Microsoft Project 2010 - Fundamentals
project_2007 Overview:
This two-day course is designed to teach you as a project manager how to create and manage projects and resources. Participants will learn how to create new projects, enter tasks, create a WBS, set dependencies, create contraints and deadlines and manage resource assignments. You will also learn how to analyze and manage resources over and underallocations, set baselines, track and manage progress and generate reports.
Prerequisites:To ensure your success, we recommend you have some working knowledge of your computers operating system and MS Office Suite. It is also recommended that students have a basic understanding of Project Management.
Duration: 2 Days

Agenda

Module 1:

What's New in Microsoft Project 2010

  • Viewing a MS Project 2010 file to become familiar with the new 2010 Project environment

Module 2:

Exploring the Project Environment

  • Viewing a MS Project file to become familiar with the Project environment

Module 3:

Getting Started with Microsoft Project

  • Entering Tasks and Durations

Module 4:

Modifying and Organizing a Task List

  • Use Outlining to group and organize task list

Module 5:

Shaping a Schedule

  • Format the critical path to evaluate the tasks with the greatest impact on the schedule

Module 6:

Modifying Task dependencies

  • Use task dependencies and lag time to create real-world relationships between tasks

Module 7:

Working with Calendars

  • Modify base calendars to reflect the working and nonworking time for resources

Module 8:

Using Project Resources

  • Assign resources to keep track of the work performed on each task

Module 9:

Entering Project Costs

  • Enter resource and tasks costs to calculate project costs.

Module 10:

Task Type Settings

  • Change task type settings to control how resource changes affect a task

Module 11:

Resolving Resource Conflicts

  • Resolve resource conflicts to eliminate over allocations between tasks

Module 12:

Setting Constraints and Deadlines

  • Apply task constraints to impose date limitations on the scheduling tasks

Module 13:

Tracking Project Progress

  • Track actual task information to indicate progress on the project

Module 14:

Reporting in Project

  • Use customized report and print options to print schedule information

Module 15:

Customizing Project 2010

  • Create custom tables, filters and views