Microsoft Project - Intermediate
Microsoft Project - Intermediate
Course Duration: 2 DaysIntroduction
Microsoft Project is a powerful tool that assist a project manager develop a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget and analyzing workloads.Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Project is essential with the following pre-requisites:- Have attended Microsoft Project - Foundation level OR
- ABle to switch between task applications
- Able to create a project plan
- Able to schedule task
- Able to create resource
- Able to print a project plan
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you will learn the followings:- Project management and project
- Planning the project
- Task entry and task linking
- Resources and resource management
- Manging project and project views
- Examining and updating the project
- Printing and reporting
Key Content
Module 1: Project Management and Project
- Starting Project
- Using help
- The quick access toolbar
- The ribbon
- The status bar
- The project timeline
- The entry bar
- Introduction to project views
- Using the ribbon
- Change the view
- Test the 'group by' feature
- Test the 'highlight' feature
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View and change project information
Viewing the network diagram - Applying a filter
- Exit project
- Introduction to Project Management
- Understand how Microsoft Project helps you plan and adjust your projects
- Project terminology
Module 2: Planning the Project
- Defining project
- Areas that must be completed
- Completing the project definition
- Project planning
- Completing the project plan
- Where to begin with Microsoft Project
- Setting the project start date
- Project properties
- Creating calendars for working/ non working time
- Factors to convert duration units into hours
- Amending the standard calendar
- Creating a new base calendar
- Exceptions to work week settings for recurring events
- Displaying a specific calendar on the Gantt Chart
- Saving new project file
- Saving a project
- Ending a project session
- Closing a project
Module 3: Task Entry and Task Linking
- Entering tasks
- Using Gantt Chart to enter task
- Manually outlining tasks into summary and subtasks tasks
- Inserting an additional task
- Using AutoFill to enter repeat data
- Entering a milestone task
- Adding a recurring task
- Understanding the new task mode in project
- Working with task durations and relationships
- Using lag time and lead time
- Creating contraints for taks in Auto Schedule Mode
- Setting deadline on task
Module 4: Resources and Resource Management
- Creating resources
- Using Resource Sheet to enter resources
- Assinging and amending a resource calendar
- Resource availability dates
- Resource costs
- Assigning resources to tasks
- Using material resoruces
- Baselining your project
Module 5: Managing Project and Project Views
- Outline tasks
- Constraints and dealines
- Customizing Gantt Chart
- Critical path
- Changing time scale
- Using the formatting tab of the ribbon
- Using Network Diagrams
- The Network Box
- Navigating Network Diagrams
- WBS Codes and Viewing a WBS
- Create custom WBS code
Module 6: Examining and Updating the Project
- Amending tasks
- Resource usage and task usage views
- Team planner
- Displaying critical path
- Using resource levelling
- Compare baseline and scheduled information
- Tracking and updating tasks effectively
- Using update task form
- Viewing progress lines
- Understanding project costs
- Creating a budget
- Creating a schedule focused on deliverables
Module 7: Printing and Reporting
- Printing project views
- Viewing and changing the print settings
- Reports
- Visual Reports
- What you can print
- Information that shows progress
- Reports by report type
Target Audience
This program target audience like Project Planners, Project Executives, Project Engineers, Project Managers who is involved in Project Management.Inquiry - Microsoft Project - Intermediate