Program Outline

Each Module includes Software Labs to Reinforce Learning

Part I – Getting Started With Microsoft Project
 

Module 1: The Fundamentals of Microsoft Project 

• Understanding the Nature of Projects:
  
  • PMI Concepts of Project Development
    
• Discovering Microsoft Project Environment
  
  • Microsoft Project Windows Environment
    
    • Task and Resource Sheets
      
    • Screen Layouts, Menu Functions, Toolbar Control
      
    • Views Options, Project Tables vs. Sheets
      
• Project Guide
  
  • Creating and Defining Projects
    
    • Entering Project and file Properties
      
    • Setting Calendars
      
    • Create and Edit Tasks
      
      • Project Summary Tasks
        
      • Task Summary
        
      • Work Packages
        
      • Milestone Tasks
        
      • Recurring Tasks
        
• Estimating Durations
  
  • Duration, Work, and Units
    
    

Module 2: Creating and Managing a Work Breakdown Structure 

• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
  
  • Organize tasks into phases
    
  • Schedule and Link Tasks
    
• Manage Deliverables
  
  • Set deadlines and constrain tasks
    
  • Additional Columns in Task Sheets/tables
    
    

Module 3: Specify People and Equipment for the Project 

• Utilize, modify the Resource Sheet
  
  • Assign, add, change, or remove resources
    
• Develop and utilize Resource Calendars
  
  • Resource Information –  a double click away
    
  • Manage Part-Time resources
    
• Additional Resources
  
  • Use Task Types and Scheduling Formula
    
• Resource Optimization
  
  

Module 4: Identify Project Risks and Required Reports 

• Define Critical Path
  
  • Managing the Critical Path
• Baselines
  
  • Define, save, and modify baselines
    
• Create Reports
  
  • Customize report capabilities
    
  
  

Part 2 –Project Performance and Optimization

Module 1: Tracking Performance 

• Tracking and Updating the Project Plan
  
  • Use of Tracking Gantt, Tracking Table, Variance Table
    
  • Task updates
    
    • Split tasks, reschedule tasks 
      

Module 2: Updating and Filtering Project Plans

• Applying Filters
  
  • Tracking overdue tasks with filters
    
  • Tracking competed tasks with filters
    
  • Tracking Tasks by Grouping
    
• Customizing Filters
  
  • Create, modify, report view of custom filters
    
• Grouping and Sorting Tasks
  
  

Module 3: Project File Exchange and Conversion 

• Navigating Project with other Applications
  
  • Importing and exporting with Excel
    
  • Create Custom Maps
    
  • Converting Project Plan files
    
    • Web Pages, Gif files, Objects
      
    • Hyperlink to other application/web/within same project 
      

Module 4: Managing Multiple Projects 

• Creating Master Projects
  
• Linking Sub-Projects
  
• Calculating Multiple Critical Paths
  
  

Module 5: Working with Resource Pools

• Creating and sharing Resources between projects
  
• Updating Resource files