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Customize your Project Plan
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by tailoring Smartsheet

1. Preface

This training manual was created because I could not find a book nor a website either, that explains
the Smartsheet software in a concise way, how to handle project management, in particular a project
plan. Though you can find very complex and comprehensive help on terms or formulas on the Internet,
but in my opinion, this is not suitable for a didactically understanding of handling a project manage-
ment system, especially in the automotive supply industry, which is supposed to be mapped in Smart-
sheet.

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I have chosen "Customize your Project Plan by tailoring Smartsheet " as title, because in this book I
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describe the individual creation of a project plan in Smartsheet in a way that may suit your needs.
Mainly I use a small case study as a guide and practical reference. You can also practically reproduce
everything described in the book by using the "30-day trial version", appreciatively provided by Smart-
sheet Inc.

I have written this training manual in two languages: this book here, in US English, as well another book
in my native language, German, with exactly the same content, also available at Amazon beneath the
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title "Erstellung eines Projektplans mit Smartsheet ". Reason is that you may work in international
projects where are also Germans involved.

A second reason, in addition to the common language, is that Smartsheet also adapts to the language
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requirements of the individual countries concerning formulas. For instance, what is comma in the Eng-
lish setting, is then a semicolon in a formula in German. Functions (e.g., IF, VLOOKUP, ...) also have
their peculiarities, because these are exclusively in English and are specific to the Smartsheet software.

I would also like to emphasize that this book reflects only my personal opinion and my personal expe-
rience from over twenty years as a project manager in the automotive supply industry. It is not in-
tended to endorse any company, institution, or someone else, either.

My intention is to help colleagues to manage their project management. I didn't write this book to
make money. I had no editor / proofreader available. I just followed my dream to teach people through
two similar textbooks in a bilingual way to reach all interested ones.

Yours sincerely

Hans Porzel

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