Курс: Microsoft Project

Audience: Intermediate and advanced PC users.
Duration: 16 hours.

Course Outline

1. What is Project Management in terms of MS Project?:
• Scheduling tasks;
• Controlling resources;
• Monitoring the actual progress.
2. Inserting and editing information in Gantt Chart view.
3. Linking tasks.
4. Outlining project. Summary tasks and subtasks.
5. Milestones.
6. Resources:
   • Defining resource properties;
   • Assigning resource to tasks;
   • Resource types;
   • How resource assignment affects task duration;
   • Solving resource conflict by resource leveling.
7. Ways to display the project information:
   • Views;
   • Tables;.
   • Reports;
   • Customization.
8. Customizing a calendar.
9. Scheduling from start date and from finish date.
10. Task constraints.
11. Costs, budget and etc.:
    • Types of resource costs;
    • Other costs.
12. Customizing Gantt Chart.
13. Tracking the project progress:
    • What is "current", "baseline" and "actual"?;
    • Updating the project with actual information;
    • How and when to reschedule the project?.
14. Critical path and project optimization.
15. Consolidating multiple projects.
16. Corporate coordination via Email and/or Project Server.