Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2
Details
Time: 9am to 1pm
Venue: AP Courses Training Room
Cost: £195
Included in the price: Learning manual for the course, refreshments and post-course support
Course Description
Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2 is designed for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the software. The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2 are sufficient for users to be able to operate the software at an efficient level.
Course Design
This tutor-led course combines tutoring and practical work.
Target Audience
Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2 should be attended on the completion of Part 1, but this is not a compulsory requirement. Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2 assumes little or no knowledge of the software. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment. The course is intended for persons pursuing employment in project management or for those who need to use the software as a project management tool.
Learning Objectives
On completion of Microsoft Project 2003 Part 2, you should be able to:
- Effectively use resource assignment in a project
- Assign resources to tasks in a project
- Resolve resource over allocation problems
- Assign materials in a project
- Assign costs in a project
- Impost constraints and deadlines on a project
- Monitor a project and track its progress
- Print various aspects of a project
Course Content
Assignment Concepts
Projects Calculation Methodologies
Understanding Effort and Task Types
Creating Simple Assignments
Working with Fixed Unit Assignments
Working With Fixed Duration Assignments
Understanding The Driver Resource
Understanding Effort Driven Resourcing
Working With Effort Driven Resourcing
Disabling Effort Driven Resourcing
Assignment Resources
Assigning Resource Using Task Entry View
Assigning Part-Time Resources
Resource Work Pattern
Specifying Resource Usage
Assignment – Contouring Work Hours
Assigning Specific Work Times
Problem Assignments
Assigning Resources in Task Information
Assigning Resources in a Sheet
Assigning Resources that you don’t have
Resource Levelling
About Resource Levelling
Creating Resource Chaos
Tracking Down Overallocations
Tracking Overallocations in a Combination View
Fix 1: Changing Work Effort
About Overtime
Fix 2: Assigning Overtime
Fix 3: Hiring Contract Labour
Fix 4: Switching Work Assignments
Assigning Materials
Assigning Fixed Material Consumption
Contouring Materials Usage
Adding More Material Resources
Assigning Variable Usage Materials
Adding to a Material Assignment
Checking Work for Materials
Costs
Costing Overview
Reviewing the current Cost Status
Working with Variable Resource Costs
Assignment – Variable Resource Costs
Assigning Daily Costs for Equipment Hire
Assigning Resource Usage Costs
Assigning Fixed Costs
Assigning Material Costs
Using Multiple Cost Tables
Assigning Multiple Cost Rate Tables
Changing Resources Rates During a Project
Viewing Costs
Constraints and Deadlines
About Constraints and Deadlines
Reviewing our Project
Adding a Constraint
Using Elapsed Time to Resolve Conflicts
Creating a Deadline
Project Monitoring
Creating a Baseline
Getting Project to Update Progress
Manually Updating Task Progress
Entering Actuals on a Gantt Chart
Using the Tracking Box
Viewing Task Slippage
Printing
Printing a Gantt Chart
Printing Sheet Views
Printing Jobs for Resources
Printing Resources for Tasks