Project

Previously I noted that examples are useless because projects and project teams are unique. This is only half true. There are things which can be learned/plagarized from existing projects. To this end Microsoft kindly provides a number of built-in templates for a number of different types of projects. Project 2002 offers the following list and I believe 2003 expands on this list.

Commercial Construction template

Engineering template

Home Move template

Infrastructure Deployment template

Microsoft Active Directory Deployment template

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Deployment template

Microsoft Office XP Corporate Deployment

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Deployment

Microsoft Windows XP Deployment template

MSF Application Development template

New Business template

New Product template

Office Move template

Project Office template

Residential Construction template

Software Development template

Software Localization template

A brief look at the templates for the work I'm familiar with shows them to be rather basic and they are certainly missing some things I consider important, however for general format, for how resources should be assigned, and for how tasks can be linked they are decent examples to copy or start from.

You can find the templates by going to the "file" menu, choosing "new" and then selecting the new from template option which you prefer. You can also find the templates on the web at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011359421033.aspx.

I'd say they are definitely worth checking out if you are just learning project and want to see what your project schedule should end up looking like. I'd also check out the deployment templates as those are something that Microsoft does have some expertise in.