Microsoft Project Training

A project schedule is the heart of project planning and monitoring. It provides a unified view of the triple constraint (scope, time and cost).

In fact a project schedule should be a clear reflection of every aspect of project management, in addition to the triple constraint, including risks, vendors, quality, and resources. However, in reality, unfortunately the stakeholders, including the PM himself, lose faith in plans

This two days’ workshop will help participants understand process to build schedules using Microsoft project as a tool. It will also familiarize participants to various aspects of this tool which make regular tracking of the schedule realistic, thus restoring faith in plans.

Learning Objectives

• Explore a disciplined process to develop a project schedule

• Hands on experience with the tool using real project based assignments

• Understand a structured process to monitor and track a schedule

• Explore key views, tricks and other aspects of Microsoft project as a scheduling tool

• Understand use of custom fields, views, tables, grouping, reports (custom as well as in-built)

Certification Exam

A Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist certification proves your skills on a particular Microsoft technology, such as a Windows operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, or Microsoft Visual Studio.

MCTS certifications are no longer in development. However, your MCTS certification will remain valuable as long as companies are using the technology on which it certifies.

• Exam Duration: 150 Minutes

• Exam Format: Multiple Choices

• Number of Question: 55 Questions

• Exam Pass Mark: 70%

• Exam Code:74-343

• Electronic Devices Permitted: No

• Open Book: No

Exam Language

• English

• Portuguese (Brazil)

• Spanish

Who Should Attend

• It is expected that participants have a project management background and have worked in project environment

• Some past experience with MSP will be nice to have

Why IEVISION

• 17 Yr. + International Project Management Experience

• Managed all size and scales of Projects in different industries like Banking, Telecom, Manufacturing, Construction & Automobile etc.

• Excellent Orator with highly talented professional 

• Two live Projects Scenarios for comprehensive training.

• Best Practice Mechanism for utilization the tool for regular project management activities 

• International Projects & geographically disparate team management throughout his career  

• Gain from actual project management challenges and effective utilization of MS-Projects

• Understand the complexity of programs/projects and make your organization profitable.

• Excellent Pre-Post support to individual professional

• Individual Career guidance & mentoring 

• Service based approach for training rather than Product selling!

• 24 PDU’s for Existing PMP Certified Professionals

• 10% discount on your PMP & ITIL Foundation Training (only on standard pricing)

Program Outlines

Day 1 Create a new project

• Create a template from a completed project, create a project from an existing template, existing project, SharePoint task list or Excel workbook

Create and maintain calendars

• Set working or non-working hours and days for calendars, set a base calendar, resource calendar and hours per day, apply calendars to project, task and resource levels

Create custom fields

• Create basic formulas, graphical indicator criteria, lookup tables, and task and resource custom fields

Customize option settings

• Set default task types, manual versus auto-scheduling, project options, calendar options, customized ribbon, and quick access toolbar

Set up project information

• Define project start date, apply calendars and current date, enter project properties, display the project summary task on a new project

Create and modify a project task structure

• Create and modify summary tasks and sub-tasks, rearrange tasks, create milestones, create manually-scheduled tasks, outline, set tasks as active or inactive

Build a logical schedule model

• Set date constraints, deadlines, dependencies, links, duration equations, effort-driven tasks and formulas, choose a task type

Create a user-controlled schedule

• Enter duration, set or change the task mode (manual or auto), display warnings and suggestions, use estimated durations and user-controlled summary tasks

Manage multiple projects

• Create a shared resource pool, connect to a resource pool, create links between projects, resolve conflicts between linked projects, work with master projects and sub-projects, summarise data in master projects

Enter and edit resource information

• Enter and edit max units, resource types, resource rate table, cost per use, availability, resource group, generic resources and cost resources

Create and edit resource assignments

• Use task forms, assign multiple resources, assign resources to tasks using units that represent part-time work, edit assignments

Manage resource allocation

• View task and resource usage, view availability across multiple projects, change assignment information, level, replace resources

Manage resource allocations by using Team Planner

• Display current resource allocations and assignments, manage unassigned tasks, resolve resource conflicts, level resource over-allocations, substitute resources

Day 2 Model project costs

• Enter and assign resource-based costs (work, material, cost), cost per use, fixed costs, accrual method, apply a resource rate table

Set and maintain baselines

• Use multiple baselines, baseline an entire project, baseline selected tasks, update a baseline

Update actual progress

• Update percentage completion, actual or remaining duration, actual work, remaining work, status date, current date, actual start and actual finish, use actual work and usage views, reschedule uncompleted work, cancel an un-needed task

Compare progress against a baseline

• Use date variance, work variance, cost variance and task slippage, show variance of the current plan against baseline (tracking Gantt), select a view to display variance

Resolve potential schedule problems

• Display warnings, suggestions and task drivers by using Task Inspector and Task Path, identify resource over-allocations

Display critical path information

• View the critical path in single or master projects, view total slack, display progress against baseline or deadlines

Apply and customize views

• Use auto-filter, apply views, group, filter, highlight, create and manage tables, sort, customise views, share a view with Organiser

Share data with other applications

• Import data from Excel, export data to Excel, attach documents or link hyperlinks to supporting information, copy and paste timeline and reports to other Office Web Apps, create and generate visual reports in Excel and Visio, export a timeline view to email

Configure and display reports and dashboards

• Report progress status, save to PDF or XPS, display Gantt information, schedule or timeline, display data based on date range, create built-in dashboards and reports, change and customise built-in dashboards and reports, copy pictures, work with cumulative fields

Connect and share data with SharePoint

• Sync to SharePoint, share plans and get updates through SharePoint, share project plans through SharePoint (bi-directional sync of tasks, progress and timeline elements), collect actual progress from a team through SharePoint

Extend Project

• Acquire Apps from the Office Store, save files in OneDrive for Business, acquire templates from Office.com, automate frequent tasks with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)