Take Your Career to the Next Level with This Practical Reference Here's the information you need to not only prepare for the Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects exam (Exam 77-178), but also to excel in your job as a project manager. Following the processes and procedures outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition, this practical reference explores the tasks and scenarios you'll face as a project manager using Project 2010 and shows you step by step how to handle them. Understand how Project 2010 can help you achieve your strategic goals Set up your Project 2010 environment, master key tools, and get started Learn planning essentials—how to figure the tasks and time required, assign resources, and estimate costs Establish baseline performance, then track and update your project's status Report your progress by crunching data and presenting it a number of ways See what you need to change, and take corrective action Covers the exam objectives for: MOS: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects (Exam 77-178)