Microsoft Project Essentials

University of Canberra
Canberra, ACT, Australia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' This two day in-depth course is an introduction to Microsoft Project which aims to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to create, resource and manage projects.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
At completion of this course, you will be able to:

use Project help
create a new project
create tasks
create relationships
resource a project
assign resources and materials and much more.
PREREQUISITES
While there are no formal prerequisites for this course, to gain most benefit, participants should be able to turn on a computer, use a mouse and keyboard, have some knowledge of Excel and have experience using the Windows environment.

COURSE CONTENT
Microsoft Project Basics

Overview of Microsoft Project
Starting Microsoft Project
The Microsoft Project screen
Working with views
Working with combination views
Working with tables
Working with the Gantt Chart view
Understanding Microsoft Project menus
Understanding toolbars
Understanding Microsoft Project Files
Exiting from Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project Help
Printed help sources
The Help Task Pane
Browsing the table of contents
Searching for specific help
Understanding a help window
Disabling online content
Enabling online content
Displaying and using the Office Assistant
Customising the Office Assistant
Disabling the Office Assistant
Creating a New Project
New project overview
Understanding your project
Creating a new project
Saving a new project file
Setting specific options
Pitfalls in changing options
Adjusting the standard calendars
Creating public holidays
Creating a new calendar
Specifying project summary information
Specifying project information
Project Management
What is a project?
Tasks and resources
The importance of planning
Steps in project management
Project management tolls
Using a computer
The advantages of Microsoft Project
The disadvantages of Microsoft Project
Creating Tasks
Overview of creating tasks
Reviewing the project
Entering tasks
Creating summary tasks
Moving about a sheet
Working with summary tasks
Task Durations
Task duration overview
Entering task durations
Displaying critical tasks
Checking project status
Understanding project slack
Entering milestones
Creating Relationships
Overview of creating relationships
Catching up with the case study
Creating relationships using the link tool
Creating relationships using task entry
Using task information for relationships
Creating relationships in a sheet
Keeping to schedule using relationships
Entering lag time
Entering lead time
Resourcing a Project
Overview of resourcing
Creating a resource pool
Entering materials
Assigning calendars to resources
Adjusting resource information
Changing the unit display
Assignment Concepts
Understanding resource assignment
Project¡¯s calculation methodologies
Understanding effort
Creating simple assignments
Understanding task types
Working with fixed unit assignments
Working with fixed duration assignments
Working with fixed work assignments
Working with the driver resource
Understanding effort driven resourcing
Disabling effort driven resourcing
Assigning Resources
Overview of assigning resources
Assigning resources using task entry view
Assigning part time resources
Contouring resource usage
Assigning specific work times
Problem assignments
Assigning resources in task information
Assigning resources in a sheet
Assigning resources that you don¡¯t have
Resource Levelling
Resource levelling overview
Creating resource chaos
Tracking down overallocations
Fix 1: Changing work effort
Fix 2: Assigning overtime
Fix 3: Hiring contract labour
Fix 4: Hiring contract labour
Fix 5: Rescheduling tasks
Assigning Materials
Overview of assigning materials
Assigning fixed material consumption
Contouring Materials usage
Adding more material resources
Assigning variable usage materials
Adding to a material assignment
Checking work for materials
Costs
Costing overview
Reviewing the current cost status
Variable resource costs
Assigning daily costs for equipment hire
Assigning resource usage costs
Assigning fixed costs
Assigning material costs
Using multiple cost tables
Changing resources rates during a project
Viewing costs
Constraints and Deadlines
Overview of constraints and deadlines
Reviewing our project
Adding a constraint
Using elapsed time to resolve conflicts
Creating a deadline
Project Monitoring
Overview of project monitoring
Creating a baseline
Getting Project to update progress
Manually updating task progress
Entering delayed tasks
Tracking actuals on a Gantt chart
Using the tracking box
Viewing task slippage
Printing
Overview of printing
Printing a Gantt chart
Printing sheet views
Printing jobs for resources
Printing resources for tasks
...''

Phone:+61 2 6201 2977

School Address:

Professional Management Programs (PMP)
University of Canberra Innovation Centre
Building 22
University Drive South
Bruce ACT 2617
Australia



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