55054 Mastering Microsoft Project 2013

Course Details

• After completing this course, students will be able to
• Understand the discipline of project management as it applies to using Microsoft Project 2013
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Identify Task Types & Relationships
• Define Resources within Project
• Make Work Package Estimates
• Create an Initial Schedule
• Create a Resource Leveled Schedule
• Create Projects from templates, Excel files
• Create Global templates
• Create formulas and graphical indicators
• The steps to record a macro
• Format Output and Print Reports
• Integrate Multiple Projects
• Set up a Project with a Calendar, Start date, and scheduling method
• Understand Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule
• Manage multiple projects
• Be able to create a master project list with shared resources.
• Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Project
• Describe how Project relates to the discipline of Project management
• Learn what the new features are in Project 2013
• Navigate to the primary views available using the Ribbon
• Choose Views that display task, resource, or assignment information
• Select table within views to change the information that is available to see and edit
• Relate the features of Project to the 5 steps for building a plan in Project
• Module 2: A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project
• Create a new project and prepare it for data entry
• Enter project tasks
• Sequence the tasks
• Estimate Task duration and assign resources.
• Baseline the project
• Track project progress
• Module 3: Setting Up a Project
• Use multiple methods to create a new project from an Excel file and a SharePoint Tasks list.
• Establish one or more calendars to constrain resource availability
• Configure Project to calculate the schedule from the Start Date forward, or from the Finish Date backward.
• Module 4: Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule
• Students practice switching tasks between Manually Schedule and Auto Schedule modes. By switching modes, students learn the impact made on the project schedule and the individual tasks
• Module 5: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
• Build and use summary and subordinate tasks
• Understand and use milestones
• Develop WBS Outlines
• Assign completion criteria
• Evaluate the WBS
• Understand and use WBS templates
• Module 6: Identifying Task Relationships
• Understand the different types of task relationships
• Understand and use various methods to create relationships
• Determine and display task sequence
• Understand and use lag, lead, and delay
• Understand the new feature of Task Paths
• Module 7: Defining Resources within Project
• Define resource types
• Define individual resources that will be used on the project
• Record the cost(s) of using each type of resource
• Record the limit of availability for each type of resource by establishing a resource calendar and defining the maximum units of that resource
• Module 8: Making Work Package Estimates
• Enter estimates for duration and costs for each task
• Distinguish between task types and describe when each is appropriate
• Describe the relationship between work, units, and duration
• Describe the way Effort Driven scheduling is affected by work, units, and duration
• Assign tasks to resources using the Team Planner view
• Module 9: Creating an Initial Schedule
• Calculate float and identify a project’s critical path
• Understand and identify task constraints
• Create milestones
• Use the Task Inspector to troubleshoot the initial schedule
• Module 10: Create a Resource Leveled Schedule
• Adjust a project schedule to account for limited people and other resources
• View the overall cost and schedule of a project
• Identify resources that have been overallocated for a project schedule
• Use multiple ways to adjust tasks and assignments to remove over allocation for any resource
• Module 11: Managing the Project
• Learn how to set a baseline
• Lean how to enter and track project performance data
• Learn how to apply different tracking methods
• Learn how to perform a variance analysis on a project
• Module 12: Formatting Output and Printing Reports
• Print
• Views
• Formats
• Sorting
• Filtering
• Grouping
• Custom Fields
• Reporting
• Other File Formats
• Module 13: Managing Multiple Projects
• Learn how to use common resources among multiple projects
• Learn how to link tasks between multiple projects
• Learn how to create a consolidated view of multiple projects
• Module 14: Advanced Topics
• Learn how to customize the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
• Learn how to customize WBS numbering
• Learn the concepts of Formulas and Graphical indicators
• Learn the purpose of the Global template and Organizer.
• Learn how to use Task Deadlines
• Learn how to use Task Deadlines.
• Module 15: Summary
• Learn how to access the Office App Store
• Learn what 74-343 Microsoft Project 2013, Managing Projects with Project 2013 exam will cover and what is in the objective domain.
• A sample study guide to help students prepare for the Microsoft Project 2013 exam