Project Management Using MS Project 2003

Project Management using MS Project 2003 (Earn 18 PDUs)

Dec 20 - 21, 2008 @ Bangalore, INDIA

Course Overview

This course covers the principles of Project Management and introduces the participants to MS Project 2003 Standard. The participants will become proficient in using MS Project 2003 Standard for creating and optimizing their project plans, monitoring their progress and communicating project information. The participants will learn to:

Appreciate the project management skills needed for managing projects
Use the major functions and features of Microsoft Project 2003 Standard
Create and maintain a project schedule
Assign resources to keep track of the work performed on each task
Resolve resource conflicts to eliminate over-allocations on tasks
Refine a project schedule by using advanced settings and options
Save one or more baselines
Analyze information by using graphs and tables and publish their data in print or on line
Track the progress of their projects
Filter and report schedule information
Share project information with others

The scope of this training is limited to Project Planning, Project Scheduling, Project Monitoring and Project Reporting – using MS-Project 2003 Standard. Topics like Team management, Risk Analysis, Estimation and Project Costing are outside the scope of this training.

Course Objectives

Provide a totally online exposure to MS Project and help managers in understanding and utilizing MS Project features by which planning, executing and controlling the project variables becomes a breeze.

Course Contents:

1. Product Overview.
1.1Product Family Overview
    1.1.1 Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
    1.1.2 Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management
1.2 Project 2003 Usage Scenarios
1.3 Comparison of Features
1.4 System Requirements for MS Project Standard 2003
1.5 Licensing Architecture

2. Project Management Overview.
2.1 Definition of a Project
2.2 Project Management
    2.2.1 Determining Objectives
    2.2.2 Managing Manpower, Budget and Resources
    2.2.3 Reporting Progress
    2.2.4 Evaluating Efficiency and Effectiveness
    2.2.5 Project Managers
2.3 Critical Path Method
    2.3.1 Task Dependency
    2.3.2 Task Constraint
2.4 Terminology

3. Project Base Functionality.
3.1 User Interface
    3.1.1 Project Information Dialog Box
    3.1.2 View Bar
    3.3.3 Outlining Interface
3.2 Views
    3.2.1 Gantt Chart
    3.2.2 Leveling Gantt
    3.2.3 Usage Views
    3.2.4 Calendar View
    3.2.5 Resource Graph
    3.2.6 Network Diagram
        3.2.6.1 Displaying Task Chains
        3.2.6.2 PERT Analysis
3.3 Smart Tags
3.4 Global Template
3.5 The Organizer

4. Project Scheduling.
4.1 Creating a New Project Plan
4.2 Project Set-up
4.3 Outlined Task List
    4.3.1 Task Durations
    4.3.2 Estimated Durations
    4.3.3 Elapsed Durations
    4.3.4 Work
    4.3.5 Overtime Work
    4.3.6 Summary Tasks
    4.3.7 Project Summary Task
    4.3.8 Milestones
    4.3.9 Recurring Tasks
4.4 Task Dependencies
    4.4.1 Types of Dependencies
    4.4.2 Creating Dependency Links
4.5 Task Constraints
4.6 Task Deadlines
4.7 Critical Path
4.8 Calculation Options
4.9 Scheduling Options
4.10 Features Affecting Scheduling

5. Enter Resource Information.
5.1 Enter Resource Information
5.2 Work and Material Resources
    5.2.1 Work Resources
    5.2.2 Material Resources
5.3 Resource Grouping
5.4 Resource Calendars
5.5 Resource Availability Information
5.6 Task and Resource Costs
5.7 Assign Resources to Tasks
5.8 Document Resource Details in Resource Notes

6. Optimize the Plan.
6.1 Analyze Plan
    6.1.1 Sort
    6.1.2 Filter
    6.1.3 Group
    6.1.4 Analyze Slack
6.2 Identify Resource Conflicts
6.3 Resolve Over-allocations
6.4 Optimize Schedule
6.5 Save Baseline

7. Fine Tune Task Information.
7.1 Adjust Task Relationships
7.2 Task Types and Effort Driven Setting
7.3 Split Tasks
7.4 Prioritize the Tasks
7.5 Document Task Details with Notes and Hyperlinks

8. Manage and Track Progress.
8.1 Tracking Progress
8.2 Actual Data
    8.2.1 Tracking Methods
    8.2.2 Tracking at Project Level
    8.2.3 Tracking at Task Level
    8.2.4 Tracking at Assignment Level
    8.2.5 Tracking Work by Time Period
    8.2.6 Tracking Cost Data
    8.2.7 Saving Interim Plans
8.3 Analyze Progress
    8.3.1 Compare Baseline, Interim and Current Plans
    8.3.2 Project Statistics
    8.3.3 Identify Tasks that have Slipped
    8.3.4 Identify Tasks that are Over Budget
    8.3.5 Progress Lines
    8.3.6 Work and Duration Variances
8.4 Report Project Status
8.5 Earned Value Management
    8.5.1 Theory
     8.5.2 Generating EV reports from MS-Projects

9. Share Project Information.
9.1 Share project information with other programs
9.2 Print Gantt Charts, Views and Reports
9.3 Copy Project Information as a GIF Image
9.4 Save Project Information as a Web Page

Who Should Attend

Module / team / project leaders or project managers who want to start using MS-Project
2003 Standard.
Software professionals having exposure to the entire Software Development Life Cycle, who are expected to start handling responsibilities of a project leader or a project manager.

Pre-requisite

Project Management Techniques.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on exercises and case study.

Combining a case study with the training ensures the discussion of practical aspects. The training will be approximately 50% concepts and 50% hands-on.

Project Management using MS Project 2003 (Earn 18 PDUs)

PM Using MS Project 2003

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