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MS Project for Managing Projects
“Aligning Goals for Successful Project Delivery”
(A Two Day Workshop)

PDUs awarded: 15

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About the Program

The course is designed for individuals who want to familiarize themselves with MS Project 2003 and begin planning their projects in Project 2003. The course is based upon the best practices of project management as suggested by the PMBOK® from PMI®.

The program is an instructor led classroom session with self-paced learning through practical exercises and case studies.

The course duration is 2 (two) days and covers all aspects of Project scheduling, monitoring & tracking.

Who Should Attend

Projects Managers
Project Leads
Team Leads
Team Members
IT Support Executives
PMO Staff

The course is targeted at individuals who want to use MS Project Professional 2003 to manage projects effectively.
There are no pre-requisites, and anybody in the above role, in any industry or domain can attend this two-day course.

What You Will Learn

At the end of the workshop you’ll be able to:

Understand the basics of Project Management
Navigate the MS Project 2003 interface
Set up a new project in MS Project 2003
Enter and modify deliverables and tasks
Enter duration or work estimates
Enter dependencies between tasks
Enter deadlines and constraints
Define and assign resources
Optimize the schedule
Create a Baseline
Enter and track progress
Generate reports
Customize field, views, tables and reports within MS Project
Customize Gantt Chart
Work with master projects & subprojects
Record Macros

What Will You Get

The participants will take away:

1.	Fifteen (15) PMI® PDU certificate for taking or maintaining PMP® certification.
2.	A guide to managing projects using MS Project 2003
3.	Exercises, Case Study & Handouts

Course Outline

Topic	Description
A. Introduction	What is a Project? Overview of Project Management Project Management Life cycle Factors influencing Project Management Challenges in Project Management
B. Basics of Project Management	Scope definition Work Breakdown Structure Decomposition
C. Scheduling Concepts	Task Relationships Sequencing Network Diagram Applying Leads & Lags PERT estimation Technique Critical Path Method Schedule Baseline
D. Cost Management Concepts	Top Down estimation Bottom-up estimation Earned Value Management technique
E. Introduction to MS Project	Getting familiar with MS Project interface Navigating the interface
F. Project Plan Development	Creating a new Project Plan Set-up the default project environment Entering of Project tasks and building a WBS Apply Task relationship Estimate & apply Task/ Activity durations Setting up multiple Calendar Task Constraints
G. Resource Deployment	Identify project resources Apply resource attributes like – cost, calendars, type etc. Assigning Project Resources Resource leveling Resource constraints
H. Project Costing	Entering other Cost information Arriving to project cost Deriving Cost baseline information
I. Progress tracking and Reporting	Saving of Baselines Critical Path Analysis Updating progress information into the Project Plan Progress reporting· Performance reporting
J. Multi-Project Management	Creating Master and sub-projects Linking Tasks crossing projects Sharing of Multi-Project Information to the Stakeholders
K. Reporting	Generate different levels of project reports Project summary Project detail Gantt Chart Milestone Chart
L. Customization	Customize Views Customize Table Customize Gantt Chart Customize Fields Customize Reports

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