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Introduction to Microsoft Project 2003
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| Price: |
$99.00 |
| Business Focus: |
Computer Applications |
| Instructor: |
Tony Swaim |
| Course Code: |
mmp |
| Delivery Method: |
Instructor-led Online Course |
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| Course Overview: |
Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft Project 2003. In this hands-on course, you'll learn how to apply the world's most popular project management software to your needs. You'll convert lists and schedules into an integrated plan you can be proud of, and you'll see how Microsoft Project can walk you through any project by helping you organize details, sequence tasks, produce a baseline, assign resources and costs, track progress, identify and analyze variances, revise your project plan, create schedules, and share everything with your customers and coworkers.
The course is filled with time-tested shortcuts and strategies will help you deftly avoid problems that plague most project managers. Should you encounter trouble on your project, you'll be armed with solutions designed to get things back on track. And you'll be well prepared to fine-tune just about any aspect of your project.
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| Instructor Biography: |
| In industry, Tony Swaim has made significant contributions to the business community dating back to 1977. He has held globally-focused executive positions with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Beckman Colter Incorporated and Allergan, Incorporated. His most recent industry position was Director, Worldwide Surgical Logistics for Allergan where he was responsible for supply chain management. Previous responsibility areas were in operations, inventory management, local area networks, procurement and quality. Mr. Swaim's educational background includes an MBA and Bachelor of Science with concentration in Marketing. Additionally, he has studied in the Executive Management Program at Claremont Graduate University. Mr. Swaim also holds the following professional certifications:
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Quality Manager (CQM)
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Since 1982, Tony Swaim has provided in excess of 2,000 hours in diverse coursework including Strategic Planning, Operations Management, Accounting, Industrial Marketing, Retailing Management, Purchasing, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management. He has taught classes in a variety of environments, including APICS certification curriculum at local firms and Business Policy courses as part of MBA Programs. |
| Course Syllabus: |
| Lesson 1 Syllabus |
Microsoft Project can help you manage your project's schedule, costs, and scope in a way that you've never dreamed of. Unfortunately, too many Project users never use this powerful tool to its fullest potential. In our first lesson, you値l discover how to improve your project by adopting a formal management approach. You値l get a quick overview of Project Management and then we値l cover the basics of Microsoft Project, including a summary of the Gantt Chart view and ways to create and enter project tasks. |
| Lesson 2 Syllabus |
If you're looking for ways to keep organized, you'll learn just how to do that in today's lesson! We'll walk through steps to create a project schedule in no time flat. Once you create and enter tasks in Project's Gantt Chart view, you値l need to set a schedule by using a calendar and assigning lead times. You also need to create task dependencies, sometimes known as links. You'll see how to perform these activities and, in the process, you値l become comfortable using Project's many dialog boxes. Before you know it, you'll be creating schedules for all your projects with little effort. |
| Lesson 2 Objective |
Learn the basics of project management and Microsoft Project, discover the differences among the various MP versions, and learn how to reflect tasks in your project. |
| Lesson 3 Syllabus |
You won't get too far with your project without adding resources. While tasks create the backbone of your project, people, equipment, and material bring your project to life. In this lesson, you値l find out how to apply two types of Project resources, work resources, and material resources. We'll look at two more dialog boxes由esource Information and Assign Resources預nd you'll learn how to analyze resources by using the Resource Sheet and Resource Usage views. |
| Lesson 3 Objective |
Discover how to use the Project Information dialog box and the calendars, and learn how to assign durations and link tasks. |
| Lesson 4 Syllabus |
No mater what project you work on, the bottom line is always important. So get ready to add the final piece to your basic project schedule: costs. We'll start things off by looking through a brief overview of cost accounting, exploring fixed, variable, relevant, and accrued costs. After this review, you'll learn how to assign costs by using the Resource Sheet. You'll even discover how to assign different costs for the same resource and analyze the overall costs for your project by using the Cost Table. |
