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The ExpertRating Online Microsoft Project Course (2003- Introduction)
(leading to ExpertRating Microsoft Project 2003 Skills Certification).
Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft
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Tony Swaim
 About the
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Microsoft Project 2000 and 2002 users will be supported in the discussion area.
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ExpertRating Online Microsoft Project Course (2003- Introduction)
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Microsoft Project 2003s occupied more than 4.2 million job in the United States in the year 2006!
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ExpertRating Online Microsoft Project Course (2003- Introduction)
Coverage (6 weeks program)
Week One |
Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
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Microsoft Project can
help you manage your project's schedule, costs, and
scope in a way that you've never dreamed of.
Unfortunately, too many Project users never use this
powerful tool to its fullest potential. In the first
lesson, you値l discover how to improve your project
by adopting a formal management approach. You値l get
a quick overview of Project Management and then this
lesson will cover the basics of Microsoft Project,
including a summary of the Gantt Chart view and ways
to create and enter project tasks. |
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Friday - Lesson 02 |
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If you're looking for
ways to keep organized, you'll learn just how to do
that in this lesson! This lesson will walk
through steps to create a project schedule in no
time flat. Once you create and enter tasks in
Project's Gantt Chart view, you値l need to set a
schedule by using a calendar and assigning lead
times. You also need to create task dependencies,
sometimes known as links. You'll see how to perform
these activities and, in the process, you値l become
comfortable using Project's many dialog boxes.
Before you know it, you'll be creating schedules for
all your projects with little effort. |
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Week Two |
Wednesday - Lesson 03 |
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You won't get too far
with your project without adding resources. While
tasks create the backbone of your project, people,
equipment, and material bring your project to life.
In this lesson, you値l find out how to apply two
types of Project resources, work resources, and
material resources. This lesson will look at two
more dialog boxes由esource Information and Assign
Resources預nd you'll learn how to analyze resources
by using the Resource Sheet and Resource Usage
views. |
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Friday - Lesson 04 |
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No matter what
project you work on, the bottom line is always
important. So get ready to add the final piece to
your basic project schedule: costs. This lesson will
start things off by looking through a brief overview
of cost accounting, exploring fixed, variable,
relevant, and accrued costs. After this review,
you'll learn how to assign costs by using the
Resource Sheet. You'll even discover how to assign
different costs for the same resource and analyze
the overall costs for your project by using the Cost
Table. |
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Week Three |
Wednesday - Lesson 05- |
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Successful project
managers are known for their efficiency and for
safeguarding private information. Microsoft Project
provides two excellent methods to help you in these
areas: project templates and project security.
You値l find out how to use some of the many
templates Project has to offer, including the
Residential Construction template and the New
Product template. You'll also learn how to protect
your project information with backups, passwords,
and write protection. You値l also discover how to
put Project痴 task constraints to good use. |
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Friday - Lesson 06 |
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In this lesson,
you値l find out just how easy it can be to modify
your basic schedules and work with project data.
You'll discover the various Project views, such as
the Calendar, Leveling Gantt, and the Network
Diagram. And if you don't like the default colors or
fonts in your schedule or table, you'll be
well-prepared to make changes. You'll even discover
how and why you might want to create a combination
view; add notes to your project; or sort, filter,
and group data. |
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Week Four |
Wednesday - Lesson 07 |
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Many projects
experience schedule compression when management or
clients ask that the project be completed sooner and
for less. In this lesson, you値l discover how
Project makes it easy to improve your schedule's
performance. This lesson will explore the Project
Statistics dialog box, and you値l learn how to
determine the ideal starting point in terms of
planned costs and completion dates. You'll learn how
to change task dependencies to speed up your
project, and also find out how to split tasks to add
more lead time. You'll also become familiar with a
powerful project management technique based on a
real-world application of probability principles:
the Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT). |
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Friday - Lesson 08 |
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Before you implement
your project, you need to create a baseline. This
will aid you in tracking actual results against what
you originally set out to accomplish. Microsoft
Project makes it possible to create a baseline with
a few mouse clicks. This lesson will demonstrate how
to create a baseline and then show you a variety of
ways, including using the Tracking toolbar, to
record your actual project results. |
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Week Five |
Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
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Here's where things
really start to come together! You'll learn how to
compare actual results to your baseline by using the
Gantt Chart and reviewing a table. You'll discover
how useful status identifiers and progress lines can
be to quickly gain information about your project's
position. You値l also begin using the Tracking Gantt
and filters to automatically identify slipping
tasks. This lesson will also take a stroll through
the basics of variance analysis by discussing the
Start and Finish Date, Resources, and Work Variance
Tables. |
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Friday - Lesson 10 |
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Once your project
gets rolling, outsiders will probably want to know
how things are going. It can be a real time drain
answering each request individually. When others
request information from you, Microsoft Project
offers the perfect solution: Reports. This lesson
will go over 20 standard reports in five different
categories. By the time you finish this lesson,
you'll be well-acquainted with Project痴 reporting
capabilities, and you値l know how to customize
Project痴 standard reports to meet almost any need.
And if you can稚 find a standard report that works
for you, you値l even know how to create new custom
reports of your very own. |
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Week Six |
Wednesday - Lesson 11 |
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Now that you're using
reports to share project information, you'll
occasionally need to print out various views and
tables. In this lesson, you値l learn all about
printing Microsoft Project documents. You'll be a
master at creating different views of your project
with the Page Setup dialog box, and you'll clearly
understand the mechanics of the Print dialog box and
the Print Preview. |
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Friday - Lesson 12 |
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No project is
complete until it's officially closed. In this final
lesson, you'll find out how to close your project
and use the Organizer to help you customize and copy
views for future projects. |
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