Microsoft Project (Class room base teaching)

Beginners/Intermediate: (2 Days)     Cost: £350

Microsoft Project 2003 Outline

Project Chapter One: The Fundamentals

• Planning the Project
• Understanding Project Management
• What’s New in Project 2003?
• Understanding the Project 2003 Screen
• Using Common Views
• Using More Views
• Creating a New Project
• Entering the Project Scheduling Date
• Selecting the Project Calendar
• Adjusting Working Hours
• Adjusting Working Days
• Creating a New Calendar
• Using the Project Guide Printing a View
• Printing the Current View as a Report
• Getting Help
• Chapter One Review

Project Chapter Two:
Entering the Task List

• Entering Tasks
• Estimating Task Duration
• Entering Task Duration
• Entering a Milestone
• Organizing Tasks into Phases
• Linking Tasks
• Editing Task Links
• Unlinking Tasks

Creating Recurring Tasks

• Using the Task Information Dialog Box
• Using Task Notes
• Using Task Hyperlinks
• Moving and Copying a Task
• Inserting and Deleting a Task
• Chapter Two Review

Project Chapter Three:
Entering and Assigning Resources

• Entering People Resources
• Entering Equipment Resources
• Entering Material Resources
• Adjusting Individual Resource Working Schedules
• Using Resource Notes
• Understanding Effort-Driven Project Scheduling
• Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Additional Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
• Chapter Three Review

Chapter Four: Viewing the Project

• Using Split Views
• Sorting Information
• Grouping Information
• Filtering Information
• Using AutoFilters
• Viewing Details
• Using Zoom
• Chapter Four Review

Project Chapter Five:

Working with Tasks

• Overlapping Tasks
• Delaying Tasks
• Setting Task Deadlines
• Setting Task Constraints
• Splitting Tasks
• Understanding Task Type
• Assigning a Task Calendar
• Understanding Task Indicators
• Chapter Five Review

Project Chapter Six:
Working with Resources

• Delaying Resource Start Time
• Applying Predefined Resource Contours
• Specifying Resource Availability Dates
• Grouping Resources
• Assigning a Resource Calendar
• Chapter Six Review

Project Chapter Seven:
Working with Costs

• Entering Resource Overtime Rates
• Specifying Pay Rates for Different Dates
• Adding Pay Rates for a Resource
• Applying a Different Pay Rate to an Assignment
• Using Material Resource Consumption Rates
• Entering Task Fixed Costs
• Chapter Seven Review

Project Chapter Eight:
Balancing the Project

• Scheduling Resource Overtime
• Identifying Resource Over allocation
• Balancing Resource Over allocations Manually
• Balancing Resource Over allocations Automatically
• Chapter Eight Review

Chapter Nine: Updating Project Progress

• Saving a Baseline Plan
• Updating the Entire Project
• Updating Task Actual Values
• Updating Task Completion Percentage
• Updating Actual Work & Updating Actual Costs
• Chapter Nine Review

Project Chapter Ten:
Checking Project Progress

• Viewing Project Statistics
• Viewing Project Costs
• Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
• Checking Duration Variance
• Checking Work Variance
• Checking Cost Variance
• Identifying Slipped Tasks
• Saving an Interim Plan
• Chapter Ten Review

Chapter Eleven: Working with Reports

• Opening a Report
• Adding Page Elements to a Report
• Sorting a Report
• Defining Report Contents
• Saving a Project as a Web Page
• Chapter Eleven Review

Project Chapter Twelve:
Working with Multiple Projects

• Creating Links Between Projects
• Consolidating Projects
• Viewing Multiple Project Critical Paths
• Viewing Consolidated Project Statistics
• Creating a Resource Pool
• Chapter Twelve Review