Managing Projects with Microsoft Project Professional

Description

This highly regarded training program focuses on improving the usage of planning tools, where participants will plan and execute a project of their choice. Throughout the training, participants acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to use Microsoft Project effectively in their professional practice.

Key Features

• Adopts world-best practices from Microsoft Project.
• Incorporates real-life project case studies.
• Includes 60 days of post-training coaching and support.
• Transforms your approach to project planning.

Target audience

• Project Managers
• Pre-Sales Specialists
• Contract Management Specialists
• Company Project Office Employees
• Heads of Key Departments and Divisions

Topics

1. Initiating a Project.
   • Creating a new project in Microsoft Project.
   • Create and manage calendars.
   • Create and work with custom fields.
   • Customization Microsoft Project. Working with system settings.
2. Create and work with the schedule of the project.
   • Configure information about the project.
   • Creating, using, and management of the project tasks. Creating the structure of tasks.
   • Setting the logic and relationship between tasks. Building a logical model of project tasks.
   • Create a schedule for the user/project member.
   • Managing multiple projects.
3. Resource Management. Resource assignment.
   • Entering and changing resource information.
   • Resource assignment.
   • Resource allocation.
   • Using visual resources optimizer.
   • Project cost management.
4. Monitoring and control of the project.
   • Using baselines. Their purpose and use.
   • Tracking the progress of the actual implementation of the project. Data entry on the work performed.
   • Comparison of the actual performance of the project with the baseline.
   • Identification and elimination of planning problems.
   • Find the critical path of the project. Practical use.
5. Distributing information about the project. Working with reports.
   • Working with views: setup and use.
   • Share data from other applications.
   • Customizing Reports.
   • Use and communicate data with Microsoft SharePoint.
   • Expanding the functionality of Microsoft Project.

Workshops

• Creating a project from another project or template.
• Changing the working days in a calendar.
• Create and configure custom fields.
• Creating tasks and summary tasks.
• The logical structure of the project plan.
• Linking the project to create a portfolio of projects.
• Enter costs for resources.
• Assigning tasks for resources.
• Input costs for experts and materials.
• Create and save a baseline.
• Time management and tracking of project progress.
• Showing the critical path of the project.
• Export Project to Microsoft Excel.

The knowledge and skills

Course participants will gain experience in the field of efficient modeling, planning, resource allocation, information sharing, collaboration, and delivery of projects using Microsoft Project Professional. By the end of the training, participants gain the following knowledge and skills:

• Creating and managing detailed project schedules.
• Customizing Microsoft Project to suit specific needs.
• Create a schedule for the project team members.
• Consolidating information from multiple projects for comprehensive oversight.
• Managing resources efficiently to optimize project delivery.
• Monitoring project progress and preparing detailed reports.
• Integrating Microsoft Project with other software to enhance functionality and data sharing.