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MS Project® 2010

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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

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® 2010 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® 2010 – Agenda
* MS Project® 2010 – 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

* 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 2010 Professional (mandatory)

  • .Net Framework 2.0,  Microsoft Visio 2010 (required for visual reports)

Course Fee:

  • Rs. 12,000 + 18 % tax without Laptop for both days. In this option, the participant has to bring his/her own Laptop pre-loaded with MS Project® 2010 and above.
     

  • Rs. 14,000 + 18% tax with hired/rented Laptop provided by IIPM for both days with MS Project® 2010 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)
Basic Level

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

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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 2010

  • 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 2010 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 

  • To close or not to Close

  • Closing a Project

  • Conducting a Project Review

  • Creating final Reports

  • Communicating Project Results

  • Preparing for the Next Project

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