Description

Microsoft Project - Intermediate

Course Duration: 2 Days

Introduction

Microsoft Project is a powerful tool that assist a project manager develop a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget and analyzing workloads.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Microsoft Project is essential with the following pre-requisites:

• Have attended Microsoft Project - Foundation level OR
• ABle to switch between task applications
• Able to create a project plan
• Able to schedule task
• Able to create resource
• Able to print a project plan

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, you will learn the followings:

• Project management and project
• Planning the project
• Task entry and task linking
• Resources and resource management
• Manging project and project views 
• Examining and updating the project
• Printing and reporting

Key Content

Module 1: Project Management and Project

• Starting Project
• Using help
• The quick access toolbar
• The ribbon
• The status bar
• The project timeline
• The entry bar
• Introduction to project views
• Using the ribbon
• Change the view
• Test the 'group by' feature
• Test the 'highlight' feature
• View and change project information
  Viewing the network diagram
• Applying a filter
• Exit project
• Introduction to Project Management
• Understand how Microsoft Project helps you plan and adjust your projects
• Project terminology

Module 2: Planning the Project

• Defining project
• Areas that must be completed
• Completing the project definition
• Project planning
• Completing the project plan
• Where to begin with Microsoft Project
• Setting the project start date
• Project properties
• Creating calendars for working/ non working time
• Factors to convert duration units into hours
• Amending the standard calendar
• Creating a new base calendar
• Exceptions to work week settings for recurring events
• Displaying a specific calendar on the Gantt Chart
• Saving new project file
• Saving a project
• Ending a project session
• Closing a project

Module 3: Task Entry and Task Linking

• Entering tasks
• Using Gantt Chart to enter task
• Manually outlining tasks into summary and subtasks tasks
• Inserting an additional task
• Using AutoFill to enter repeat data
• Entering a milestone task
• Adding a recurring task
• Understanding the new task mode in project
• Working with task durations and relationships
• Using lag time and lead time
• Creating contraints for taks in Auto Schedule Mode
• Setting deadline on task

Module 4: Resources and Resource Management

• Creating resources
• Using Resource Sheet to enter resources
• Assinging and amending a resource calendar
• Resource availability dates
• Resource costs
• Assigning resources to tasks
• Using material resoruces
• Baselining your project

Module 5: Managing Project and Project Views

• Outline tasks
• Constraints and dealines
• Customizing Gantt Chart
• Critical path
• Changing time scale
• Using the formatting tab of the ribbon
• Using Network Diagrams
• The Network Box
• Navigating Network Diagrams
• WBS Codes and Viewing a WBS
• Create custom WBS code

Module 6: Examining and Updating the Project

• Amending tasks
• Resource usage and task usage views
• Team planner
• Displaying critical path
• Using resource levelling
• Compare baseline and scheduled information
• Tracking and updating tasks effectively
• Using update task form
• Viewing progress lines
• Understanding project costs
• Creating a budget
• Creating a schedule focused on deliverables

Module 7: Printing and Reporting

• Printing project views
• Viewing and changing the print settings
• Reports
• Visual Reports
• What you can print
• Information that shows progress
• Reports by report type

Target Audience

This program target audience like Project Planners, Project Executives, Project Engineers, Project Managers who is involved in Project Management.

 

 

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