Microsoft Project 2002

 4 day; Instructor-Led

Prerequisites

Use to Ms Windows 95, Ms Windows 98, Ms Windows NT Workstation, Ms Windows 2000 Professional,
Ms Windows 2002 Professional

Course Outline

PART 1 MANAGING A SIMPLE PROJECT
  • Getting Started with Microsoft Project
    • Managing Your Projects with Microsoft Project
    • Starting Microsoft Project
    • Exploring Views
    • Exploring Reports
    • Creating a New Project Plan
    • Setting Nonworking Days
    • Entering Project Properties
  • Creating a Task List
    • Entering Tasks
    • Project Management Focus: Defining the Right Tasks for the Right Deliverable
    • Estimating Durations
    • Project Management Focus: How Do You Come Up with Accurate Task Durations?
    • Entering a Milestone
    • Organizing Tasks into Phases
    • Project Management Focus: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning
    • Linking Tasks
    • Documenting Tasks
    • Checking the Plan’s Duration
  • Setting Up Resources
    • Setting Up People Resources
    • Setting Up Equipment Resources
    • Setting Up Material Resources
    • Entering Resource Pay Rates
    • Project Management Focus: Getting Resource Cost Information
    • Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
    • Documenting Resources
  • Assigning Resources to Tasks
    • Assigning Resources to Tasks
    • Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
    • Project Management Focus: When Should Effort-Driven Scheduling Apply?
    • Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
  • Formatting and Printing Your Plan
    • Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
    • Drawing on a Gantt Chart
    • Formatting Text in a View
    • Formatting and Printing Reports
  • Tracking Progress on Tasks
    • Saving a Project Baseline
    • Tracking a Project as Scheduled
    • Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
    • Entering Actual Values for Tasks
    • Project Management Focus: Is the Project on Track?
PART 2 MANAGING A COMPLEX PROJECT
  • Fine-Tuning Task Details
    • Adjusting Task Relationships
    • Setting Task Constraints
    • Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
    • Interrupting Work on a Task
    • Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
    • Changing Task Types
    • Entering Deadline Dates
    • Entering Fixed Costs
    • Setting Up a Recurring Task
  • Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
    • Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
    • Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
    • Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
    • Delaying the Start of Assignments
    • Applying Contours to Assignments
    • Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
    • Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
  • Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
    • Examining Resource Allocations Over Time
    • Project Management Focus: Evaluating Resource Allocation
    • Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
    • Leveling Overallocated Resources
    • Examining Project Costs
    • Checking the Project’s Finish Date
  • Organizing and Formatting Project Details
    • Sorting Project Details
    • Grouping Project Details
    • Filtering Project Details
    • Customizing Tables
    • Customizing Views
  • Printing Project Information
    • Printing Your Project Plan
    • Project Management Focus: Communicating with Stakeholders
    • Printing Views
    • Printing Reports
  • Publishing Project Information Online
    • Copying Project Information as a GIF Image
    • Saving Project Information as a Web Page
    • Changing the Look of a Project Web Page
  • Sharing Project Information with Other Programs
    • Copying and Pasting with Microsoft Project
    • Opening Other File Formats in Microsoft Project
    • Saving to Other File Formats from Microsoft Project
  • Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
    • Updating a Baseline
    • Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
    • Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
    • Project Management Focus: Collecting Actuals from Resources
    • Rescheduling Incomplete Work
  • Viewing and Reporting Project Status
    • Identifying Tasks That Have Slipped
    • Project Management Focus: Getting the Word Out
    • Examining Task Costs
    • Examining Resource Costs
    • Project Management Focus: What About All Those Other Costs?
    • Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
    • Troubleshooting Time Getting
  • Your Project Back on Track and Schedule Problems
    • Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
    • Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
    • PART 3 SPECIAL SUBJECTS
  • Applying Advanced Formatting
    • Formatting Bar Styles in a Gantt Chart View
    • Displaying Task IDs and WBS Codes
    • Formatting the Network Diagram View
    • Formatting the Calendar View
  • Customizing Microsoft Project
    • Working with the Organizer
    • Recording Macros
    • Editing Macros
    • Customizing a Toolbar
  • Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
    • Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
    • Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
  • Consolidating Projects and Resources
    • Creating a Resource Pool
    • Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
    • Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
    • Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
    • Updating All Projects’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
    • Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
    • Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
    • Working With Consolidated Projects
    • Creating Dependencies Between Projects