Microsoft Project-2013 Training Contents

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Sharing Projects

Saving to other formats

Working with the Global Template

Importing and exporting

Sharing project information in other ways

12. 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


Day-04


Q&A session

Microsoft Project-2013 Training Contents

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