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

• explore the Microsoft Office Project environment and the various views in which you can survey a project file
• create a new project plan
• manage tasks by organizing them and setting task relationships.
• manage resources for a project
• finalise the project plan
• exchange project plan data with other applications
• update a project plan
• manage project costs
• report project data visually
• reuse project plan information

DAY 1

Define MS Project Default Settings

• Understanding Default Settings
• Working Time Definitions
• Non-Working Time
• Creating & Using Calendars
• Setting Public Or Corporate Holidays
• Scheduling From Start Or Finish

Build And Edit A Project Plan

• Building And Editing Tasks
• Estimating Task Durations
• Structuring Projects
• Summary Tasks (Phases)
• Task Grouping
• Building Dependencies
• Predecessors And Successors
• Viewing Task Details

Creating Resources

• Creating Working (Time/Cost Dependent) Resources
• Creating Fixed Price Resources
• Creating Material Resource Types
• Generic Resources
• Understanding % Units
• Setting Resource Costs
• Working With Resource Calendars

Assigning Recourses To Tasks

• Pros And Cons Of Different Assignment Methods
• The Task Detail View And Resource Work Task Form
• Assigning Single Resources To Tasks
• Assigning Multiple Resources
• Effort Driven Settings
• Task Type Settings
• Fixed Duration, Fixed Units And Fixed Work Scheduling

Resolve Resource Over Allocations

• Fundamentals Of Resolving Over Allocations
• Levelling Options
• Applying Or Clearing Levelling

• Splitting Tasks

DAY 2

Baseline

• Setting A Baseline
• Adjusting Baseline Settings

Track Actual Progress

• Managing And Updating Actuals
• Task Based Actuals
• Remainder Durations

Track Actual Progress

• Working With Task Actuals, Remainder Durations And % Complete
• Detailed Resource Based Actuals For More Accuracy
• Timescales & Time Sheets

Track Progress

• Viewing The Critical Path
• Comparison To Baseline; Variances
• Rescheduling Of Tasks And Resource Assignments
• Update Tasks Status Tool
• Reschedule Incomplete Tasks Tool
• Re-Issuing The Plan After Recording Actuals

Distributing Project Data

• Using Filters To Focus On Key Project Areas
• Running Built-In Reports
• Dashboards
• Reports And Visual Reports

Printing

• Printing Project Data
• Adjusting Fields For Printing
• Custom Data Ranges For Printing
• Printing Gantt Charts
• Printing Other Project Views
• Copy Picture Feature

Manage Project Costs

• Managing Project Costs
• Defining Resource Rates
• Staged/Time Dependent Changes To Resource Rates
• Multiple Cost Rate Tables

• Assigning Fixed Costs To Tasks