$499.00 per person
$449.00 for 4 or more
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In Mastering Microsoft® Project, you'll learn...
- How to import tasks into your project from virtually any source
- How to pull resources from Microsoft Outlook®, Active Directory® and other sources
- How to merge multiple projects into a single master project
- How to take advantage of templates and Wizards that can dramatically reduce your project planning time
- And much more!
In today’s “do more with less” business environment, managing projects effectively has become a key success strategy. With budgets and head counts cut to the bone, any misallocation of project resources could spell disaster, not only for the project at hand, but for an entire company. With so much at stake, more people than ever are turning to Microsoft® Project to help them keep projects of all sizes on time, on track and on budget. The ability to manage projects is one of the most vital business tools you can have in your arsenal. Whether you’re managing people, time or tasks, put the versatility of Microsoft Project to work for you today.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Program hours: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
DAY 1
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Session 1: The essentials of project management+
- What components make up a project such as resources, tasks and more
- The differences among the various versions of Microsoft Project—including Standard, Professional and Server versions
- Installation tips and techniques
- The function of each menu item and some time-saving shortcuts you can use when working with the Microsoft Project interface
- How to get a jump on setting up your project by using the templates included with Microsoft Project
Session 2: Planning the project+
- How to use the Wizard to start entering tasks even if you don’t know start or end dates
- How to manually enter, reorder and relate or link tasks and organize them into phases
- The types of additional information fields that can be added to your project and how you can create custom information fields
- How to add documents to your project
- How to use PERT analysis to estimate task duration
Session 3: Creating and managing deadlines, constraints and task calendars+
- The in’s and out’s of using deadlines, constraints and task calendars
- How to add deadlines and constraints to your project tasks
- How to modify deadlines and constraints
- How to create and modify task calendars
- The right way to identify critical tasks
Session 4: Assigning resources—people, equipment and materials+
- How to easily import resources from your company Address Book
- A quick way to modify the working times for your resources
- How to assign resources to tasks both with the Wizard and manually
- The right way to enter resource costs for workers, equipment and materials
- What to do when you need to edit or add information for your resources
DAY 2
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Session 1: Tracking and managing your project+
- 3 different ways to track the progress of each task
- Find out how to accurately use the status date when updating project tasks
- Discover what each status indicator means and how to use them to get a quick view of your overall project status
- How to apply filters to zero in on only those tasks that are necessary to monitor
- How to use the Project Guide: Edit Assignments view to quickly make changes to your project
Session 2: Views and reports+
- How to group, filter and sort data
- An easy way to see more of your project information by using the Split View feature
- How to compare the actual progress of your project against the baseline
- How to use the built-in reports and how to quickly create custom reports from your project data
- What a critical path is and how to view your project’s path to make sure you’re on track
Session 3: Integrating Project with other Office applications+
- How easy it is to import data from a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet
- How to connect to a Microsoft Access® database and import table data into your project
- An easy method of importing data from any ODBC data source such as Microsoft SQL Server®
- How to export your project data to a variety of file types including spreadsheets, database tables, text files and more
- How to save your project data as a Web page
Session 4: Working with multiple projects+
- How to insert subprojects into a project file to consolidate your projects
- How to create a shared resource pool between multiple projects
- An easy way to view your subproject statistics without having to sift through the entire project status report
- Why you might want to break down a large project into a master project with subprojects, and how to accomplish it
- How to quickly view the critical path of multiple projects and make sure they’re all on the right track
- CPE Credits: 12
- Field of Study: Computer Science
- NASBA #: 107719
