Microsoft Project - 3 Days

Introduction

Getting started

· what is project management? steps of project management
· defining the goals of a project, defining the requirements of a project
· identifying potential problems in a project schedule
· identifying potential opportunities for reducing costs
· tracking the progress of a project
· resolving resource overallocation problems
· reporting the progress of a project
· evaluating a completed project, what is Microsoft Project?
· starting Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Project application window
· working with Microsoft Project menus and toolbars
· changing the project view, resetting the working folder
· displaying help information, exiting from Microsoft Project

Building a simple project

· the Project guide
· setting a project start date / saving a Project
· creating a Project schedule, entering a milestone
· inserting and deleting tasks
· reordering a task list, closing a project

Developing a project plan (part 1)

· outlining a task list, types of task relationships
· linking tasks in a finish-to-start relationship
· changing the time-scale of a Gantt chart
· linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship
· adding lag time between tasks, adding lead time between tasks
· using work breakdown structure codes
· creating a network diagram

Developing a project plan (part 2)

· revising the Project calendar
· the resource sheet, adding resources to the resource sheet
· creating new calendars for resources
· assigning resources to tasks
· revising resource information / assigning additional units of a resource to a task
· contouring a resource assignment
· working with cost rate tables
· creating and applying a task calendar

Developing a project plan (part 3)

· identifying the critical path of a project
· identifying slack time in a project schedule
· constraining a task, setting a deadline for a task
· defining a fixed-duration or fixed work task
· additional Project planning topics

Sharing data with other applications

· copying a Microsoft Project view into a Microsoft Word document
· exporting Microsoft Project sheet entries into a Microsoft Excel worksheet
· importing Microsoft Excel worksheet entries into Microsoft Project

Additional Microsoft Project features

· using a Microsoft Project template
· creating a custom template
· adding text fields and flag fields to a sheet view
· saving a project as a web page
· customizing Microsoft Project

Organizing and analyzing project information

· sorting and grouping project information
· creating a custom group option
· applying a predefined filter to a view
· applying an autofilter to a view
· creating a custom filter
· applying a new table to a view
· creating a custom table
· creating a custom view

Tracking a project (part 1)

· saving a baseline plan
· updating a project schedule
· comparing the actual and planned progress of a project
· adding progress lines to a Gantt chart
· additional methods for updating a project schedule
· rescheduling uncompleted work
· scheduling overtime work
· additional project tracking topics

Tracking a project (part 2)

· monitoring resource allocation
· methods for resolving resource overallocation problems
· manually delaying tasks
· automatically delaying tasks
· displaying earned value analysis data

Communicating project information (part 1)

· displaying a project schedule in calendar view
· printing a view
· modifying page setup options for a printout
· enhancing the elements of a view

Communicating project information (part 2)

· printing a predesigned report
· editing a predesigned report
· using a report template

Working with multiple projects

· setting up a consolidated project
· linking tasks across projects of a consolidated project
· identifying all critical paths in a consolidated project
· using a resource pool
· updating a resource pool at any time

Additional intermediate Microsoft Project features

· recording and running a macro
· creating a custom form
· using the organizer

Final case study