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
Prerequisites
- An understanding of project management concepts
- Knowledge of a Windows operating system
Avainsanat: MS Project 2013