You will attain 24 professional development units (PDUs) for Project Managers
After completing the course you will be able to: Plan, Schedule and Cost the Project Calculate Earned Value Generate Reports After completing this course, students will be able to: • Get started with Microsoft Office Project 2007. • Create and define projects. • Work with estimates and dependencies • Work with deadlines, constraints, and task calendars • Work with resources. • Predict behavior by using task types and the scheduling formula. • Customize and format Microsoft Project views. • Analyze resource utilization. • Track progress. • Create project reports which analyze project, resource, and task data. • Manage multiple projects.

This course is intended for both novice and experienced project managers and schedulers. These individuals would be involved in or responsible for scheduling, estimating, coordinating, controlling, budgeting, and staffing of projects and supporting other users of MS Office Project. A familiarity with key project management concepts and terminology is recommended as well as basic Windows navigation skills.

• Fundamental knowledge of project management. • Experience with the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista™ operating system. • Experience with Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

MS Project is world’s most popular project management software. By acquiring detailed insight, one can create and track an entire project to completion, using three basic elements of project management like schedule, resources and costs. Microsoft Project helps to manage schedules and resources, collaborate on projects, and analyze project information.

Identify the objectives and define the scope of a Project Identifying, Allocating and Scheduling the Resources Defining and Controlling Costs
Handling Contours and Over-allocated Resources
Fine Tuning and Preparing the Project for Publication
Customizing Project
Information and Printing Final Schedule
Incorporating Changes and Tracking Progress of Project

Part 1 Managing a Simple Project
Getting Started
Creating a Task Link
Setting Up Resources
Assigning Resources to Tasks
Formatting & Printing Your Plan
Tracking Progress on Tasks
Part 2 Advanced Project Scheduling
Fine-Tuning Task Details
Fine-Tuning Resource & Assignment Details
Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
Organizing & Formatting Project Details
Printing Project Info
Sharing Project Info with Other Programs
Tracking Progress on Tasks & Assignments
Viewing & Reporting Project Status
Getting Your Project Back on Track
Part 3 Special Projects
Applying Advanced Formatting
Customizing Project
Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
Consolidating Projects & Resources
Part 4 Introducing Project Server
Planning Work with Project Server
Tracking Work with Project Server
Managing Risks, Issues & Documents with Project Server