Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003- Advanced

Class Duration:

One day

Overview:

In Microsoft Project 2003 Basic, students used project management skills to create a project plan. This course will build upon that knowledge, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans. It is also intended for a person who has a basic understanding of Microsoft Project 2003.

At Course Completion:

You will exchange project plan data with other applications, update project plans, create custom reports, and reuse project plan information.

Pre-requisite(s):

An understanding of project management concepts. Project 2003 - Level 1

Outline

Unit 1: Tracking project work

Topic A: Managing a project

Topic B: Updating the progress of tasks

Topic C: Observing project progress

Unit 2: Analyzing and adjusting the plan

Topic A: Analyzing the plan

Topic B: Rescheduling tasks

Unit 3: Formatting and reporting

Topic A: Formatting a project file

Topic B: Using drawing tools

Topic C: Printing views and reports

Topic D: Customizing reports

Unit 4: Customizing the project environment

Topic A: Creating custom views

Topic B: Creating macros

Topic C: Creating a toolbar and a menu

Topic D: Creating a custom table

Unit 5: Managing multiple projects

Topic A: Consolidating and sharing projects

Topic B: Sharing resources across projects

Unit 6: Project communications

Topic A: Communicating among a project team

Topic B: Exporting project data to the Web

Topic C: Working with hyperlinks

Topic D: Saving projects to Microsoft Project 98

Unit 7: Exchanging project data

Topic A: Importing data

Topic B: Exporting data

Topic C: Copying data

Objectives

Save a baseline plan; update the percentage of tasks completed, actual start and finish dates, in-progress tasks, and actual work; save an interim plan; display the Earned Value table to monitor the actual and estimated costs of tasks; and view task progress in Network Diagram view.

Analyze a project by viewing its statistics, slippage, and slack in the schedule and reschedule a project by splitting tasks, delaying resource work, and assigning overtime.

Format a project file by modifying bar styles and timescales, use the Drawing toolbar to enhance Gantt chart information, print current views and reports, and create a custom report and a Crosstab report.

Create a custom Network Diagram view and a combination view, create and run a macro to automate tasks, create and delete a toolbar and a menu, and create a custom table by using the More Tables dialog box.

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