Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003- Intro

Class Duration:

1 day

Overview:

This course is designed for individuals who use Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments.

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.

At Course Completion:

You will create a project plan file containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Getting started

Topic A: Project management concepts

Topic B: Exploring the Project 2003 window

Topic C: Using Help

Topic D: Working with project files

Topic E: Closing project files and closing Project 2003

Unit 2: Working with tasks

Topic A: Creating a task list

Topic B: Modifying a task list

Topic C: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

Unit 3: Scheduling tasks

Topic A: Setting up task links

Topic B: Working in Network Diagram view

Topic C: Working with advanced task options

Unit 4: Managing resources

Topic A: Creating base calendars

Topic B: Working with resources and calendars

Topic C: Working with resource costs

Unit 5: Working with views and tables

Topic A: Working with views

Topic B: Working with tables

Unit 6: Filtering, grouping, and sorting

Topic A: Working with filters

Topic B: Working with groups

Topic C: Sorting tasks and resources

Unit 7: Finalizing the task plan

Topic A: Finalizing schedules

Topic B: Resolving resource conflicts

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