Preparing the work environment.
- The Ribbon. Current views.
- Instituting the project calendar.
- Connecting with WBS.
Hands-on work
Browsing within MS Project. Configuring your environment. Initializing the project.
Scheduling and structuring the project
- Manual and automatic scheduling modes.
- Identifying the activities. Structuring the project.
- Analyzing the critical path and margins.
- Setting constraints in the schedule.
Hands-on work
Inputting dependencies. The different tables. Constraints.
Optimizing the schedule
- Pausing an activity. Disabling a task.
- Optimization method. Splitting tasks.
Hands-on work
Optimizing timeframes and relationships between tasks. Splitting tasks.
Allocating resources
- Understanding the Work/Duration/Capacity relationship
- Types of resources, assignment modes.
- Estimating durations. Calculating the critical path.
Hands-on work
Inputting and assigning resources. Managing the calendar and capability of a resource.
Budgeting
- Incorporating forecast costs into the budget.
- Managing the cost of resources.
- Multiple-cost resources.
- Managing changes in a resource's cost.
Hands-on work
Entering expenses. Viewing the resource costs
Baseline
- Creating a cost/time baseline (performance).
- Incorporating subcontractor schedules.
- Adding post-scheduling tasks.
Hands-on work
Creating and updating a baseline
Monitoring the project
- Using the report center.
- Designing progress dashboards.
- Exporting data to Excel, Access, and Visio.
- Monitoring by charges and by deadlines.
- Monitoring by what's left and what's been used.
- Rescheduling uncompleted work.
Hands-on work
Declaring progress. Monitoring by charges and by deadlines. Rescheduling activities
Multiproject work
- Integrating a subproject. Consolidating multiple projects.
- Creating links between projects.
- Sharing resources Resource pool.
Hands-on work
Multiproject work.
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