This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to use Microsoft Project
Audience Profile
This course is intended to computer user that want to add their knowledge about Microsoft Outlook Product
Course Outline
| • | Introduction to Microsoft Project |
| o Describe how Project relates to the discipline of Project management. o Know the significant new features of Project 2010. o Navigate to the primary views available using the Ribbon o Choose Views that display task, resource, or assignment information. o Relate the features of Project to the 5 steps for building a plan in Project. |
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| • | A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project |
| o Create a new project and prepare it for data entry. o Enter project tasks. o Sequence the tasks. o Define resources. o Estimate Task duration and assign resources. o Baseline the project. o Track project progress. |
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| • | Setting Up a Project |
| o Establish one or more calendars to constrain resource availability. o Configure Project to calculate the schedule from the Start Date forward, or from the Finish Date backward. |
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| • | Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule |
| o Describe which project functions are turned off for tasks using Manually Schedule mode. o Change the task mode from Manually Schedule to Auto Schedule and back. o Identify tasks that are in Manually Schedule mode by the task mode column and shape on the Gantt chart. o Describe situations that are particularly appropriate for using Manually Schedule. |
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| • | Creating a Work Breakdown Structure |
| o Build and use summary and subordinate tasks. o Understand and use milestones. o Develop WBS Outlines. o Assign completion criteria. o Evaluate the WBS. o Understand and use WBS templates. |
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| • | Identifying Task Relationships |
| o Understand and use the types of task relationships. o Understand and use various methods to create relationships. o Determine and display task sequence. o Understand and use lag, lead, and delay. |
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| • | Defining resources within Project |
| o Define individual resources that will be used on the project. o Record the cost (s) of using each type of resource. |
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| • | Making Work Package Estimates |
| o Enter estimates for duration and costs for each task. o Distinguish between task types and describe when each is appropriate. o Describe the relationship between work, units, and duration. o Assign tasks to resources using the Team Planner view. |
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| • | Creating an Initial Schedule |
| o Critical Path. o Schedule Float. o Constraints. o Deadlines. o Task Relationships and Crashing a Schedule. o Milestones. o Task Inspector. |
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| • | Create a Resource Leveled Schedule |
| o Project Statistics. o Resource Graph and Resource Sheet. o Resource Usage View. o Resource Allocation. o Task Usage View. o Realistic Resource Planning. o Resource Leveling. o Leveling Settings. o Leveling Settings Defined - Leveling Calculations. o Leveling Settings Defined - Resolving Over-allocations. o The Leveling Gantt Demonstrates Results of Leveling. o Manual Leveling. |
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| • | Managing the Project |
| o Tracking Field Definitions. o Creating the Project Baseline. o Displaying the Baseline on a Gantt Chart. o The Tracking Gantt. o Recording Progress Using % Complete. o Updating Task and Resource Status. o Recording Progress Using Actual Work. o Percent Complete. o Evaluating and Displaying Variance. o Scheduling interruptions. o Splitting tasks. o Rescheduling Work. |
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| • | Formatting Output and Printing Reports |
| o Formatting the Timeline o Using the Gantt Wizard o Visual Reports o Standard Reports o Custom Reports o Editing a Custom Report o Copy Picture to Office Wizard o More Formatting for the Gantt Chart o Reporting Against Budget o Creating a Budget |
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| • | Managing Multiple Projects |
| o Integrating Multiple Projects o Consolidating Project Files o Resource Pools |
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| • | Advanced Topics |
| o Customizing WBS Prefix o Applying Grouping & Grouping customized Fields o Applying Filtering functions o Leveraging Global Templates o Identify resource delay within a Task o Applying Deadlines to a project |
