Microsoft Project 2010 Introduction - Course Outline

COURSE INFORMATION

Duration: Two Days: 9am - 4:30pm
Price: $800
Book: Enquire or make a course booking

Target Audience & Purpose

This course is for people who are looking to customise information and reporting in Project, and handle resources across large or multiple projects.

 

OBJECTIVES

At the completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Create a new project file
  • Create tasks in a project
  • Create relationships between tasks
  • Create a pool of resources for a project
  • Assign resources to tasks
  • Level over allocated resources
  • Enter and determine project costs
  • Monitor actual progress in a project
  • Report the progress of a Project

PREREQUISITES

This course is designed for new users of Microsoft Project. General computing skills and an understanding of Windows is desirable.

COURSE CONTENT

Microsoft Project Basics
Starting Microsoft Project, The Microsoft Project Screen, How Microsoft Project 2010 Works, Using The Ribbon, Understanding The Backstage View, The Project Work Area, Working With Views,
& Split Screens, Understanding Sheet Views, Working With Tables,  Working The Gantt Chart View, Working With The QAT, Working With Files, Exiting From Microsoft Project,

Project Management
Tasks And Resources, The Importance Of Planning, Project Management Tools, Using A Computer For Project Management

Creating a New Project
Steps In Creating A Project, Understanding Your Project, Creating A New Project File, Understanding The Calendar Options, Changing The Calendar Options, Working With Calendars, Modifying The Standard Calendar, Entering Public Holidays, Creating A New Calendar, Setting Up Project Information, Entering File Properties

Creating Tasks
Understanding Tasks, Understanding Scheduling Icons, The Rostadium Case Study Tasks, Reviewing The Project, Entering Tasks, Creating Summary Tasks, Working In A Sheet View, Working With Summary Tasks, Working With Task Views, Examining Task Information, Understanding Task Durations, Entering Task Durations, Checking Progress, Entering Milestones

Scheduling
Understanding Task Dependencies, Creating Dependencies Automatically, Creating Dependencies In Task Entry, Creating Dependencies In Task Information, Creating Dependencies In A Sheet View, Fine Tuning A Schedule Using Dependencies, Auto Scheduling Tasks, Critical Path And Project Slack, Viewing The Critical Path, Examining Task Slack, Understanding Lag Time, Entering Lag Time, Understanding Lead Time, Entering Lead Time

Resourcing A Project
Understanding Resources, Entering Work & Material Resources, Entering Cost Resources, Assigning Calendars To Resources, Understanding & Adjusting Resource Availability, Changing Unit Display

Resourcing Concepts
Resource Assignment Calculations, Task Types And Work Effort, Creating A Simple Assignment, Working With Fixed Unit & Fixed Duration Tasks, Making Multiple Assignments, Adding Additional Resources, Adding More Of The Same Resource, More Resources In Multiple Assignments, Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling, Working With Non Effort Driven Tasks & With Effort Driven Tasks

Assigning Resources
Simple Resource Assignments, Assigning Part Time Resources, Understanding Work Contouring, Specifying Resource Usage, Contouring Work Hours, Assigning Specific Work Times, Work Times For Multiple Assignments, Problem Assignments, Assigning Resources In Task Information, Assigning Resources In A Sheet, Assigning Resources You Don’t Have, The Case Study Resources

Resources Levelling
Understanding Resource Levelling, Creating Resource Chaos, Tracking Down Over Allocations, Checking Resource Usage, Creating An Over Allocation Report, Changing Work Effort, Understanding Overtime, Assigning Overtime, Hiring Contract  Labour, Switching Work Assignments, Rescheduling Tasks

Assigning Materials
Assigning Fixed Material Consumption, Contouring Materials Usage,
Adding More Material Assignments, Assigning Variable Usage Material, Adding To A Material Assignment, Checking Work For Materials

Costs
Understanding Project Costs, Reviewing Current Costs, Entering Variable Costs, Case Study Variable Costs, Assigning Daily Costs,
Assigning Per Usage Costs, Assigning Fixed Costs, Assigning Material Costs, Using Another Cost Table, Applying A Different Cost Table, Changing Rates During A Project, Assigning Cost Resources,Viewing Project Costs

Constraints and Deadlines
Understanding Constraints And Deadlines, Reviewing Our Project, Adding A Constraint, Using Elapsed Time, Rescheduling Tasks, Creating A Deadline

Project Tracking
Creating A Baseline, Updating The Project Actuals, Manually Updating Tasks, Entering Delayed Tasks, Tracking Actuals On A Gantt Chart, Using The Tracking Box, Viewing Task Slippage

Printing
Printing A Gantt Chart, Printing Sheet Views, Printing Tasks For Resources, Printing Resources For Tasks

 

Project 02 / 03 Intro

Course Inclusions