The book has been aligned with the new edition of the PMBOK , the 2004 edition published in October of 2004 by PMI . This book is one of the first books published that is aligned with the 2004 PMBOK .

All text has been reviewed and changed to work with the 2003 release that is now called Microsoft Office Project.

The new features of Project 2003 are discussed throughout and indicated with a 2003 icon to make them easy to find. We maintained the 2002 icons that indicate what was new in the 2002 release, since this 2003 release came so fast.

All screenshots were replaced, as Microsoft has done a complete makeover of the MS Project and Project Web Access interface.

The index has eight times more entries and now also cross-references between the keywords. We put a lot of effort into making the index more consistent and more helpful.

The files that come with the book now contain a macro that helps you find the resource-critical path in a schedule. This macro will make life much easier in resource-constrained schedules.

You can now easily compare your results in the Relocation Project exercises with our solution files. We describe a process to compare two files electronically and have the differences marked.

Project Server has a much more prominent place in this edition, since many organizations are moving towards realizing enterprise project management. People who are using Project 2003 in combination with Project Server will find...