Course Content
Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Understanding Project Management
- MS Project terminology
- Starting MS Project
- MS Project- The Screen
- Elements of the Default View
- Views and Tables
- The Tracking Gantt View
- MS Project - Menus
- MS Project - The Tool Bar
- Loading and Viewing a Project
- Project Management
- The Stages of Project Management
Planning the Project
- Defining the Project
- Complete the Project Definition
- Project Planning
- Complete the Project Plan
- Where to Begin with MS Project
- Setting the project start date
- Working with the base calendar
- Save the New Project File
Task Entry and Linking
- Entering Tasks
- The Task Entry Form
- Tables and descriptions
- Other Methods of Adding Tasks
- Sorting, inserting and deleting tasks
- Defining the Summary Tasks
- The Outlining View (Summary)
- Promoting and Demoting Tasks
- Task Relationships
- Linking Tasks
- Modifying and Deleting Task Relationships
- Effort driven scheduling
- Formatting the Gantt Chart
Resource Entry
- Enter Resources
- View Resources
- Set Resource Calendars
- Editing Resource Information
- Review Resource Usage
- Inserting and Deleting Resources
- Planned Time Scale
Working with Resources
- Viewing over allocated resources
- The resource management toolbar
- The resource management views
- Levelling with Microsoft Project
- Resolving over allocated resources
Working with your views
- Using Gantt Charts
- Using Network Diagrams
- View the Network Diagram
- Elements of the Network Diagram
- More about Tables
- Applying Filters
- Working with Tables and Filters
- Examining the Cost Factor
Printing and Reporting
- Page Setup
- Printing Charts, Forms and Sheets
- Reports Setup
- What You Can Print
- Reports by Report Type
Updating the Project
- Setting the baseline
- More on the Task Information Form
- Changing or adding tasks
- Tracking Progress
- The Gantt Chart and the Critical Path
- Define an Update Point
- Updating the Project
Multiple Projects
- Using Common Resources
- Setting up a resource pool
- Adding Sub Projects
- Recurring Tasks
- The Organizer
- Create a Custom toolbar button
