Blue Belt Professional - Managing Multiple Projects Using Project Server 2003 Workshop (Certificate)

International Institute for Learning, Inc.
Dallas, TX, United States

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

Course Description:

'' In this course we will build upon what is learned in the Orange Belt workshop. Attending the Orange Belt course is a prerequisite for this Blue Belt Professional course. We will discuss how to manage multiple projects using Project 2003 Professional in conjunction with Project Server.

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for those expected to manage projects using Project 2003 Professional and Project Server: project schedulers, project controllers, project engineers, project managers, program managers and project office staff.

What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
�Choose and implement the scheduling approach that fits your type of projects best
�Model and manage multiple projects concurrently
�Monitor and manage workloads across projects using an Enterprise Resource Pool
�Capture associated documents, risks and issues and manage them
�Track multiple projects using electronic timesheets and status reports
�Report the progress on portfolios of projects and on large integrated program schedules
�Use best practices
�Configure options in Project Server that affect Project 2003 Professional

Certification
In order to attain the Blue Belt Certificate, you must be Orange Belt certified and pass the Blue Belt exam. The Blue Belt Professional course prepares you for attaining IIL’s Blue Belt Professional certificate in Project 2003 Professional and Project Server. The online certification exam consists of 30 multiple-choice questions. After you attend the course, you should plan on 20 extra hours of study to pass the exam. The certificate demonstrates your ability to use these tools to model and manage multiple projects concurrently.

Course Overview
Theory of Modeling
�The schedule is a simple model of a complex reality
�Adding detail to the model: what you gain and what you lose
�Establishing guidelines for project schedulers
�Critical Path
�Resource Critical Path
�Earned Value
�Critical Chain
�Way forward scheduling

Project Server (PS) Overview
�The different users and benefits of PS
�Working in a standardized environment
�Publishing your projects to the PS database
�Working with an Enterprise Project Database

Using Enterprise Resource Pool
�Generic and actual resources
�Concept of skills-based scheduling
�Team Builder
�Resource Substitution Wizard
�Booking resources: proposed versus committed resources
�Assigning resources
�Tracking the commitments from team members

Using Project 2003 as a Tracking and Control System for Projects
�Configurable options for Project Web Access timesheets: layout, update data and reporting periods
�Getting timesheets from team members
�Checks on timesheets for project managers and how to perform these in Project Web Access
�Transferring the timesheet data into Project 2003 schedules
�Checking actual progress and revising the forecasts in Project 2003

Using PS in a Variety of Situations
�In large programs (3-level project team) using the delegation features
�In matrix organizations using Team Builder Lite

Managing Risks, Issues, Documents and Status Reports
�Collecting and managing risks and issues
�Publishing project documents and document management
�Customizing textual status report templates and merging received reports into a project report

Reporting on Project Portfolios
�The Project Center in Project Web Access
�Customizing views for analyzing progress
�How executives will analyze portfolio views
�Understanding the categories that determine access privileges: projects, views and groups (of users)

Consolidating an Integrated Program Schedule from Sub-project Schedules
�Rolling up sub-projects into a master project
�Setting cross-project dependencies
�Analyzing impacts of cross-project links and deciding what to do with them
�Optimizing large program schedules

Summary of Best Practices for a Project Server EPM-Implementation
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Phone:800-325-1533 or +1-212-758-0177

School Address:

110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022-1380

Jobs & Resumes: Dallas
Houses & Roommates: Dallas

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