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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition--New from O'Reilly Media

Sebastopol, CA—If you were to analyze your team's performance on a typical project, you'd be surprised how much time is wasted on non-productive tasks. SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Media, $44.99 USD) shows you how to work more efficiently by organizing and managing projects with SharePoint 2010. You'll learn how to build a Project Management Information System (PMIS), customized to your project, that can effectively coordinate communication and collaboration among team members.

Written by Dux Raymond Sy, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Microsoft SharePoint MVP with 15 years of IT project management experience, each chapter includes step-by-step guides as well as workshops that help you practice what you learn.

• Build a SharePoint PMIS that requires little assistance from your IT/IS department
• Define access permissions for project stakeholders and team members
• Centralize project artifacts and keep track of document history with version control
• Track project schedules, control changes, and manage project risks
• Automate project reporting and use web parts to generate on-demand status reports
• Integrate project management tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Apply your knowledge of PMIS techniques by working with a case study throughout the book

Advance Praise
"If you are a project manager looking for a technology-based, easily implemented, and usable solution for project communications, document management, and general project organization, this book is for you!"
—Susan Weese, PgMP, President and Founder, Rhyming Planet