MS Project^® 2007

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International Institute of Project Management (IIPM^®) Chennai is conducting courses on MS Project^® in different levels.

• Basic Level. Duration - 1.5 Days (9.00 A.M to 6.00 P.M)
  Course Fee: Rs. 4,000 + Service Tax
   
• Professional Level - NO PREREQUISITE (Best of Basic Level + Intermediate Level)

1. Customized course coverage
2. The Essential/Important topics from the BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS.
3. Hands-on practical course
4. Expert faculty
5. Earn  15 PDUs (See Approval for IIPM Courses by PMI^®)

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to manage a single project using MS Project^® including the identification of the critical path of a project, Resource assignment, Resource leveling, Schedule optimization, Cost reports, Track Progress, Baseline schedule, CPM/PERT schedule, Schedule Risk analysis and Various MIS Reports.

MS Project^® 2007 practicing CD will be given to each participants. It contains the following contents,

• Classroom Exercises

* Sample Project - for Automatic Resource Leveling
* Sample Project - for Resource Allocation
* MS Project^® 2007 – Agenda
* MS Project^® 2007 – Exercises
* Entering Project Tasks – Exercise with Answer
* Scheduling and Linking Project Tasks – Exercise with Answer
* Defining Project Resources and Costs – Exercise with Answer
* Assigning and Scheduling Resource and Costs – Exercise with Answer
* Tracking Project Progress – Exercise with answer

• Plan Templates

* Building Construction Project plan
* Engineering project plan
* New product plan
* Software Development - Type 1
* Software Development - Type 2

• Resource Templates

* Software Development Plan - Full-time Resources
* Software Development Plan - Part-time Resources

• MIS Reports

* PMP^® Training Exam CD Project – Final
* Earned Value Report
* Slipping Tasks Report Task Usage Report
* Who Does What Report

• Final Schedule Template for Sample Project

Course Content: Please click here to see the Course Content

Duration: 2 Days (9.00 A.M to 6.00 P.M)

Date: Click here to see current training schedule.

Software Requirement:

• Microsoft Project 2007 Professional (mandatory)

• .Net Framework 2.0,  Microsoft Visio 2007 (required for visual reports)

Course Fee:

• Rs. 12,000 + 12.36% Service Tax without Laptop for both days. In this option, the participant has to bring his/her own Laptop pre-loaded with MS Project^® 2007 and above.
   

• Rs. 14,000 + 12.36% Service Tax with hired/rented Laptop provided by IIPM for both days with MS Project^® 2007 pre-loaded.

For Details contact: marketing@iipmchennai.com

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• Advanced Level - Completion of Professional Level is a prerequisite 
  Duration: 2 Days (9.00 A.M to 6.00 P.M)
  Course Fee: Rs. 18,000 + Service Tax

1. MS Project^® Basics

What is a Project?
Understanding the Project Cycle
Project Management and Software

2. Building a project

• Defining the project

• Planning Project Activities

• Entering Resource Information

• Estimating Project Costs

• Optimizing the Plan

• Tracking and Managing a project

• Managing the Project Schedule and Costs

• Closing the project

          3. Creating a Project from Start to Finish

• Exploring the Project 2000 Application Window

• Opening More than One Project

• Changing views

• Opening an Existing File

• Using the File Open Dialog Box

• Saving Project Files

• Using the File Open Dialog Box

• Using the Auto Save Option

• Printing in project

•   Using Print Preview

• Changing Page setup Options

• Sending the File to the Printer

• Closing Project Files

4. Building a New project

• Setting Project Information

• Establishing Start and Finish Dates

• Setting the current Date and the Status Date

• Selecting a Project Calendar

• Priority

• Statistics

• Defining the Project Calendar

• Setting the Standard Calendar

• Changing Working Times

• Creating Additional Calendars

• Printing Calendars

• Setting Project Properties

• Using the summary Tab

• Viewing the General, Statistics, and Contents Tabs

5. Entering Project Tasks

• Planning Project Tasks

• Types of Tasks

• Entering Tasks in Gantt chart View

• Entering Tasks

• Editing Tasks

• Using the Outlining Features

• Entering Milestones

• Entering Recurring Tasks

PROFESSIONAL LEVEL

1. Project Management Overview

2. Creating a Project from Start to Finish

• Setting Project Information
• Establishing Start and Finish Dates
• Setting the current Date and the Status Date
• Selecting a Project Calendar
• Priority
• Statistics
• Defining the Project Calendar
• Setting the Standard Calendar
• Changing Working Times
• Defining named calendar exceptions
• Defining recurring exceptions and different work weeks
• Creating Additional Calendars
• Setting Project Properties
• Using the summary Tab

3. Entering Project Tasks

• Planning Project Tasks
• Types of Tasks
• Entering Tasks in Gantt chart View
• Entering Tasks
• Editing Tasks
• Using the Outlining Features
• Entering Milestones
• Entering Recurring Tasks

4. Scheduling and Linking Project Tasks

• Identifying Predecessor and Successor Tasks
• Using different Types of Relationship
• Establishing Links
• Linking Tasks by Using Toolbar or Using Drag-and-Drop
• Allowing for Task Delays and Overlaps
• Entering Lags and Lead Time

