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Getting started

  • Overview of the MS Project interface
  • MS Project defaults and options

Working with Tasks – Basic input and navigation

  • Inputting of Task names
  • Recording of Task duration's
  • Entering Dates?
  • Presentation v Management discussion
  • Adding, moving and deleting tasks
  • Undo facility
  • Navigation – Go to selected task , F5
  • Milestones
Working with Tasks – Grouping and linking
  • Project information dialogue
  • Scheduling alternatives – from start,or from finish
  • Statistics
  • Outlining and grouping you task list - levels
  • Expanding and collapsing the outline
  • Linking Tasks
  • Types of links – characteristics of tasks, examples
  • Working with Task Relationships –lag, lead
Critical path
  • Critical path and critical tasks – concept and importance
  • Smart working with concept
  • Gant chart wizard  
Alternate Views
  • GANTT
  • PERT
  • Calendar
Miscellaneous Features
  • Format painter
  • Splitting tasks
  • Hyperlinks
  • Tasks notes
  • Tools/Options
  • Split window
  • Properties – e.g. Project objective
  • Constraints
Integration with MS Office
  • MS Word
  • MS Excel (copying or linking – to or from)
  • MS Powerpoint
  • MS Access (if used)
  • Web authoring (gif image)
Working with Resources  
  • Types of resource
  • Inputting Resources – resource sheet
  • Allocating Resources
  • Duration, Work and Resource units
  • Resource driven allocation
  • The formula – Work = Duration x Units
  • Fixed duration allocation
  • Fixed work allocation
  • Profiling resource effort
  • Resource usage view
  • Task usage view
  • Resource graph
Working with the Calendar
  • The default Calendars
  • Adjusting working and nonworking time – holidays etc
  • Do’s and don’t’s when customising calendars – when to, tools/options
  • Calendar options
  • Creating and using a new Calendar
  • Attaching Base Calendars to Resources  
Tracking the Progress of a Project  
  • Baselines – overview
  • When to save a baseline
  • Tracking gantt view
  • Replacing baselines and baseline options
  • Interim plans
  • The Tracking toolbar
  • Percentage and Duration Completion  
Collaboration 
  • Collaboration aspects to be covered to be agreed with client
Costs (if required)  
  • Costs overview
  • Costs table
 Customization overview (covered more fully in advanced course)
  • Tables
  • Filters
  • Views
  • Reports
  • Fields
  • Macros
  • Toolbars
Multiple Projects  (If required)  
  • Inserting projects
  • New window to consolidate
  • Shared resource pool
  • Workspaces
 Printing
  • File – Page Set up
  • Print dialogue box
  • Previewing a project before you print
  • Sending a document to the printer
 Formatting and Presentation
  • Bars, Gridlines
  • Objects, Clipart (inc anchoring)
  
Last Updated on Monday, 27 April 2009 14:56