Managing
in today's
business
environment
is very
demanding
and requires
both the
core skills
of project
management
and suitable
support
tools.
Knowledge
of how
these
support
tools
'work'
is not
enough
- it is
vital
to be
able to
apply
their
functionality
to real
project
situations.
This
course
goes beyond
the basic
approach
of showing
attendees
the features
of MS
Project
by applying
the functionality
to 'real-world'
situations
and teaching
them how
to use
the tool
more efficiently
in their
own environments.
Delivered
by trainers
with project
management
experience,
it begins
with a
review
of what
exactly
a project
is and
project
management
fundamentals
in order
to put
the use
of the
tool into
context
and goes
on to
develop
attendees'
experience
through
many practical
hands-on
exercises.
The
course
can be
tailored
to introductory,
intermediate
or advanced
level
requirements.
Objectives
To
help attendees
solve
the day-to-day
problems
encountered
on typical
projects
by applying
the core
features
of MS
Projects
in a practical,
efficient
and business-focused
manner.
Who
Should
Attend
This
course
is designed
for
people
who
have
a working
knowledge
of MS
Project
for
Windows
and
who
wish
to increase
their
ability
to use
the
tool
in a
more
efficient
way.
Some
knowledge
of or
experience
in the
project
planning
process
would
be an
advantage.
Course
Content
What
is
a
Project? -
Project
Scope
-
The
'Holy'
Triangle
-
Project
Planning
Steps
-
The
Work
Breakdown
Structure
-
Estimating
-
Unit
of
Measure
Formulae
-
Network
Logic
-
The
Critical
Path
-
Gantt
Plan
(Timescale
Plan)
-
Tracking
Project
Tolerances
-
Project
Management
Fundamentals
Setting
Up
a
New
Project -
(Using
Templates)
-
Configure
Options
-
Configure
Project
View
-
Base
Project
Information
-
Creating
Task
Lists
-
Creating
Estimates
-
Defining
Relationships
-
Defining
Resources
-
Assigning
Resources
-
Duration,
Units,
Work
-
Task
Types
-
Material
Resources
Fine
Tuning -
Fine
Tuning
Tasks
-
Fine
Tuning
the
Calendar
-
Fine
Tuning
Constraints
-
Fine
Tuning
The
Critical
Path
-
Fine
Tuning
Notes
-
Fine
Tuning
Resources
-
Fine
Tuning
Resource
Costs
-
Fine
Tuning
Over
Allocations
-
Fine
Tuning
Assignments
Getting
the
Look
You
Require -
Sorting
-
Grouping
-
Filtering
-
Identifying
Risk
Areas
-
Changing
Layouts
-
Changing
Layouts
and
Views
-
Tables
and
Views
-
Annotating
Gantt
Charts
-
Organiser
Tracking
Progress
-
Recording
Actual
Work
completed
-
Recording
Tasks
as
Percentage
Complete
-
Entering
Actual
Start,
Finish
and
Durations
-
Saving
an
Interim
Plan
-
Determining
which
Tasks
started
or
completed
late
-
Determining
which
Tasks
cost
more
than
planned
Sharing
Information
&
Resources -
Resource
pools
for
each
project
-
Identifying
over
allocation
between
projects
-
Single
resource
pool,
multiple
projects
-
Network
Sharing
-
Consolidating
Projects
-
Exporting
&
Importing
