Course Description
In this course, you will learn how Microsoft Project relates to project management, and you will examine the significant updates and visually enhanced features of Microsoft Project 2010. You will use Microsoft Project 2010 to work through the life cycle of a project, from creating a project and selecting the right resources to tracking project progress and creating reports. You will learn first-hand how to use Microsoft Project 2010's intuitive tools to increase your productivity and better manage projects.
Agenda
1. Introduction
Learn how Project relates to the discipline of project management, and examine
the significant new features for Project 2010. Learn how to navigate to the
primary view available using the Ribbon. Choose views that display task,
resource, or assignment information and much more.
2. A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project
Experience the steps required to create and use Project through the life cycle
of a project: create a new project, prepare it for data entry, enter project
tasks, sequence the tasks, define and assign resources, estimate task durations,
baseline a project, and track project progress.
3. Setting Up a Project
Create a new project and establish the basic constraints that Project will use
for its calculations.
4. Manual vs. Auto Scheduling
Learn which Project functions are turned off for tasks using Manually Schedule
mode and then change the task mode from manually schedule to auto schedule.
Learn how to identify tasks that are in Manually Schedule mode by the task mode
icon and shape on the Gantt chart, and get recommendations for the best use of
this new feature.
5. Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Create a useful work breakdown structure and enter it into Project. Use summary
and subordinate tasks, understand milestones, develop WBS outlines, and assign
completion criteria.
6. Identifying Task Relationships
Learn the rules for establishing dependency links between tasks and be able to
use Project to establish and display these dependencies.
7. Defining Resources within Project
Enter resources and resource-related information into Project, including
defining individual resources that will be used on the project and recording the
costs of using each type of resource.
8. Making Work Package Estimates
Make estimates for tasks including assigning duration and choosing which tasks
are effort driven. Explore task types, and learn how to use the Team Planner
view.
9. Creating an Initial Schedule
Use critical path analysis to create a schedule, assign scheduling constraints,
and know how to "crash" a schedule.
10. Create a Resource-Leveled Schedule
Adjust a project schedule to account for limited people and other resources,
view the overall cost and schedule of a project, and identify over-allocated
project resources. Explore ways to adjust tasks and assignments to remove
over-allocation.
11. Managing the Project
Set a baseline, enter and manage project performance data, pick a tracking
method, and perform variance analysis.
12. Formatting Output and Printing Reports
Print a variety of standard and custom reports and be able to format the new
timeline. Use the Gantt chart style features, customize the detailed reports,
and use the visual reports in this tool.
13. Managing Multiple Projects
Use common resources among multiple projects, link tasks between projects, and
create a consolidated view of multiple projects.
14. Advanced Topics
Create custom fields, customize WBS prefix, discover the power of grouping and
filtering, and learn how to apply deadlines.
15. Summary
Audience
Project managers and team leaders who are responsible for building detailed action plans and for using them to manage a project