Hour 20. Using Microsoft Project in Workgroups

Projects are rarely single-person undertakings. Typically, the project manager, project team members, and company managers all have interests in the progress of the project. Communication is the key to accurate project planning, tracking, and managing. Other hours in this book discuss creating and printing reports as well as exporting Project information to other software applications. This hour focuses on electronically communicating specific Project information such as resource assignments, completed work, and updated task status. It also looks at methods for circulating the actual Project file electronically.

Here is a list of the highlights of this hour:

• System considerations for electronic communication

• Methods for communicating with email

• Communicating with a Web site

• Steps to communicating with team members electronically

• Setting Project task reminders in Microsoft Outlook