SYNOPSIS

Microsoft Project is a very powerful scheduling tool. With power, however, comes complexity and you may find yourself spending more time fighting it or attempting to force it to do what is ostensibly an easy task. Fight no more! With this course you will learn all the basics plus some tips and tricks that most people never took the time to learn! Upon completion of this course you will be able to confidently build and track project schedules with precision.

Want Just the Workbook? (Workbooks are included in the class cost if you purchase the class)

You can purchase one below for $39.95 plus shipping. Each workbook has over 100 pages of all the lessons and examples that are covered in class. Our spiral-bound workbooks are rich with colorful screen shots and step by step how-to instructions.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Project managers
• Schedulers and Planners
• Program managers

WHAT IS COVERED

What’s New in MS Office Project 2007

Working With the MS Project 2007 Interface

Methods for Creating Work Breakdown Structures

Working With Tasks and Resources

• Different task types, fixed-unit, fixed-duration, fixed-work, and milestones
• Task dependencies
• Task Constraints vs. Deadlines
• Resource views and types
• Importing resources from MS Outlook

• Setting up a shared resource pool
• Entering work hours/calendars
• Adding custom fields
• Leveling and managing resource conflicts

Optimizing Your Schedule

• By time
• By cost
• Fast-tracking with leads and lags

Tracking Your Project

• Setting a Baseline
• Entering Actuals
• Using the project status date feature

Filtering, Sorting, Creating Reports

• Re-planning unfinished work
• Creating reports for your team and for senior management

Budgeting

• Cost Resource
• Creating Budget Line Items
• Cost Views
• Tracking Earned Value

Cool Tips and Tricks

• Emailing views
• Linking projects together
• Integrating with Excel
• Saving your Customizations
• Creating a Custom View
• Copying Customized Elements Among Projects