| Lesson 4 Objective |
Learn how to create, assign, and manage resources to propel your project tasks forward. |
| Lesson 5 Syllabus |
Successful project managers are known for their efficiency and for safeguarding private information. Microsoft Project provides two excellent methods to help you in these areas: project templates and project security. You値l find out how to use some of the many templates Project has to offer, including the Residential Construction template and the New Product template. You'll also learn how to protect your project information with backups, passwords, and write protection. You値l also discover how to put Project痴 task constraints to good use. |
| Lesson 5 Objective |
Explore the various types of costs and determine how to allocate them to your project tasks. |
| Lesson 6 Syllabus |
In this lesson, you値l find out just how easy it can be to modify your basic schedules and work with project data. You'll discover the various Project views, such as the Calendar, Leveling Gantt, and the Network Diagram. And if you don't like the default colors or fonts in your schedule or table, you'll be well-prepared to make changes. You'll even discover how and why you might want to create a combination view; add notes to your project; or sort, filter, and group data. |
| Lesson 6 Objective |
Learn how to enhance your project in the areas of efficiency and security by using templates, security features, work breakdown structure (WBS) codes, and constraints. |
| Lesson 7 Syllabus |
Many projects experience schedule compression when management or clients ask that the project be completed sooner and for less. In today's lesson, you値l discover how Project makes it easy to improve your schedule's performance. We'll explore the Project Statistics dialog box, and you値l learn how to determine the ideal starting point in terms of planned costs and completion dates. You'll learn how to change task dependencies to speed up your project, and also find out how to split tasks to add more lead time. You'll also become familiar with a powerful project management technique based on a real-world application of probability principles: the Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT). |
| Lesson 7 Objective |
Develop an understanding of the many views and options you can select from to refine and clarify your project schedule, tasks, and resources. |
| Lesson 8 Syllabus |
Before you implement your project, you need to create a baseline. This will aid you in tracking actual results against what you originally set out to accomplish. Microsoft Project makes it possible to create a baseline with a few mouse clicks. I'll demonstrate how to create a baseline and then show you a variety of ways, including using the Tracking toolbar, to record your actual project results. |
| Lesson 8 Objective |
Fine-tune your project plan and learn how to make your schedule development efforts more accurate and efficient. |
| Lesson 9 Syllabus |
Here's where things really start to come together! You'll learn how to compare actual results to your baseline by using the Gantt Chart and reviewing a table. You'll discover how useful status identifiers and progress lines can be to quickly gain information about your project's position. You値l also begin using the Tracking Gantt and filters to automatically identify slipping tasks. We'll also take a stroll through the basics of variance analysis by discussing the Start and Finish Date, Resources, and Work Variance Tables. |
| Lesson 9 Objective |
Discover the importance of setting a project baseline and tracking actual results. |
| Lesson 10 Syllabus |
Once your project gets rolling, outsiders will probably want to know how things are going. It can be a real time drain answering each request individually. When others request information from you, Microsoft Project offers the perfect solution: Reports. We'll go over 20 standard reports in five different categories in today's lesson. By the time you finish this lesson, you'll be well-acquainted with Project痴 reporting capabilities, and you値l know how to customize Project痴 standard reports to meet almost any need. And if you can稚 find a standard report that works for you, you値l even know how to create new custom reports of your very own. |
| Lesson 10 Objective |
Determine how to identify variances and minimize their impact on your project. |
| Lesson 11 Syllabus |
Now that you're using reports to share project information, you'll occasionally need to print out various views and tables. In this lesson, you値l learn all about printing Microsoft Project documents. You'll be a master at creating different views of your project with the Page Setup dialog box, and you'll clearly understand the mechanics of the Print dialog box and the Print Preview. |
| Lesson 11 Objective |
Learn how to generate several standard project reports and a wide variety of custom project reports. |
| Lesson 12 Syllabus |
No project is complete until it's officially closed. In this final lesson, you'll find out how to close your project and use the Organizer to help you customize and copy views for future projects. |
| Lesson 12 Objective |
Identify different ways to print project views. |
