This course is appropriate for those who are involved in various phases of planning, execution, control or customer of a project. It is important to have an understanding of various aspects of project before working with a powerful tool such as MS Project. Users with a PMP certification or involvement in the PMBOK methodology will definitely have an edge in extracting the most from this course.
- An introduction to the PMBOK methodology on planning and running projects
- Introduction to the MS Office family which includes Project 2003 along with Visio and other powerful programs
- Creating new projects using standardized templates
- MS Project 2003 over 200 features including tasks, resources, calendars, views, reports, attributes
- An introduction to Earned Value Management
- Creating automated Earned Value Reports in MS Project 2003
- Real life project that includes over 100 tasks and over 20 resources with critical paths, delays and opportunities of improvements using baselines and duration compression techniques
- Resource load balancing and heuristics
- An introduction and demonstration of Project Server 2003 an Enterprise Management System
- Instructors with MS Project 2003 launching experience for Microsoft Corporation
- PMP Certified Instructors with years of PMP Training Experience
- Instructors with 10+ years of Industry Experience
- Instructors with at least a Masters Degree and prior training experience
- Knowledge of Project Management
- working knowledge of PM strategies
- PMBOK knowledge
- Multiple learning styles
- Repetition through various instructional methods
- Using different ways of imbibing same knowledge
- Mnemonics, Study aids for instant recall
- Information needed to memorize compressed and summarized
The course is custom developed to incorporate project management concepts, strategies, along with a thorough knowledge of the use of MS Project 2003. Over 200 MS Project 2003 features are demonstrated in a span of 2 days but in a coordinated way so as to make the user appreciate the power of Project Management rather than the tool. The course outline will generally follow the format:
- Introduction to Project Management
- Project Management Concepts
- Introduction to MS Project 2003
- Introduction to Project Templates
- Project Task Planning
- Managing Project Resources and Assignments
- Project Execution
- Project Monitoring and Control
- Project Closeout
- Exercise Layout
- Critical Analysis of Project Completed by Students
Note: You need to have MS Project 2002 or higher installed on your system to open the Project files.