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Package Includes:
- 3 DVDs featuring live
instructor-led classroom sessions with full audio, video and
demonstration components
- Hands-on Lab Simulations with
detailed instructions
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Course index and glossary for easy navigation
- Printable
Courseware
Course Introduction:
Schedule our instructor led classroom training at your convenience and never
miss another lecture or fall behind. You are in complete control. We invited the
Best Trainers in the industry to help us develop the ultimate training &
certification program which includes everything you will need to
succeed.
In this video-based course, students will learn the fundamentals
of Project 2003. Some of the things discussed in this course are calendars,
resources, tasks, costs, and the different views used within the software for
budget, status, allocations, and earned value. This course is intended for
project managers, team leaders, and team members who wish to utilize Project
2003. This course takes you step-by-step through your mastery of Microsoft
Project 2003.
Debbie Fierst - Has been actively teaching
Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, and Microsoft Project for more than 5 years. She has
been actively doing web design since it became a real force in the early 90's.
Debbie has created over 100 web sites utilizing many different web technologies,
including but not limited to ColdFusion, ASP.Net, HTML, XML, and JavaScript. In
terms of project management she has effectively provided strategies to the US
Air Force, National Security Agency, as well as other corporate clients. She has
implemented many of these strategies in her own web development
firm.
Course Outline:
Course Introduction
Getting Started with Microsoft Project
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Getting Started with Microsoft Project
- Defining Project Management
- Identifying Project Management Phases
- The Project 2003 Window
- Demo - Starting Project 2003
- Opening a Project 2003 File
- The View Bar
- Gantt Chart View
- Calendar View
- Form Views
- A Combination View
- Demo - Navigating Views
- Using Office Assistant
- The Help Task Pane
- Demo - Using Help
- Closing Files and Closing Project 2003
- Demo - Closing Files and Project 2003
- Chapter 1 Review
Creating Projects
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Creating Projects
- Demo - Creating a New Project File
- Project Summary & Project Information
- Base Calendars
- Creating a New Base Calendar
- Change Working Time Dialog Box
- Demo - Creating a New Base Calendar
- Saving Project Files
- Setting Default Folder and Auto Save
- Demo - Saving a Project File
- Chapter 2 Review
Working with Tasks
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Working with Tasks
- Task Lists
- Inserting Tasks
- Task Duration
- Demo - Adding Tasks and Durations
- Task Types
- Demo - Changing a Task Type
- PERT Analysis
- Using the PERT Analysis Toolbar
- Demo - Calculating Estimated Duration
- Deleting Tasks
- Rearranging Task Lists
- Demo - Moving a Task
- Milestone Tasks
- Demo - Setting a Milestone
- Chapter 3 Review
Outlining Task Lists
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Outlining Task Lists
- Task Hierarchy
- Outlining a Task
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Indenting and Outdenting Tasks
- Hiding and Unhiding Subtasks
- Demo - Hiding and Unhiding Subtasks
- Adding a Project Summary Task
- Demo - Adding a Project Summary Task
- WBS Codes
- Demo -WBS Codes
- Chapter 4 Review
Assigning Task Relationships
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Assigning Task Relationships
- Task Links
- Task Dependencies
- Linking & Unlinking Tasks
- Demo - Linking and Unlinking Tasks
- Changing Predecessors
- Demo - Changing Predecessors
- Lead versus Lag Time
- Demo - Adding Lead and Lag Time
- Recurring Tasks
- Demo - Adding Recurring Tasks
- Chapter 5 Review
Creating Resources
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Creating Resources
- The Resource Sheet
- Resource Sheet Details
- Demo - Creating Resources
- Resource Calendar
- Demo - Creating a Resource Calendar
- Chapter 6 Review
Assigning Resources
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Assigning Resources
- Assigning Resources
- Demo - Assign Single Resource to Task
- Assigning a Resource to Multiple Tasks
- Demo - Assign Mult. Tasks & Resources
- The Resource Pool
- The Share Resources Dialog Box
- Demo - Share Resources - Another Proj.
- Effort-Driven Schedules
- Demo - effort-driven/non-effort-driven tasks
- Chapter 7 Review
Using Constraints and Deadlines
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Using Constraints and Deadlines
- Task Constraints
- Constraint Types
- Demo - Setting a Task Constraint
- Task Calendars
- Demo - Creating/Applying Task Calendar
- Setting Deadlines
- Demo - Setting a Deadline
- Chapter 8 Review
Evaluating and Adjusting Resources
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Evaluating and Adjusting Resources
- Resource Overallocation
- Adding the Overallocation Field
- A Sample Resource Usage View
- Demo - Identifying Overallocation
- Resource Leveling
- Leveling a Resource Manually
- A Sample Resource Allocation View
- Demo - Leveling Resources Manually
- Split a Task
- Demo - Splitting a Task
- Chapter 9 Review
Evaluating and Adjusting Time Factors
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Evaluating and Adjusting Time Factors
- Slack
- Demo - Displaying Slack in a Plan
- Critical Tasks
- Network Diagram with Critical Tasks
- Zooming Network Diagram View
- Demo - Displaying the Critical Path
- Methods for Adjusting Time
- Delay Resource Work
- Demo - Delaying Resource Work
- Assign Overtime to a Resource
- Demo - Assigning Overtime
- Types of Costs
- Demo - Using the Cost Table
- Methods for Adjusting Costs
- Demo - Adjusting Costs
- Chapter 10 Review
Tracking Progress
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Tracking Progress
- Baseline Plan
- Project Statistics
- Demo - Saving a Baseline Plan
- Update Percentage of Task Completed
- Demo - Updating Task Completion %
- Update Tasks that are in Progress
- Update Actual Start and Finish Dates
- Demo - Update Actual Start/Finish Dates
- View Progress in Network Diagram View
- Demo - View Progress in Network Diagram
- Update the Actual Work Performed
- Demo - Update Actual Work Performed
- Earned Value
- The Earned Value Table
- Demo - Display the Earned Value Table
- Slippage
- Demo - Displaying Slippage in a Plan
- Chapter 11 Review
Working with Project Views
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Working with Project Views
- Modify a Bar Style
- The Bar Styles Dialog Box
- Demo - Modifying a Bar Style
- Format a Timescale
- Custom Views
- Customize Network Diagram View
- Demo - Create Custom Network Diagram View
- Tables
- Demo - Create New Table from Existing
- Inserting and Deleting Table Columns
- Hiding Columns
- Demo - Modifying a Table
- Using Custom Fields
- Demo - Creating Custom Fields
- Filters
- Demo - Sharing a Filter Between Projects
- The Drawing Toolbar
- Demo - Using the Drawing Toolbar
- Using Organizer
- Copy Project Elements a Specific Project
- Demo - Organizer
- Chapter 12 Review
Customizing Printed Views and Reports
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Customizing Printed Views and Reports
- Print the Current View
- Demo - Printing the Current View
- Reports
- Demo - Printing a Report
- Create a Custom Report
- The Crosstab Report
- Demo - Creating a Custom Report
- Run a Report Macro
- The Record Macro Dialog Box
- The Macros Dialog Box
- Demo - Running a Macro
- Chapter 13 Review
- Course Closure
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