Introduction

• Ice-breaking
• Course and Participants' Objectives
• Introducing MS Project 2007 Software
• MS Project 2007 Overview
• Editions of MS Project 2007
• Getting introduced with MS Project 2007 Menu Items
• Common Project Terminologies and Abbreviations Used in MS Project 2007
• Using Keyboard Shortcuts

• Project Planning Using a MS Project Software
• Project Setup
• Creating a Project Calendar, Working and Non-working day
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Diagram
• Schedule Management
• Creating Tasks and dependencies

• Summary tasks, Subtasks, Recurring tasks

• Milestones

• Organizing Tasks into Phases

• Documenting Tasks

• Setting Dependencies and Linking Tasks (SS,FS,SF,FF)

• Producing a GANTT Chart
• Creating a Network Diagram
• Constraints and Milestones
• Resolving Schedule conflicts
• Exploring Different Views
• Working with Critical Path (CPM)
• What is Critical Path
• Highlighting the Critical Path
• Showing only the Critical Path
• Calculating multiple Critical Path
• Resource Management
• Creating a Resource Pool
• Setting up People Resources
• Setting up Equipment Resources
• Setting up Material Resources
• Setting up Cost Resources
• Assigning Resources
• Resolving Resource Conflicts and Leveling
• Cost Managemen t
• Fixed Costs
• Resources Costs
• Change how resource costs are accrued
• Change the fixed-cost accrual method for new tasks
• Change the fixed-cost accrual method for existing tasks
• View total costs for tasks and resources
• View total costs for the entire project
• View cost variances for tasks, resources, and assignments
• Calculate overtime costs
• Saving a Project Baseline
• Earned Value Analysis
• What is earned value analysis?
• What does earned value measure?
• How do I interpret earned value?
• How does % complete versus physical % complete affect earned value?
• Which earned value quantities can I show or calculate in Project?
• Where in Project do I see earned value data?
• Tracking a Project
• Creating Cost Reports
• View time-phased baseline (budgeted) costs and actual costs
• Visual Reports
• Customizing Report Templates
• Different Customized Reports
• Using MS Excel with MS Project
• Printing Reports
• Tracking and Reporting Tips

• Working with Case Studies

• Analyzing Problems
• Setting up Project Objectives and Constraints
• Having a Logical Project Blueprint
• Creating WBS
• Setting Up Project
• Planning Resources including Cost, Equipment, Materials and HR
• Assigning Resources
• Assigning Constraints
• Leveling Resources
• Tracking and Controlling Project
• Earned Value Analysis
• Reporting Project Status
• Archiving
• Closing Project

• Managing Multiple Projects

• Producing a Master Schedule
• Sharing Resources with a Resource Pool
• Creating Customized Reports

• Concluding Session

• Questions and Answers
• Evaluations
• Certificates