Project Management / Business Training Overview
Students will learn how to use Microsoft Project 98 to manage a project plan after a project has begun. Students should have completed the Microsoft Project 98: Creating a Project (Windows 95) course and be familiar with such terms as Gantt Chart, task, critical path, and resource. Students should also be familiar with the Microsoft Project 98 environment.
Project management is a complex field that can involve subjective decision making. There is not one way to teach project management, and our courseware is not designed to teach all techniques nor to cover every aspect of project management. Rather, it sets up situations and examples that will best showcase the features and functionality of the MS Project software.
Prerequisites
To ensure students’ success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following Content courses or have equivalent knowledge:
- Windows 95: Introduction
- Microsoft Project 98: Managing a Project (Windows 95)
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Hardware / Software Requirements
You will need:
- This book was written and tested for the Windows 95 platform.
- At least 12 MB of RAM for use on Windows 95; 16 MB RAM for use on Windows NT Workstation.
- At least 30 MB of hard disk space for typical installation.
- At least a 486 or faster processor.
- Windows 95, Microsoft NT Workstation 3.51 with Service Pack 5 or later, and Microsoft NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 2 or later.
- Microsoft Excel, version 5.0 or higher, with a typical installation.
- A Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.
- A Windows-compatible printer (optional).
- To enable Windows Messaging.
Performance-Based Objectives
- Create a baseline plan
- Track an active project
- Manage tasks that occur in the future
- Work with resource needs and print reports
- Create consolidated projects
- Work with data in other applications
- Create, edit, and add hyperlinks to an HTML document
- Modify Microsoft Project to meet their needs
Course duration
1 Day
Project Management / Business Training outline
Lesson 1: Saving a baseline plan
- Topic 1A: Project planning
- Topic 1B: Executing processes
- Topic 1C: Creating a baseline plan
Lesson 2: Tracking project progress
- Topic 2A: Modifying the environment for tracking
- Topic 2B: Tracking and updating tasks
- Topic 2C: Entering data for tasks in progress
Lesson 3: Adjusting the schedule
- Topic 3A: Adjusting and viewing the schedule
- Topic 3B: Using interim plans
Lesson 4: Working with resources and printing reports
- Topic 4A: Adjusting resource schedules and pay rates
- Topic 4B: Observing and customizing reports
Lesson 5: Managing consolidated projects
- