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MS Project
for Managing Projects
“Aligning Goals for Successful Project Delivery”
(A Two Day Workshop)
PDUs awarded: 15
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About
the Program
The course is
designed for individuals who want to familiarize themselves with
Project Professional 2003 and begin planning their projects in Project
2003. The course is based upon the best practices of project management
as suggested by the PMBOK® from PMI®.
The program is an instructor
led classroom session with self-paced learning through hands-on
practice, which is highly interactive by means of practical exercises
and case studies.
The course duration is 2 (two)
days and covers all aspects of Project scheduling, monitoring &
tracking.
Who Should Attend
- Projects Managers
- Project Leads
- Team Leads
- Team Member
- IT support executives
- PMO Staff
The course is targeted at individuals who want to use MS Project Professional 2003 to manage projects effectively.
There are no pre-requisites,
and anybody in the above role, in any industry or domain can attend
this two-day course.
What
You Will Learn
At the end of the workshop you’ll be able to:
- Understand the basics of Project Management
- Navigate the Project 2003 interface
- Set up a new project in Project 2003
- Enter and modify deliverables and tasks
- Enter duration or work estimates
- Enter dependencies between tasks
- Enter deadlines and constraints
- Define and assign resources
- Optimize the schedule
- Create a Baseline
- Enter and track progress
- Generate reports
- Customize field, views, tables and reports within
MS Project
- Customize Gantt Chart
- Work with master projects & subprojects
- Record Macros
What
Will You Get
The participants
will take away:
1. |
Fifteen (15) PMI® PDU certificate
for taking or maintaining PMP® certification. |
2. |
A guide to managing projects
using MS Project 2003 |
3. |
Exercises, Case Study &
Handouts |
Course
Outline
| Topic |
Description |
| A. Introduction |
- What
is a Project?
- Overview
of Project Management
- Project
Management Life cycle
- Factors
influencing Project Management
- Challenges
in Project Management
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| B. Basics
of Project Management |
- Scope definition
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Decomposition
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| C. Scheduling
Concepts |
- Task Relationships
- Sequencing
- Network Diagram
- Applying Leads &
Lags
- PERT estimation Technique
- Critical Path Method
- Schedule Baseline
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| D. Cost
Management Concepts |
- Top Down estimation
- Bottom-up estimation
- Earned Value Management
technique
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| E. Introduction
to MS Project |
- Getting familiar with
MS Project interface
- Navigating the interface
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| F. Project
Plan Development |
- Creating a new Project
Plan
- Set-up the default
project environment
- Entering of Project
tasks and building a WBS
- Apply Task relationship
- Estimate & apply
Task/ Activity durations
- Setting up multiple
Calendar
- Task Constraints
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| G. Resource Deployment
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- Identify project resources
- Apply resource attributes
like – cost, calendars, type etc.
- Assigning Project
Resources
- Resource leveling
- Resource constraints
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| H. Project Costing |
- Entering other Cost
information
- Arriving to project
cost
- Deriving Cost baseline
information
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| I. Progress tracking and
Reporting |
- Saving of Baselines
- Critical Path Analysis
- Updating progress
information into the Project Plan
- Progress reporting·
Performance reporting
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| J. Multi-Project Management |
- Creating Master and
sub-projects
- Linking Tasks crossing
projects
- Sharing of Multi-Project
Information to the Stakeholders
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| K. Reporting |
- Generate different
levels of project reports
- Project summary
- Project detail Gantt
Chart
- Milestone Chart
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| L. Customization |
- Customize Views
- Customize Table
- Customize Gantt Chart
- Customize Fields
- Customize Reports
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