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This hands-on course is for new users of Microsoft Project who want to be able to use it to manage projects effectively.
1 Day
You need to have basic Windows skills, including opening and saving, copying and moving information, and working with a keyboard and mouse; some knowledge of project management techniques, such as critical path method (CPM), is helpful, but not essential.
Project management fundamentals:
Defining a project and project management; understanding the project lifecycle and aspects of the project triangle; review of key project management terms.
Getting started:
An overview of scheduling techniques including critical path method, Gantt charts and network diagrams; navigating the Project environment; different views of your project; using pre-made templates or importing info from Excel.
Groundwork:
Using manual or auto schedule; setting a start date and a schedule from setting; defining different working times and adding holidays and non-working time.
Tasks, timings and work breakdown structure:
Using task information; defining milestones and deadlines; understanding duration and elapsed time; working with constraints or deadlines; adding, changing and deleting tasks; creating an outline structure using summary tasks; reviewing the work breakdown; adding a project summary task; adjusting time scales.
Task relationships:
Adding tasks to the timeline. Links and dependencies between tasks; setting lag and lead times; task constraints; tracing task paths and viewing the critical path.
Managing resources:
Understanding resource driven or effort driven scheduling; assigning resources to tasks; multiple resource assignments; dealing with resource conflicts; leveling resources.
Monitoring and reporting:
Saving and viewing a baseline; filtering data; building graphical reports; creating a Burn Down report; formatting reports; copying a report into a presentation.
This hands-on course is for experienced users of Microsoft Project who want to enhance their expertise.
1 Day
To make the most of this course, participants need some experience of Microsoft Project, including: entering tasks, assigning resources to tasks and printing reports and views. Although not a formality, participants should be familiar with most of the topics covered in Optimum’s Microsoft Project Level 1 course.
Review resource management:
Resource driven or effort driven scheduling; using a resource calendar; assigning resources to tasks; resource costs, accrued costs and fixed costs; identifying and resolving resource conflicts and over-allocation.
Working with costs:
Applying costs to resources; assigning different rates to a resource; adding fixed costs; assessing costs; views to help with costs; using Excel links; creating and tracking resource budgets.
Tracking and updating the schedule:
Understanding tracking techniques, using the Tracking toolbar; adding the actual times and costs; updating tasks and updating the project; adding progress bars; working with baselines; comparing baselines with actual data; making the most of tracking views and tables.
Collaborating:
Sharing resources and resolving conflicts; creating a resource pool; attaching a project to a resource pool; monitoring all resource assignments; combining projects quickly; keeping information up-to-date; updating working times; opening a sharer file and updating the resource pool; creating dependency between projects. Exporting information to Excel and Access; copying and pasting information; opening or saving other file formats.
Customising Project:
Creating a custom view or a custom table; customising graphical reports; creating and using a Project template; customising the Global template; personalising toolbars and menus; recording and running a macro.
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