2-DAY COURSE
Mastering Microsoft Project
Step-by-Step workshops to successfully implement Microsoft Project 2003 or 2007 Environment
In this class, you will learn how to:
- Ensure your project success by utilizing the full capabilities of Microsoft Project
- Advance projects around the core concepts of PMI Project Management framework.
- Master the most effective approach for high risk projects
- Understand the nuances of Project in the Windows environment
- Perfect the knowledge of developing and controlling Task and Resource Sheets
- Develop accurate scheduling with calendars
- Gain greater control of resources and finances
- Create baselines and variance reports
- Track and Modify projects that are in progress
- Consolidate Projects and manage multiple critical paths
- Improve resource utilization by sharing resources
- Customize Microsoft Project to benefit your working environment
- Expand Project success of importing and exporting Project data
- Quickly access the information you need
- Execute the most effective methods of sharing project information across users
- Capitalize on task constraints and deadlines to effect project control
- Capture the significance of Critical Path variances to promote understanding and support of Project plans
- Eliminate a moving target - capitalize on the sophistication of Microsoft Project
Immediate Benefits of This Class:
- Eliminate project “moving targets”, utilize the sophistication of Project software
- Control Project plans from creation thru successful closing
- Utilize tools that predict accurate cost, schedules, and scope
- Recognize task dependencies and learn estimating techniques
- Implement critical-chain method and manage against critical path.
- Understand importance of constraints, deadlines, and calendars.
- Analyze resource utilization
- Track project progress and determine techniques for variance control.
- Customize reports to capture various levels of critical information.
- Manage multiple projects and multiple critical paths
- Link projects to a Shared Resource Pool
- Optimize the options to benefit individual work environment
- Navigate importing and exporting capability
- Skilled use of Task Types and Scheduling Formula
- Capture completed projects as templates for future use
- Effective use of Project Organizer to share information between users
- Learn to manage project productivity and eliminate “SWAG”
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