too much information for a start, Bonnie Biafore's book Successful Project Management: Applying Best Practices and Real-World Techniques with Microsoft Project may be the better choice here.

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I have read other books on project management but this one clearly stands out because it nicely covers both the basics and advanced material. The book goes into every detail of MS Project 2010 as the title and 1300 pages of content suggest :)

The best way to check if it has what you need to know it to quickly look at the table of content (enabled on Amazon for this book).

Another great thing is that there is no need to use the CD because the accompanying files are downloadable online.

Finally, electronic version of the book comes with the paper version. I simply downloaded it using the code provided on the last page of the book.

The only downside is that the book is not hard cover. Hard cover would extend the shelf life of this book which I often use as a reference material. I would be willing to pay a higher price if there was a hard cover version available.