Microsoft Project 2013 Introduction

Overview

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft Office Project Professional 2013 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan. Once the plan is created, you will set a baseline, track project actuals and report against the plan using Microsoft Project.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans.

Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment
• Use views to work with a project plan
• Create a new project plan
• Create the project schedule
• Manage resources in a project plan
• Finalise a project plan
• Track progress
• View and report project plan information

Outline

Module 1 – Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Topic A – Introduction to Microsoft Project 2013
• Topic B – Explore the Microsoft Project 2013 Environment
• Topic C – Display an Existing Project Plan in different Views

Module 2 – Creating a Project Plan

• Topic A – Create a New Microsoft Project Plan
• Topic B – Setting Project Working Time
• Topic C – Project Information
• Topic D – Create Summary Stages or Phases
• Topic E – Editing the Task List
• Topic F – Defining the Activity List
• Topic G – Creating and Applying Task Calendars
• Topic H – Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

Module 3 – Creating the Project Schedule

• Topic A – Task Durations
• Topic B – Defining Milestones
• Topic C – Manual Scheduling and Finish to Start Relationships
• Topic D – Automatic Scheduling
• Topic E – Task Relationships
• Topic F – Adding Stages to the Timeline
• Topic G – Identifying the Critical Path
• Topic H – Working with Constraints and Deadlines
• Topic I – Recurring Activities
• Topic J – Add Notes to a Task
• Topic K – Referencing Other Files in Tasks

Module 4 – Managing Resources in a Project Plan

• Topic A – Resource Types
• Topic B – Working with Resource Calendars and Availability
• Topic C – Adding Resource Costs
• Topic D – Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Topic E – Effort Driven Scheduling
• Topic F – Resolve Resource Overallocation
• Topic G – Splitting Activities

Module 5 – Introduction to Project Tracking

• Topic A – Setting a Project Baseline
• Topic B – Entering Actuals
• Topic C – Viewing Progress in a Project Plan

Module 6 – Viewing and Reporting Project Detail

• Topic A – Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information
• Topic B – Printing Views
• Topic C – Using Standard Reports in Microsoft Project

Related training courses

• Microsoft Project 2013 Advanced (www.qa.com/QAPR13ADV)
• Microsoft Excel 2013 Introduction (www.qa.com/QAEX13INT)
• Microsoft Excel 2013 Intermediate (www.qa.com/QAEX13ITM)
• Microsoft Excel 2013 Advanced (www.qa.com/QAEX13ADV)
• Fundamentals of Project Management (www.qa.com/FPM-3)
• Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner (www.qa.com/PBPP2FP)

Prerequisites

• An understanding of project management concepts
• Knowledge of a Windows operating system

Avainsanat: MS Project 2013