I purchased the Sensei Project Solutions book: Proactive PPM with Microsoft Project Server and Project Online during the Microsoft Project Conference in Anaheim (Feb 2014) directly from Sensei. The first thing that will jump out at you while reading this book is the excellent high quality COLOR graphics and screenshots in every chapter. This may not seem like a big deal but color graphics are very engaging and will keep your attention when reading through a "how to" book.
The author and collaborators have an excellent history with diverse experience with Microsoft, PMI and Scrum Master Certifications. The Author has even done scheduling for the Queen of Denmark. (Excellent Picture in full military garb btw). The book follows the project lifecycle as you would expect providing the reader with the right amount of information to accomplish the tasks. Other books on the subject such as MSProjectExperts publications are also excellent resources covering topics in a "soup to nuts" approach whereas this book hits on the points required for a Project Manager to function effectively within a PPM platform.
Best practices are layered throughout the book and the chapters are easy to understand and digest. The book functions as an excellent training guide for Project Managers. Sensei has layered in screenshots to the other solutions such as their report packs in the book while focusing mainly on the base functionality of PPM. Excellent marketing because once users see these reports they will want to use them within their own organization.
The book is full of nice touches such as the high resolution color pictures, Appendix detailing exactly how to recreate the views in MS project and reprinting all of the exercises in one concise listing in another appendix.
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