On this Microsoft Project Training Course you will learn to save a baseline and an interim plan, update percentage of tasks completed, actual start date, actual work, and actual costs for a resource, use the Earned Value table to monitor the actual and estimated costs of tasks, and view task progress in Gantt Chart view and Network Diagram view. You will learn to analyze the project by viewing the project status, critical path, and slack in the schedule, reschedule the project by splitting tasks, and adjust resource schedules by delaying resource work and assigning overtime.

Topics Covered

Introduction to Project Management * Overview of Project Management * Task or Activity breakdown (WBS) and Scheduling Theory Introduction to Microsoft Project 2013 and setting up new Project * Exploring new look and feel of Project 2013 Environment * Navigate to the primary views available using the Ribbon. * Setting 'Quick Access Toolbar' * Choose Views that display task, resource, or assignment information * Setting up display, date, currency and scheduling options * Creating a new project * Utilizing File Properties * Setting Start Date * Setting up a Project Calendar * Defining a New Calendar and assigning it to project Creating Tasks and Task Management * Setting Manual / Auto scheduling for tasks * Entering Tasks and Subtasks * Entering Task Durations and Task Notes, establishing Dependencies and setting Milestones, Constraints, Deadlines * Entering Recurring tasks * Setting Lead and lags * Viewing and Analyzing Critical Path * Tracing task paths Listing Resources and Task Allocation * Creating Resources * Entering Type, Group, Code * Setting Resource Calendar and time * Setting Resource Costs and Notes * Assigning Resources to Tasks * Avoiding resource conflicts (over allocation) by using filters * Resource leveling using Team Planner * Analyzing Team planner for resource load analysis Project Tracking and monitoring * Setting baseline * Updating actual values and analyzing the variances * Viewing Project Statistics using Dashboards * Re-planning the project to counter project variances or to add Changes * Re-baselining * Populating EVM values Project Plan Formatting * Using other views * The Timeline View * The Calendar View * Using the Task Usage View * Using the Resource Graph View * Formatting * Using Sort feature * Using Custom and advanced filter * Group by Reporting Options * Exploring new crisp reports using the changed feature of reporting in project 2013 * Using Dashboards for Burndown, Cost / Project / Work overview reports * Generate Resource / Cost / In-progress specific reports * Using Reports Tools Design Feature to change font, color and theme. Add images Coordinating multiple projects and Communication * Consolidating Projects * Setting up to use consolidation * Inserting multiple projects into a Master project * Using inserted projects and there source files * Linking * Read-only * Understanding consolidated projects and there dependencies * Linking tasks across projects * Viewing multiple projects and Critical Path across projects * Sharing resources among projects

Who should attend

Project Managers, Methodologists, Team Leaders, PMO and SEPG staff, Software Engineers, Architects, etc

Pre-requisites

Knowledge of Windows XP / MS-Office and Project Management Fundamentals.

What you need to bring

Knowledge of Windows XP / MS-Office and Project Management Fundamentals.

Key Takeaways

On this Microsoft Project Training Course you will learn to save a baseline and an interim plan, update percentage of tasks completed, actual start date, actual work, and actual costs for a resource, use the Earned Value table to monitor the actual and estimated costs of tasks, and view task progress in Gantt Chart view and Network Diagram view. You will learn to analyze the project by viewing the project status, critical path, and slack in the schedule, reschedule the project by splitting tasks, and adjust resource schedules by delaying resource work and assigning overtime.