Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010: The Book by and for Professionals

Formally validated training material to pass Microsoft certification Exam 70-178: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects!

Designed for the busy, practicing project manager, Dynamic Scheduling With Microsoft Project 2010 will help you get up to speed quickly with the new features of Project 2010 and enable you to create effective schedules more efficiently using best practices, tips & tricks, and step-by-step instruction. Through the use of helpful screen shots, hands-on exercises, illustrations, and review questions, this guide instructs you on how to build dynamic schedules that will allow you to explore what-if scenarios and dramatically decrease the time you spend making static schedule changes.

Key Features:

• Fully aligned with the PMBOK Guide® -- Fourth Edition, The Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures -- Second Edition, The Practice Standard for Scheduling, and The Practice Standard for Earned Value Management by the Project Management Institute
• Officially validated training material for the new Microsoft certification Exam 70-178: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects
• Captures the best practices and insights that have been gained from thousands of real-life schedules and years of training project managers across all industries

About the Authors

Rodolfo Ambriz, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, MCTS, MCITP, is a Microsoft Project expert and runs Latin American operations for International Institute for Learning (IIL), a global leader that provides project, program, and portfolio management, Microsoft Office Project and Project Server, Six Sigma, and Business Analysis training and consulting solutions to businesses. He heads the IIL team that is currently creating the 2010 Microsoft IIL Courses for Project and Project Server. Ambriz has provided services to a wide range of clients, including Banamex/Citigroup, PEMEX, Hewlett Packard, TELMEX, and IBM/Tecnosys. He consults in the areas of business analysis and Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management, and has created customized courses in Spanish for clients in Mexico, Latin America and Spain. Ambriz is also a tenured professor in the engineering department of La Salle University, in Mexico City; serves on the Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Providers Advisory Group; was a former president of the PMI Mexico chapter; and speaks regularly at local and international PMI events.

John White, PMP, MCT, MCP, MCTS, MCITP, is Director of Microsoft EPM Curriculum & Course Development at IIL. He has over 20 years of project management experience and insurance, airline, healthcare, military and technology information systems implementation. John has trained hundreds of project managers and team members in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, Project Web Apps, and Portfolio Analysis. He has also customized Microsoft Project 2007 and 2010 course requirements into training curriculums to meet specific corporate needs in a variety of settings. John is an active member of several PMI Chapters, the Chicago MPUG Chapter, is past Vice President of the PMI Chicagoland Chapter and has been a speaker at the PMI Global Congress and numerous Microsoft Project Conferences.