Building Flexible Project Plans with Microsoft Project 2010 50586A; 2 Days, Instructor-led Course Description This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to create projects with Microsoft Project 2010. It is structured in the form of modules that contain theory, instructorled and self-paced exercises. At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to: Create project schedules Sequence activities Describe project resources and assign them to tasks Manage well changes in the project plan Print, format and extract project information Save project versions Report and analyze project information Manage connected projects Audience The course is intended for information workers with basic understanding of project management concepts. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: Basic experience working with Windows Vista/7 Basic knowledge how to work with files Basic knowledge for team work and project management
Course Outline Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Project 2010 This module explains basic definitions and concepts in project management. It provides an initial overview of the types of files in Microsoft Project 2010, the product interface, and the use of Help Function. Project Management Definitions Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server 2010 Microsoft Project 2010 Overview Lab: Introduction to Microsoft Project 2010 How to set Microsoft Project 2010 general options? How to set Microsoft Project 2010 user specific options? Understand basic project management definitions such as project, program, portfolio, etc Understand the Microsoft enterprise solution for managing projects Work with the various types of Project 2010 files Navigate well the new Project 2010 interface Use the Help function Configure Project 2010 Module 2: Starting a project This module explains what the initial steps when starting a project are. Create and save projects Define project settings Manage project calendars Create and save projects Define project settings Manage project calendars
Module 3: Creating tasks This module explains how to create tasks in Microsoft Project 2010. Manual and Auto-scheduled tasks How to create tasks Lab: Create a project and insert tasks Create project Insert tasks Organize tasks in phases Sequence tasks Change connection types Differentiate when to use manual and auto-scheduled tasks Insert tasks and milestones Import tasks from files Define tasks properties Work with task inspector Module 4: Adding deadlines, constraints, and calendars This module explains how to add deadlines, constraints or calendars to tasks. Deadlines Constraints Calendars Lab: Adding deadlines, constraints, and calendars Add deadlines and constraints Add calendars Differentiate when to use a deadline, constraint, or calendar Insert deadlines, constraints, and calendars to tasks
Module 5: Define resources This module explains how to create project resources. Types of resources Resource description Assignment of resources to tasks Lab: Define resources Create resources Assign resources to tasks Differentiate among the project recourse types Define work, material, and cost resources with their properties Assign resources to tasks Module 6: Manage project changes This module explains how to manage various types of project changes. Scheduling formula Effort-driven scheduling Task types Understand the scheduling formula Understand effort-driven scheduling and task types Module 7: Project baseline and tracking progress This module explains how to save a baseline of a project and how to track project progress. Project baseline Tracking project progress
Lab: Project baseline and tracking progress Set project baseline Track project work Review project critical path Set project baseline Understand critical path Track project progress using various methods Module 8: Project analysis This module explains how to analyze the project information that you have. Sort, group and filter data Format Gantt Chart Print project Use Visual Reports Lab: Project analysis Sort, filter and group project data Create and review project schedule and costs reports Sort, group and filter data Format Gantt Chart Print project Use Visual Reports Module 9: Manage connected projects This module explains how to manage connected projects. Create a master project Link tasks in different projects Use shared resource pool
Lab: Manage connected projects Create a master project Use a resource pool Create a master project Link tasks in different projects Use shared resource pool