Project 2002/3 Foundation

Target Audience

New or inexperienced users of Microsoft Project, those upgrading from a previous version of Project or migration from another project management package.

Pre-requisites

To fully benefit from this course, attendees are expected to be familiar with Windows and use of the keyboard and mouse. Knowledge of a previous project management package (or other Office application such as Word, Excel or Access) would be useful, although not essential.

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Set project preferences
• Define and create a project structure
• Set task durations, dependencies, deadlines and constraints
• Organise a project into phases
• Create resource lists with calendars and costs
• Assign resources to tasks
• Identify and resolve resource over-allocations
• Analyse and adjust the critical path
• Customise and print Gantt Chart views and reports
• Create a project baseline
• Record and review the project’s progress against the baseline

Project Basics

What Microsoft Project is For  • Project Terminology • Opening/Saving/Closing a Project

Starting a New Project

Save a Project • Set Properties • Modify Working Time Settings  • Define Start or End Date of Project

Task Basics

Enter/Edit/Move/Copy/Delete Tasks  • Set Task Durations  • Milestones

Task Dependencies

Understand Different Dependency Types • Link/Unlink Tasks  • Change a Task Dependency  • Add Lag & Lead Times

Project Phases

Create Summary Tasks  • Indent/Outdent Tasks  • Show WBS Codes  • Show the Project Summary Task

Use the Basic Views

Navigate a Gantt Chart  • Use the Calendar/Network Diagram Views  • Zoom Options  • Combination Views

Task Refinements

Add a Recurring Task  • Deadlines • Constraints

Task Information Tools

Sort Tasks  • Apply Built-in Filters to Task Lists  • Create and Save Custom Filters  • Group Tasks

Resources

Create a Resource List  • Assign Resources to Tasks  • Modify Resource Assignments & Impact of Task Type • Identify Resource Overallocation  • Project Levelling

Calendars

Individual Resource Calendars • Creating/Assigning Base Calendars to Resources • Assigning Calendars to Tasks/Projects

Formatting

Create Custom Views  • Format Text/Bars/Gridlines/Timescale

Critical Path

Understand the Critical Path  • Use the Detail Gantt to View the Critical Path  • Filter or Group to Show Critical Tasks • Understand and View Slack

Built-In Reports

Use the Built-In Reports for Project Information

Baselines

Understand What a Baseline is  • Save/Clear a Baseline

Tracking Your Progress

Use the Tracking Gantt, Table & Toolbar  • Use Reports to View Project Progress  • Slipping Tasks  • Entering Actual Information  • Marking Tasks as Complete

Multiple Projects

Master and Sub Projects  • Using a Resource Pool  • Copying Custom Filters, Views etc. Between Project

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Course Fee

We have a rolling programme of Scheduled Public sessions for the majority of standard courses – both in IT Productivity and Management & Soft Skills. Group sizes are limited to ensure optimum learning amongst delegates.

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