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$ 999.00 (Fixed)

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Toronto, M1N1P3
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Toronto: Oct 29 - 30

http://www.procept.com/pmcourses/microsoft_project_essentials.html

This fundamental 2-day course continues to provide you with the hands-on skills to plan and manage project activities using Microsoft Project.

You will learn and practice Microsoft Project at your own dedicated computer. The scheduling techniques are learned through a series of progressive exercises which simulate a real project. At the beginning of each exercise, participants load a new project file which contains all the information correctly input from the previous exercise. As a result, those with slower typing skills are not left behind. By completion, participants will have fully defined a project from beginning to end, and will have performed project updates and reporting.

Learning Objectives

You will gain practical skills to:
* Effectively define a project, assign resources and costs to activities, set a project baseline, input actual project status, identify resource conflicts, and produce meaningful reports.
* Use advanced features such as individual resource calendars, custom layout definitions, filters, and the use of custom data fields.
* Understand both the positive and negative aspects of the software in order to fully understand the applicability of the software for their needs.
* Discuss real-world issues such as managing multiple projects, sharing of resources, and the efficient use of the software within large and small organizations.

What you will learn

Getting Started with Project
* Views, Reports, Project Properties, Nonworking Days
* Creating a New Project Plan

Time Management Personality Types
* Time management types
* Time management types strengths and weaknesses
* Working with the opposite type
* Personal SWOT analysis

Creating a Task List
* Entering Tasks, Durations, Milestones, Phases
* Linking Tasks
* Documenting Tasks
* Checking the Plan’s Duration

Setting Up Resources
* People, Equipment, Material, and Cost Resources
* Entering Resource Pay Rates
* Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
* Documenting Resources

Assigning Resources to Tasks
* Assigning Work Resources
* The Scheduling Formula
* Assigning Additional Resources
* Assigning Material Resources
* Assigning Cost Resources

Formatting and Printing Your Plan
* Creating a Custom Gantt Chart
* Formatting Text in a View
* Formatting and Printing Reports

Tracking Progress on Tasks
* Saving a Project Baseline
* Tracking a Project as Scheduled
* Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
* Entering Actual Values for Tasks
* Is the Project on Track?

Fine-Tuning Task Details
* Adjusting Task Relationships
* Setting Task Constraints
* Viewing the Project’s Critical Path and Float
* Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
* Entering Deadline Dates, Fixed Costs

Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
* Entering Multiple Pay Rates
* Setting up Resource Availability
* Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
* Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates

Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
* Examining Resource Allocations over Time
* Manually Resolving Resource Over-Allocations
* Examining Project Costs

Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
* Updating a Baseline
* Tracking Actual and Remaining Values
* Tracking Time-phased Actual Work
* Rescheduling Incomplete Work

Viewing and Reporting Project Status
* Identifying Tasks That Have Slipped
* Examining Task Costs
* Examining Resource Costs
* Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View

Getting Your Project Back on Track
* Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
* Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
* Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems

Applying Advanced Formatting
* Formatting a Gantt Chart View