Microsoft Project 2010 Level 1 (12 PDUs)

Master Microsoft Project 2010 with our comprehensive course designed for project managers and coordinators eager to enhance their project planning and resource management skills with ease.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design a new project schedule using Microsoft Project 2010.

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Implement task relationships and resolve resource conflicts.

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Understand how to utilize various views and formatting options.

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Generate and customize reports for effective project tracking.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Project Managers
  • Project Coordinators
  • Project Schedulers

Description

This course covers the basic functions and features of Microsoft Project 2010. Students will learn how to create a new project schedule, and work with task relationships. They'll also learn how to modify working time, assign resources to tasks, and learn how to resolve resource conflicts. Finally, formatting and reporting will cover formatting a project file, and printing views and reports.

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Course Outline

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LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT 2010

  1. Project management concepts

  2. The Project 2010 interface

  3. Additional project items

LESSON 2: SETTING UP THE SCHEDULE

  1. Creating a new project schedule

  2. Creating a new schedule from scratch, a template and Microsoft Excel

  3. Setting the Project Start Date

  4. Establish the Project Calendar

  5. Saving the Project Schedule

LESSON 3: ENTERING PROJECT TASKS

  1. Entering project tasks

  2. The difference between duration and work

  3. Deleting tasks

LESSON 4: LINKING TASKS

  1. Benefits of using task dependencies

  2. Predecessor / successor relationships

  3. Linking tasks

  4. Lags and Leads

  5. Constraints

  6. Deadlines

  7. Reviewing the Network Diagram

  8. Reviewing the Critical Path

LESSON 5: CREATING RESOURCES

  1. Introduction

  2. Identifying the different resource types

  3. Setting Max Units

  4. Setting each resource’s rate

  5. Setting up resource calendars

LESSON 6: TASK ASSIGNMENTS

  1. Assigning Resources within the Gantt Chart View

  2. Assigning Resources within the Assign Resources dialog

  3. The scheduling formula

  4. What task type to use

LESSON 7: SCHEDULE UPDATES

  1. Schedule updates

  2. Reviewing resource allocations

  3. Leveling resources

LESSON 8: BASELINING

  1. Introduction

  2. Baselining a project schedule

  3. Updating tasks

  4. Rescheduling work

LESSON 9: REPORTING

  1. Introduction

  2. Visual reports

  3. Basic reports

  4. Additional reporting features

  5. Customizing Microsoft Project

  6. The Organizer

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