Who should attend? |
This course is intended for new users of Project 2003. |
Prerequisites |
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows
2000 |
Course Objectives |
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to accomplish the following:
- Understand
the basic operations of the software, work with windows, menus, commands,
and views
- Create
a new project file and create, edit and outline a task list,
as well as establish dependencies by linking tasks
- Add
and assign resources to a project file, work with project
calendars, and enter project costs, such as standard, variable
and fixed costs
- Apply
page setup options, create headers and footers, insert page
breaks, and preview and print project information
- Apply
task type settings, modify fixed tasks, set task constraints,
and define and format the critical path
- Apply
preset and custom contours, edit resource assignments, identify
and resolve resource overallocations, and set and modify
a baseline
- Track
the progress of a project, update tasks and the schedule, and
compare baseline and actual data
- Sort,
filter, and group views
- Format
views and format the Gantt Chart
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Course Content |
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The Basics
Project Management
Concepts ; Getting
Started ; Project Application
and Project File Windows ; Project Guide ; Project Menus
and Commands ; Filing
Projects ; Displaying
Project Views ; Moving
Within a View ;
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Project Creation
Project Information ; Creating
Task Lists ; Editing
Task Lists ; Outlining
Task Lists ; Task Dependencies ; Modifying
Task Dependencies ; Task Information ;
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Project Resources
and Costs
Project Resources ; Resource
Assignment Concepts ; Assigning
Resources ; Working
with Project Calendars ; Working
with Resource Calendars ; Working
with Task Calendars ; Entering
Project Costs ;
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Printing
Schedule Information
Page Setup
Options ; Previewing
Views and Reports ; Printing
Project Information ;
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Changing
Scheduling Methods
Resource
Assignment Concepts ; Task Type
Settings ; Applying
Task Type Settings ; Task Constraints ; Defining
the Critical Path ; Formatting
the Critical Path ;
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Resolving
Resource Conflicts
Preset
Contours ; Applying
Preset Contours ; Editing
Resource Assignments ; Resource
Overallocations ; Locating
Resource Overallocations ; Resolving
Resource Overallocations ; Saving
the Baseline ;
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Tracking
Project Progress
Tracking
Task Progress ; Updating
Tasks ; Updating
the Remaining Schedule ; Comparing
Baseline and Actual Data ;
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Sorting,
Filtering and Grouping
Sorting
Views ; Filtering
Views ; Grouping
Within Views ;
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Formatting
the Project Environment
Formatting
Views ; Formatting
the Gantt Chart ;
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