Project 2003 - Introduction

Course Length: Two Days
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT

Overview: Microsoft Project 2003 is the world's leading project management program. Microsoft Project makes it easier than ever to manage schedules and resources, communicate project status, and report project information. With dynamic scheduling, you can instantly see the impact of a schedule or resource change on your overall project schedule. This course introduces delegates to Microsoft Project 2003 as a tool to assist them in managing projects.

The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments.

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

	Create a project plan file and enter task information
	Create a work breakdown structure by organising tasks and setting task relationships
	Assign project resources
	Finalise the project plan file

Project Basics

	Managing a Project
	Recognising Management Tools
	Using the Interface
	Toolbars
	Starting a Project
	Changing the Working Hours
	Adding a Nonworking Day
	Saving & Closing a Project
	Using a Project Template

Creating a Project

	Create a Project
	Create and Assign a Project Calendar

Tasks

	Working with Durations
	Entering & Editing Tasks
	Milestone Tasks
	Entering a Recurring Task
	Viewing and Hiding Recurring Tasks
	Editing Recurring Tasks
	Filtering Tasks

Outlining Tasks

	Indenting and Outdenting Tasks
	Collapsing and Expanding an Outline
	Rolling Up Gantt Bars to a Summary Bar
	Linking Summary Tasks
	Creating a Project Summary Task
	Viewing the WBS Codes
	Working with Views
	Changing Views; Using a Combination View
	Changing the View in a Pane
	Printing a View

Filtering/Sorting/Grouping Information

	Using the AutoFilter Feature
	Sorting a View

Working with Resources

	Creating a Work Resource
	Creating a Material Resource
	Assigning/Removing a Work Resource
	Assigning Various Resources to a Task
	Assigning a Material Resource to a Task
	Changing the Task Type

Adjusting Resources

	Addressing Resource Overallocation
	Viewing Resource Usage
	Resolving Conflicts by Increasing Units
	Levelling a Resource
	Splitting a Task

Finalising the Project

	View the Critical Path
	Set a Baseline
	Shorten the Project Duration
	Display Project Summary Information

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