Acknowledgments

No man (or woman) is an island, and this book is the product of the efforts of several people. Thank you, Kyle Looper, for your support and for making things smooth and easy and for having faith in me. Thank you, Robin Drake, for starting this project with me and keeping me on track while you could. I'm sorry we couldn't finish together, but I hope there will be projects in our future. Thank you, Susan Christophersen, for the wonderful job you did of picking up where Robin left off and keeping me sane, and for keeping the manuscript readable. My thanks also go to the CD team at Wiley for producing the Web page on the CD and handling the details of compiling the CD.

Thank you, Jim Peters, for keeping me technically accurate and for the wonderful insights you added. As always, it was a delight to work with you and 1 look forward to our next venture together. Jim is a PMP and president of SoftwareMatters.com, Inc., a Microsoft Project Partner focused on integrating project management and software development methods with Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management solutions and tools. Jim has extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise project management software solutions, delivering project management training, and developing project management reporting systems. He can be reached by phone at (877) 257-1982 or by e-mail at jmpeters@softwarematters.com. For more information about SoftwareMatters.com, Inc., see its Web site, www.softwarematters.com. Many thanks also to the additional technical reviewers who helped out in a time crunch and contributed their expertise to this project: Brian Kennemer. Thuy Le, and T.R. Sloan.

Thanks to Ira Brown and Roger Butler of Project Assistants, who co-authored Chapter 24. Ira is the Executive Vice President, CTO, and co-founder of Project Assistants, Inc., a Premier Microsoft Project Partner and Solution Provider specializing in implementation services, integration, training, and custom software development for Microsoft Project. He has extensive project management and application development experience and is recognized as a leading authority in developing custom solutions for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server. Roger is a Senior Solution Architect with Project Assistants who specializes in custom software development for Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Web Access and is an integration expert to a variety of third-party project management-related applications. Ira can be contacted by phone at (800) 642-9259 or e-mail at ibrown@projectassistants.com. Roger can be contacted by phone at (610) 305-4572 or e-mail at roger@projectassistants.com. For more information about Project Assistants, visit their Web site at www.projectassistants.com.

You all helped me make the Project 2007 Bible a better book than 1 could have produced by myself.