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microsoft project level 1 training

Upon completion of our Microsoft Project 2003 level 1 course you will be able to use Project 2003 to help manage a large range of projects, from small to large scale. It covers the important aspects of dealing with tasks and resources and pays particular and crucial attention to problem areas that often arise when using a computer to help manage projects.

Completion of Microsoft Excel Level 2 or equivalent experience using a spreadsheet program.

The course duration is 2 days.

   

Microsoft Project basics
Overview of Microsoft Project
Starting Microsoft Project
The Microsoft Project screen
Working with views
Working with combination views
Working with tables
Working with the gantt chart view
Understanding Microsoft Project menus
Understanding toolbars
Working with existing project files
Exiting from Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project help
Printed help sources
The help task pane
Browsing the table of contents
Searching for specific help
Understanding a help window
Disabling online content
Enabling online content
Displaying and using the office assistant
Customising the office assistant
Disabling the office assistant

Creating a new project
New project overview
Understanding your project
Creating a new project
Saving a new project file
Setting specific options
Pitfalls in changing options
Adjusting the standard calendars
Creating public holidays
Creating a new calendar
Specifying project summary information
Specifying project information

Project management
What is a project?
Tasks and resources
The importance of planning
Steps in project management
Project management tools
Using a computer
The advantages of Microsoft Project
The disadvantages of Microsoft Project

Creating tasks
Overview of creating tasks
Reviewing the project
Entering tasks
Creating summary tasks
Moving about a sheet
Working with summary tasks

Task durations
Task duration overview
Entering task durations
Displaying critical tasks
Checking project status
Understanding project slack
Entering milestones

Creating relationships
Overview of creating relationships
Catching up with the case study
Creating relationships using the link tool
Creating relationships using task entry
Using task information for relationships
Creating relationships in a sheet
Keeping to schedule using relationships
Entering lag time
Entering lead time

Resourcing a project
Overview of resourcing
Creating a resource pool
Entering materials
Assigning calendars to resources
Adjusting resource information
Changing the unit display
 

Assignment concepts
Understanding resource assignment
Project's calculation methodologies
Understanding effort
Creating simple assignments
Understanding task types
Working with fixed unit assignments
Working with fixed duration assignments
Working with fixed work assignments
Working with the driver resource
Understanding effort driven resourcing
Disabling effort driven resourcing

Assigning resources
Overview of assigning resources
Assigning resources using task entry view
Assigning part time resources
Contouring resource usage
Assigning specific work times
Problem assignments
Assigning resources in task information
Assigning resources in a sheet
Assigning resources that you don't have

Resource levelling
Resource levelling overview
Creating resource chaos
Tracking down overallocations
Fix 1: changing work effort
Fix 2: assigning overtime
Fix 3: hiring contract labour
Fix 4: switching work assignments
Fix 5: rescheduling tasks

Assigning materials
Overview of assigning materials
Assigning fixed material consumption
Contouring materials usage
Adding more material resources
Assigning variable usage materials
Adding to a material assignment
Checking work for materials

Costs
Costing overview
Reviewing the current cost status
Variable resource costs
Assigning daily costs for equipment hire
Assigning resource usage costs
Assigning fixed costs
Assigning material costs
Using multiple cost tables
Changing resources rates during a project
Viewing costs

Constraints & deadlines
Overview of constraints & deadlines
Reviewing our project
Adding a constraint
Using elapsed time to resolve conflicts
Creating a deadline

Project monitoring
Overview of project monitoring
Creating a baseline
Getting project to update progress
Manually updating task progress
Entering delayed tasks
Tracking actuals on a gantt chart
Using the tracking box
Viewing task slippage

Printing
Overview of printing
Printing a gantt chart
Printing sheet views
Printing jobs for resources
Printing resources for tasks

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