Course Length: 1 day
Prerequisites: None
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Lesson 1: Introduction to Project Management

• Fundamentals of Project Management
• Defining the Scope of the Project
• Defining customer/client requirements
• Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
• Developing the Project Schedule
• Prepare a precedence diagram
• Assigning Project Resources
• Saving the Project Baseline
• Controlling Project Execution

Lesson 2: Starting a Project

• Examining Microsoft Project 2000
• Starting Microsoft Project 2000
• Examining the major elements of the Microsoft Project window
• Open a project file and display and hide toolbars
• An Overview of the Planning Process
• Examining the planning process
• Defining Project Information
• Defining basic project information
• Entering task information
• Assigning task durations
• Examining the Planning Wizard
• Saving the project file

Lesson 3: Outlining and Task Relationships

• Organizing the Task List into an Outline
  • Creating subtasks
  • Adding milestones
  • Creating the Project Summary Task
  • Collapsing and expanding the outline
  • Linking Tasks and Observing the Critical Path
    • Linking tasks
    • Changing the Gantt Chart view timescale
    • Using the GanttChartWizard to view the critical path
  • Modifying Task Relationships
    • Changing task predecessors
    • Linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship
    • Adding lead time
  • Constraints
    • Scheduling the project from the end date
    • An alternative method for scheduling from the end date
    • Applying the Start No Earlier Than constraint

   

   

Lesson 4: Adding and Assigning Resources

• Creating and Assigning a Base Calendar
• Creating a base company calendar
• Creating a calendar for the Writer
• Assigning a calendar to the project
• Assigning a calendar to non-working days
• Assigning a calendar to a task
• Entering and Assigning Resources
• Entering resources with the Resource Sheet
• Entering resources with special information
• Entering a material resource
• Assigning calendars to groups of resources
• Assigning resources by using the Assign Resources button
• Defining resource calendars
• Working with Project Costs
• Working with fixed costs
• Reviewing overall costs

Lesson 5: Analyzing the Project

• Resolving Time Restrictions
• Shortening the critical path by adding resources
• Using fixed-duration scheduling
• Resolving Resource Conflicts
• Determining overallocated resources
• Brainstorming possible solutions to the overallocationproblem
• Task 5B-3: Using the Level Now command

Lesson 6: Displaying Project Data

• Exploring Views
• Examining different views
• Viewing tables
• Topic 6B: Generating Project Reports
• Printing a view
• Previewing the Milestones report
• Modifying the format of a report
• Using Drawing Tools
• Adding drawing objects to the Gantt Chart
• Formatting a drawn object

Lesson 7: Sorting and Filtering Data

• Sorting Project Data
  • Sorting the Resource Sheet
  • Sorting and renumbering the Resource Sheet
• Filtering Project Data
  • Applying a filter to the Resource Sheet
  • Using AutoFilter
  • Applying a filter to the Task Sheet
• Creating Custom Filters
  • Defining a filter
  • Using AND to define a filter with multiple criteria
  • Using OR to define a filter with multiple criteria
  • Creating an interactive filter