Using Microsoft Project for Project Management

Managing Projects with Microsoft Project

Use Microsoft Project to Effectively Manage a Project, not just Create a Schedule

Microsoft Project includes a host of powerful features that if used effectively greatly enhance your ability to manage a project of any size or complexity to a successful conclusion.

But to effectively use project you must learn more than just what buttons to press; you have to learn how to integrate MS Project into your management process, how to use MS Project to create a realistic and achievable schedule, to estimate and track resources, to track and forecast progress to identify issues and trends, and ultimately to help you solve real problems so that you deliver on-time and within budget each and every time.

This two or three-day (based on your needs), computer-based, exercise intensive, course provides an end-to-end overview of the project management process using Microsoft Project . The course uses a threaded exercise in which you create a resource loaded, fully networked schedule using your own project. Upon course completion you will have a valuable work product that will allow you to effectively manage your own project while you gain new skills needed to successfully manage a project using Microsoft Project.

Course Overview

The course provides an intensive overview of managing projects throughout the project lifecycle using Microsoft Project .

The course is designed to familiarize you with many of MS Project’s features, how they relate to managing a project throughout its lifecycle, and how to integrate Microsoft Project into your project management process.

After completing this course you will have a thorough understanding of how to use MS Project to manage a project from initial conception through delivery.

Course Format

The course is two or three-days in length (based on your needs) and based on a threaded exercise in which you create a realistic and achievable resource loaded, fully networked schedule using MS Project.

Interactive lecture sessions and discussion are used to prepare participants between exercises.

The course is highly experiential to ensure that participants learn by doing. The course uses your own project for the exercises ensuring that you create a useful work product that you can continue to use to manage your project throughout its life.

Who Should Attend

Project and subproject managers, engineering managers, technical professionals, and anyone involved in developing or managing projects with Microsoft Project.

Attendance is limited to a maximum of 12 Participants to ensure a meaningful learning experience.

You Will Learn

·      About MS Project , its core feature set, and add-ons

·      How to create a product based Work Breakdown Structure

·      How to incorporate events and milestones for effective project tracking and reporting

·      To create meaningful tasks and estimate realistic durations

·      How to use the Network (PERT) Chart to create a linked schedule

·      How to use calendars to identify work and non-work periods (weekends, holidays, etc.)

·      How to format the schedule for effective analysis and reporting at various levels of management and stakeholders

·      How to create a resource pool using labor categories or specific individuals

·      How to assign resources to specific tasks, estimate labor hours, and resource level the schedule

·      How to ensure your schedule is feasible, realistic, and achievable

·      How to track both schedule completion and resource utilization

·      How to forecast progress to identify problems early

·      How to create and use reports

Course Outline

·      Overview of Project

§      Built in Features

§      Add On Features

§      Getting Around in Project

·      Creating the WBS

§      The Product Based WBS

§      Events, Milestones & Tasks

§      Outlining and Organizing

§      WBS Dictionary

·      Creating the Schedule

§      Creating and Using Calendars

§      Estimating Task Durations

§      Linking Tasks

·      The Gantt Chart

§      Identifying and Analyzing the Critical Path

§      Creating Layouts

§      Formatting the Schedule

§      Creating Views for Reporting at Different Management Levels

·      The Network (PERT) Chart

§      Using the Network to Create Links

§      Creating Layouts

§      Formatting the Network

·      Resources

§      Overview of Resources

§      Creating Resources

§      Assigning Resources to Tasks

§      Ensuring the Schedule is Achievable (Resource Leveling)

§      Resource Reports

·      Establishing the Baseline

·      Tracking Progress

§      Tracking Schedule Progress

§      Tracking Resource Utilization (Actual Effort Expended)

§      Tracking Costs

§      Analysis and Forecasting

§      Reporting and Reports

Microsoft Project includes a host of powerful features that if used effectively greatly enhance your ability to manage a project of any size or complexity to a successful conclusion.

Course Overview

The course provides an intensive overview of managing projects throughout the project lifecycle using Microsoft Project .

The course is designed to familiarize you with many of MS Project’s features, how they relate to managing a project throughout its lifecycle, and how to integrate Microsoft Project into your project management process.

After completing this course you will have a thorough understanding of how to use MS Project to manage a project from initial conception through delivery.

Course Format

The course is two or three-days in length (based on your needs) and based on a threaded exercise in which you create a realistic and achievable resource loaded, fully networked schedule using MS Project.

Interactive lecture sessions and discussion are used to prepare participants between exercises.

The course is highly experiential to ensure that participants learn by doing. The course uses your own project for the exercises ensuring that you create a useful work product that you can continue to use to manage your project throughout its life.

Who Should Attend

Project and subproject managers, engineering managers, technical professionals, and anyone involved in developing or managing projects with Microsoft Project.

Attendance is limited to a maximum of 12 Participants to ensure a meaningful learning experience.

You Will Learn

Course Outline

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Last modified: 01/18/03