5. Defining Project Resources and Costs

• Understanding Resources
• Estimating Resource Requirements
• Entering Resource Information In project
• Using the Assign Resources Dialog Box
• Using the Resource Sheet
• Using the Resource Information Dialog Box
• Defining work, material and cost resources for project
• Defining budget resource to capture the maximum capacity for a project
• Adding Resources Using Resource Pools
• Entering Additional Cost Information
• Entering Fixed Costs
• Understanding Total Costs

6. Assigning and Scheduling Resource and Costs

• Working with Duration, Work, and Units
• Assigning Resources
• Assigning a Work Resource from the Assign Resources Dialog Box
• Assigning Resources Using the Task Form
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks. Contouring Assignments
• Applying pre-designed contour
• How task types and contour interact
• Editing a contour
• Identifying over allocations
• Locating the over allocated segments
• Viewing tasks with over allocations
• Resource leveling
• Using Task Drivers to quickly access the factors that affect task dates
• Using Multi-level undo to allow what-if experimentation with scheduling changes
• Using Projects leveling feature
• Leveling resources on your own
• Preparing for Project sign off
• Tools to avoid scope creep

7. Tracking Project Progress

• Capturing baseline data to Track progress
• Updating Tasks with Actual Data
• Understanding the Project Update Fields
• Entering Task Update Data
• Tracking Time phased Actual Work

8. Using Views to Evaluate Data

•  Calendar View
• Choosing Dates to Display
• Formatting the Calendar
• Gantt Chart View
• Network Diagram View
• Task Usage View
• Tracking Gantt View
• Resource Views
• Resource Graph
• Resource Sheet
• Resource Usage
• Task Tables

9. Assessing and managing schedule risks

• Assessing risks
• Viewing tasks with uncertain duration
• Viewing tasks with external dependencies
• Viewing tasks with long duration
• Identifying environmental risks
• Using PERT to estimate duration
• Developing PERT estimates
• Using PERT views
• Changing the PERT weights
• Viewing the critical path

10. Using Tabular Reports to Analyze Data

• Using Tabular Reports
• Overview Reports
• Current Activities Reports
• Cost Reports
• Assignment Reports
• Workload Reports
• Summary Reports
• Creating tabular reports

11. Using Visual Tabular Reports to Analyze Data

• Using Visual Reports to produce charts, graphs, and diagrams
• Using PivotTables and PivotCharts to report project data in Excel
• Using PivotDiagrams to report project data in Visio
• Task Usage category reports
• Resource Usage category reports
• Assignment Usage category reports
• Task, Resource, and Assignment Summary reports
• Creating visual reports

ADVANCED LEVEL

  1. Assigning and scheduling Resources and costs

• Contouring Assignments

• Applying pre-designed contour

• How task types and contour interact

• Editing a contour

       2. Preparing your  Project for Publication

• Identifying over allocations

• Locating the over allocated segments

• Viewing tasks with over allocations

• Resource leveling

• Using Projects leveling feature

• Leveling resources on your own

• Preparing for Project sign off

• Tools to avoid scope creep

• Capturing baseline data to Track progress
  

     3.  Assessing and managing risks

• Assessing risks

• Viewing tasks with uncertain duration

• Viewing tasks with external dependencies

• Viewing tasks with long duration

• Identifying and managing other risks

• Identifying environmental risks

• Using PERT to estimate duration

• Developing PERT estimates

• Using  PERT views

• Changing the PERT weights

• Viewing the critical path

              4.   Sharing resources and tasks among multiple projects

• Working with multiple projects at once

• Opening and viewing multiple projects

• Arranging open projects

• Understanding master and sub projects

• Dividing a project into smaller pieces

• Creating a new master project from open projects

• Inserting projects into an existing project file

• Working with master and sub projects

• Linking tasks that cross projects

• Reviewing updating project links between files

• Deleting links between projects

• Using resources from another project or resource pool

• Accessing a resource pool from your project

• Working with resource pool

• Closing a project with shared resource pool

• Opening a project with shared resource pool

• Opening and editing a resource pool

• Creating a master project from a resource pool and sharer files

• Removing a shared resource pool

             5.  Customizing Project 2007

• Setting Project options

• Option setting types

• General options

• Edit options

• Calendar option

• Schedule options

• Calculation options

• Save options

• Customizing toolbars and menu bars

• Changing command bar options

• Customizing command bars

• Creating and using custom Project templates

• Opening templates

• Using the sample templates

• Creating a new template

• Modifying template files

• Making changes to the global template

• Working with organizer

• Copying items from one Project to another

• Renaming items with the organizer

• Deleting items

              6. Creating Project 2007 Macros

•  Creating a Macro

•  Getting ready to record a Macro

•  Storing a Macro

•  Recording your actions

•  Running Macros from the Macros dialog box

•  Deleting Macros

              7.  Customizing reports

• Customizing Reports

• Changing the Appearance of a Report

• Changing the content of a Report

• Using Graphic Objects in Views and Reports

• Using the Drawing Tools

• Creating a New Report

 8. Closing a Project