Course Overview
This course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Office Project Professional as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments.
Prerequisite
Basic Microsoft Office Excel
Target Audience
Project managers and staff who need to create project plans for managing tasks, assigning resources, and tracking the status of the projects.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Initialize a Project
- Create a new project
- Create and maintain calendars
- Create custom fields
- Customize option settings
Lesson 2: Create a Task-based Schedule
- Set up project information
- Create and modify a project task structure
- Build a logical schedule model
- Create a user-controlled schedule
- Manage multiple projects
Lesson 3: Manage Sources and Assignments
- Enter and edit resource information
- Apply task types and scheduling calculations
- Assign resources
- Edit assignments
- Manage resource allocation
- Manage resource allocations by using Team Planner
- Model project costs
Lesson 4: Track and Analyze a Project
- Set and maintain baselines
- Update actual progress
- Compare progress against a baseline
- Resolve potential schedule problems
- Display critical path information
Lesson 5: Communicate Project Information
- Apply views
- Customize views
- Format views
- Share data with external sources
- Print schedules and reports