The Ultimate Study Guide for Microsoft Project 2019 is a complete learning experience and reference manual for the Microsoft Project 2019 desktop application. Our goal in authoring this book is to teach you how to use the software effectively to manage your projects.

We take a systematic approach to the topical ordering in this book, in which every module teaches you foundational skills by following the project life cycle. In these modules, you learn how to define a new project; plan your project with tasks, resources, and assignments, analyze the Critical Path, baseline your project, enter actual progress, analyze variance, revise your project, report about project progress, and then close the project.

Throughout this book, we provide a generous number of Information, Warning, and Best Practice notes. Information notes call your attention to important additional information about a subject. Warning notes help you avoid the most common problems experienced by others. Best Practice notes provide recommendations for best uses of the tool based on our years of field experience.
About the Author: Dale Howard is the Director of Education for Projility. He has used Microsoft Project since version 4.0 for Windows 95 and every version of the Microsoft PPM tool since its first release as Project Central in 2000. Dale is now the co-author of 23 books on Microsoft Project, Project Server, and Project Online. He is currently one of only 26 Microsoft Project MVPs in the entire world and one of only 4 in the United States. Dale has been married to the former Mickey Cobb for 45 years. You will find her name listed as a resource in a number of the Microsoft Project sample files that accompany this book.José Marroig is the founder and chief executive officer of Projility. Under his leadership, Projility has become one of a handful of leaders in the project portfolio management (PPM) technology products and services market. As a successful operations and strategy executive, with more than a decade of experience in the Project Management & Technology arena, he has managed every aspect in both the sales and system development life cycle. He is responsible for the strategic development, growth, and management of the company's business lines and consulting practices. Jose's career has included successful stops at Deloitte, Xpedior, and Arthur Anderson. He received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology & Business Administration from Marquette University and a Master's in Information Systems from The George Washington University.