Part time Project Introductory

Type of learning: Instructor lead at DBIC
Duration: 1 or 2 days intensive
Cost: £185 per day (includes course materials, lunch and refreshments)

Introduction

Microsoft Project is a powerful planning tool used to build project plans and to track project progress. Used to manage project costs, schedules and resources it monitors variance from the baseline plan so that remedial action can be instigated to ensure the project outcomes are delivery on time, in budget, to full scope and specified quality.

Objectives

To be able to produce a project plan supported by a Gantt Chart with tasks, durations and resource assignments and to track and adjust project progress against a base plan.

Who should go on this course?

Beginners - Students must have previous knowledge of the Windows environment and be familiar with at least one other Microsoft Office Application. An awareness of project development will be an advantage but is not essential.

Topics covered - Day 1

Introduction: Concepts of Project Management

Methodologies and Terminology.

Getting Started with MS Project 2002

The Project Screen Layout and Switching Between Views And Tables

Creating and Saving A Project File And Entering Project Properties

Entering and Organising Tasks

Entering Tasks, Estimating Duration And Creating Sub-Tasks

Inserting, Deleting And Linking Tasks

Identifying Milestones, Constraints and Deadlines

Adjusting Task Relationships, Adding Notes and Hyperlinks

Entering Resources

Setting Up People, Equipment and Material Resources

Adjusting Work Time for Resources

Entering Costs And Resource Information

Topics covered - Day 2

Assigning Resources To Tasks

Creating and Removing Single And Multiple Resource and Material Assignments

Scheduling Formula: Duration, Units and Work

Working with and without Effort-Driven Scheduling

Adjusting Working Time, Changing Task types and Creating Recurring Tasks

Critical Path Analysis

Sorting, Grouping and Filtering Project Information

Sorting, Grouping and Filtering Data using a variety of views

Formatting the Gantt Chart and Printing Project Information

Customising and Printing Views and Reports

Tracking Progress Against the Project Plan

Saving a Baseline Project

Tracking a Project as Scheduled and Entering Completion Percentages

Review and Practice
Using their own or given scenarios student will produce project plans supported by Gantt Charts with tasks, durations and resource assignments.

Progression

Microsoft Project 2002 - Intermediate Courses. On completion of the Advanced course, students will have covered the Microsoft Office Specialist syllabus for Microsoft Project 2002 Comprehensive. As a registered Microsoft Office Specialist testing centre we can offer you on-line tests in Microsoft Project 2002 and all Microsoft Office 2000 applications.