Market_Desc: Primary Reader--The book is targeted at project managers. This can also include resource managers, team leads, project schedulers, project administrators, project management students. The ideal Reader are new project managers, new Microsoft Project users, and experienced Microsoft Project users who are looking for the right way to use Microsoft Project.Secondary Reader--Candidates for Microsoft's new MCTS: Misrosoft Project 2010, Managing Projects (70-178) exam. Special Features: " By Project Managers, For Project Managers--Unlike other Microsoft Project 2010 books, this book focuses on essential skills Project Managers need to have when using Project to perform their jobs." Practical Look at a Complex Product--Microsoft Project is a difficult product to master. This book focuses on Project's features that users will need to use to effectively manage projects, bypassing features they will rarely if ever use." Systematic Approach-Author shows the reader how to use Microsoft Project in all phases of project management, from creating a work breakdown structure to closing a project." Enhanced CD--CD includes ove an hours worth of video walkthroughs from author Robert Happy, as well as project files used throughout the book." Maps to PMBOK Guide--The Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge is the standard for all project managers. The book focuses on the process and procedures defined in PMBOK Guide 4th Ed, showing them how Microsoft Project can be used to perform these tasks." Ideal for Certification Candidates--Book covers the entire skill set for the MCTS: Micorosoft Project 2010, Managing Projects (70-178) certification offered my Microsoft Learning. About The Book: This book is a practical guide to using Microsoft Project 2010 from a real project management practitioner's perspective. It incorporates best practices and follows the natural process flow of project planning through tracking and closure. The goal of this book is not to overwhelm and impress the reader with how many features can be crammed between the covers, but instead, place value on getting project managers using Project properly and as quickly as possible.Readers can begin planning their projects immediately, using best practices and see quick results from applying the techniques they have learned. This is a how-to book on project planning, tracking and reporting using Microsoft Project and not a product reference guide which is what the market is currently flooded with.