Gus Cicala
Wilmington, DE, USA
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Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who played an important role in the development and publication of this book:
Noreen Hackman, a true leader who aggressively attacks every challenge with gusto, for her instrumental role in unknotting the mysteries of turning a corporate training guide into a successful commercial publication
Daniel Cicala, for bringing his command of the English language to tame and herd the expertise of technical people into a clear and coherent text
Asha Hossain, for providing her fantastic graphical art support for the Project Assistants brand over the past 20 years, including the cover of this book
Bill Gundrum, a powerhouse of Microsoft Project expertise and experience, who again has fine-tuned the technical content to make for a clean, accurate, and complete product
I would be remiss in not mentioning many of the past team members who were so instrumental in developing an indispensable portion of the original content that has survived through to this edition: Jan Goodman, Alex Ovecka, Fred Oettle, Denise Cicala, Ira Brown, Michael Steinberg, Graham McHardy, John Godley, Laurie Van Dusen, and Jeremy Cottino.
I am grateful and blessed for your dedication, commitment, and valuable contributions to our success.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction to Project Management
Part II: Project Definition
Part III: Project Task Planning
Part IV: Enterprise Project Management
About the Author
Gus Cicala
is the founder and CEO of Project Assistants, an Inc. 500 company founded in 1996. Project Assistants focuses on best practices, proven technology, and highly trained consultants in order to help companies optimize their business strategy. Gus and his team deliver process, technology, and people-based solutions across many industry verticals in the United States and Western Europe and have been awarded Silver Competency in project and portfolio management by Microsoft. Gus specializes in Microsoft Project Server and online deployment, training, application development, and portfolio management consulting. He is a certified Microsoft Cloud and Office 365 partner.