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MS Project Full Life Cycle
This course is appropriate for those who are involved in various phases of planning, execution, control or customer of a project. It is important to have an understanding of various aspects of project before working with a powerful tool such as MS Project. Users with a PMP certification or involvement in the PMBOK methodology will definitely have an edge in extracting the most from this course.
Course Introduction
* An introduction to the PMBOK methodology on planning and running projects
* Introduction to the MS Office family which includes Project 2003 along with Visio and other powerful programs
* Creating new projects using standardized templates
* MS Project 2003 over 200 features including tasks, resources, calendars, views, reports, attributes
* An introduction to Earned Value Management
* Creating automated Earned Value Reports in MS Project 2003
* Real life project that includes over 100 tasks and over 20 resources with critical paths, delays and opportunities of improvements using baselines and duration compression techniques
* Resource load balancing and heuristics
* An introduction and demonstration of Project Server 2003 an Enterprise Management System
* Instructors with MS Project 2003 launching experience for Microsoft Corporation
* PMP Certified Instructors with years of PMP Training Experience
* Instructors with 10+ years of Industry Experience
* Instructors with at least a Masters Degree and prior training experience
PRE-Requisites
* Knowledge of Project Management
* Working knowledge of PM strategies
* PMBOK knowledge
Learning Strategies
* Multiple learning styles
* Repetition through various instructional methods
* Using different ways of imbibing same knowledge
* Mnemonics, Study aids for instant recall
* Information needed to memorize compressed and summarized
Course Contents
The course is custom developed to incorporate project management concepts, strategies, along with a thorough knowledge of the use of MS Project 2003. Over 200 MS Project 2003 features are demonstrated in a span of 2 days but in a coordinated way so as to make the user appreciate the power of Project Management rather than the tool. The course outline will generally follow the format:
1. Introduction to Project Management
2. Project Management Concepts
3. Introduction to MS Project 2003
4. Introduction to Project Templates
5. Project Task Planning
6. Managing Project Resources and Assignments
7. Project Execution
8. Project Monitoring and Control
9. Project Closeout
10. Exercise Layout
11. Critical Analysis of Project Completed by Students
Note: You need to have MS Project 2002 or higher installed on your system to open the Project files.
Price: $299.00
