MS Project 2013

Training Contents & Schedule

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Why Microsoft Office Project?

Project management is imperative for project success. A central system for planning and monitoring of pro
jects is also critical. Microsoft Office Project 2013 provides robust project management tools with the right
blend of usability, power, and flexibility. Thus, the projects can be managed more efficiently and effectively
Microsoft Office Project 2013 is a powerful tool. Specialized training on its features and architecture is ess
ential to fully utilize the tool for project management. This training on MS Project empowers project manag
ers to control project work, schedules, and finances. It will also help them keep project teams aligned, and
be more productive with powerful reporting, guided planning, and flexible tools.
The training will set realistic expectations with project teams, management, and customers to build schedu
les, allocate resources, and manage budgets. It is a step by step guide to analyze and report project data i
n professional reports and charts. This training will be ideal for project management professionals to learn
to assign resources to tasks and control finances by assigning budgets to projects and programs.

Targeted Audience (Role)

Novice and experienced project managers and schedulers.

Individuals involved in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeti
ng and staffing of projects.
Anyone using Microsoft Project but have not taken a course in MSP 2007/2010/2013, to learn to
use.

Targeted Companies/Organizations
Construction Companies, Small to Large Enterprises, IT companies, and any organization or individuals i
nvolved in small to large projects.

What Will You Learn?

Getting Started with Microsoft Project

Creating Your Project Schedule
Working with Estimates and Defining Task Logic
Working with Deadlines, Constraints and Task Calendars
Working with Single and Multiple Resource Assignments
Forecasting Project Behavior by Using Task Types and the Scheduling Formula
Analysis for Optimum Resource Utilization
Customizing and Formatting Microsoft Project Views
Tracking Project Schedule and Costs
Working with Multiple Projects
Creating and Customizing Reports

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Prerequisite
Fundamental Project Management background and working knowledge of Microsoft Windows.

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Microsoft Office Project Course Contents

Introduction

Welcome
What to know before you begin

1. Working with Project

Using the Ribbon
Navigating the Backstage view
Finding commands
2. Setting up Project Files
Creating and saving projects
Creating a project from a template
Creating a project from an Excel workbook
Setting up calendars
Defining working and nonworking time
Setting basic options
3. Creating Tasks
Understanding manual and auto scheduling
Creating a manual task
Creating an auto scheduled task
Switching between manual and automatic scheduling
Creating a milestone task
Creating a recurring task
Copying tasks from another program
Creating a summary task
Displaying summary tasks
Organizing tasks in a task list
Working with work breakdown structure (WBS) codes
4. Linking and Timing Tasks
Linking tasks
Adding lag or lead time
Setting task date constraints
Viewing tasks and task links
5. Creating Resources
Understanding resources
Creating a work resource
Creating a material resource
Setting up costs for work and material resources
Creating a cost resource
6. Assigning Tasks to Resources
Understanding duration, work, and units
Assigning resources to tasks
Using Team Planner to assign resources

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Finding over allocations

Assigning resources with effort-driven and non-effort-driven scheduling
Modifying resource assignments
Replacing resources on a task
Working with Views
Choosing a view
Working with a table
Inserting and rearranging table columns
Changing the settings for columns in a table
Displaying two views at the same time
Using the Timeline view
Sorting tasks and resources
Grouping tasks and resources
Filtering tasks and resources
Modifying task bar styles and task bar text
Modifying task bar layout
Modifying text formatting
Fine-Tuning the Project Schedule
Reviewing the critical path
Using the Task Inspector to review scheduling issues
Splitting a task
Delaying a task or assignment
Adjusting a work contour
Leveling resources
Inactivating a task
Tracking and Managing a Project
Understanding baseline, scheduled, and actual values
Saving and clearing a baseline
Adding tasks to a baseline
Updating the schedule
Assigning overtime
Updating costs
Rescheduling unfinished work
Viewing and Reporting Project Information
Viewing project schedule status
Looking for schedule progress problems
Looking for cost problems
Working with graphical reports
Using earned value
Printing views and reports
Sharing Projects
Saving to other formats
Working with the Global Template
Importing and exporting
Sharing project information in other ways
Q&A session, Case studies & Exercise.

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Materials provided
Study and reference manuals

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Schedule breakdown
04 Days (15 hrs. in Total)

Day-01
Introduction to Project Management Processes (Project Management Life Cycle)
What to know before you begin
Sr. # 1 & 2
Day-02
Sr. # 03 to Sr. # 06 (04 categories)
Day-03
Sr. # 07 to Sr. # 09 (03 categories)
Day-04
Sr. # 10 to Sr. # 11 (02 categories)
Q&A session

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