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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Definition of a project.
  • Key principles of project development
  • The Iron Triangle

Getting Started

  • Installing the application
  • Overview of Microsoft Project features
  • Accessing Help
  • Saving, searching, and opening projects
  • Basic views

Scheduling

  • Scheduling rules
  • Types of schedules
  • Project Calendars
  • Entering tasks into the schedule
  • Editing tasks within the schedule
  • Task Durations
  • Continuous Time Tasks
  • Estimated Task Durations
  • Project and Task Priorities
  • Task Dependencies
  • Leads and Lags
  • Milestones
  • Visualizing tasks across different views

Optimizing the Schedule

  • Task Constraints
  • Deadlines
  • Critical Tasks
  • Critical Path
  • Project Float
  • Shortening the Critical Path
  • Customizing Views

Resources

  • Definition of Resources
  • Variable Resource Costs
  • One-time Costs
  • Rate Tables
  • Resource Availability
  • Work Definitions
  • Constants in Work Formulas
  • Effort
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Overallocation
  • Resource Leveling

Costs

  • Fixed Costs
  • Cost Control
  • Costs for Projects, Tasks, Resources, and Work

Project Execution

  • Methods of Project Implementation
  • Baselines
  • Status Analysis
  • Variance Analysis
  • Project Changes

Reports

  • Reports in Microsoft Project
  • Creating Custom Reports

Data Management

  • Sorting Data
  • Filters
  • Grouping Data

Earned Value Analysis

Requirements

Basic knowledge of MS Office.

 14 Hours

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