About Workshop
Course Description
Microsoft Project is the most widely used project management application around the globe and has become an integral part of the project management discipline. Today’s project managers need high level of skills in planning, controlling and communicating their projects using Microsoft Project. This course will provide the participants with the required skills needed to face challenging tasks of project management and excelling their careers in this professional discipline.
At the end of the course the participants will be able to demonstrate the following skills and abilities:
(1) Understand the fundamental project management philosophy applied in developing Microsoft Project;
(2) Identify and conceptualise every components of the new ribbon-based fluent interface of Microsoft Project 2010;
(3) Customise the Microsoft Project interface for local working hours and specific organisational scheduling scopes;
(4) Break-down the project, create project tasks and import tasks from Excel files;
(5) Setup and assign work (labour), cost (overheads) and material resources to project tasks;
(6) Prepare complete project plan including GANTT chart, critical path, , format and share the plans in printed or digital format;
(7) Track the project progress and communicate project performance reports;
(8) Fine-tune project tasks, resources and assignment details;
(9) Organise project details, track progress on tasks and assignment;
(10) View project progress report and get project back on track.
Course Content Summary
Create new project
Create and maintain calendars
Create custom fields
Customise options settings
Creating task-based schedules
Create/Modify Task Structure
Build logical schedule model
Create user-controlled schedule
Manage multiple projects
Enter/edit resource information
Apply task types
Scheduling calculations
Assign resources
Edit assignments
Manage resource allocation
Model project costs
Set & maintain baselines
Update actual progress
Compare against baseline
Resolve scheduling problems
Display critical path information
Apply views
Customize views
Format views
Share data with external source
Print schedules and reports
Workshop topics to be covered:
Session and Delivery Plan
Day 1
Morning Session (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM)
Starter Level
Project management philosophy used in developing Microsoft Project application
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Detailed overview and analysis of the application interface components
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Tea Break and Individual Consultation with Trainer
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Create and maintain calendars, customise options and creating custom fields
Break-down the project, create project tasks and import tasks from Excel files
Afternoon Session (2:00 PM – 3.30 PM)
Intermediate Level
Set-up Resources and Assign Resources to Tasks
Prepare complete project plan and Share the Plan
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Tea Break and Individual Consultation with Trainer
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Tracking Progress Based on Tasks
Day 2
Morning Session (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM)
Advance Level
- Advanced adjustments and fine-tuning task and resource details
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
- Advance adjustments and fine-tuning assignment details
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Tea Break and Individual Consultation with Trainer
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Advance adjustments and fine-tuning the Project Plan
Afternoon Session (2:00 PM – 3.30 PM)
Advance Level
- Organising project details and tracking progress on tasks and assignments
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Tea Break and Individual Consultation with Trainer
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
- Reporting project status and getting projects back on track.
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