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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Definition of a project.
  • Key principles of development projects.
  • The iron triangle (model triangle).

Handling Microsoft Project

  • Installing the application.
  • Features of Microsoft Project.
  • Using the Help system.
  • Saving, searching for, and opening projects.
  • Basic views.

Scheduling

  • Scheduling rules.
  • Types of schedules.
  • Project calendars.
  • Entering tasks into the schedule.
  • Editing tasks in the schedule.
  • Task durations.
  • Continuous time tasks.
  • Estimated time for tasks.
  • Project and task priorities.
  • Relationships (correlations) between tasks.
  • Predecessors and delays.
  • Milestones.
  • Visualizing tasks in different views.

Optimizing the Schedule

  • Task constraints.
  • Deadlines.
  • Critical tasks.
  • Critical path.
  • Slack time in the project.
  • Shortening the critical path.
  • Customizing views.

Resources

  • Definition of resources.
  • Variable costs of resources.
  • Fixed costs of resources.
  • Rate tables.
  • Resource availability.
  • Jobs - definition.
  • Constants in the work equation.
  • Work effort.
  • Resource allocation.
  • Resource overallocation.
  • Resource leveling.

Costs

  • Fixed costs.
  • Cost control.
  • Project, task, resource, and work costs.

Project Execution

  • Methods of project implementation.
  • Baselines.
  • State analysis.
  • Deviation analysis.
  • Changes in the project.

Reports

  • Reports in Microsoft Project.
  • Creating custom reports.

Data Search and Management

  • Sorting data.
  • Filters.
  • Grouping data.

Earned Value Analysis

Requirements

Basic knowledge of MS Office.

 14 Hours

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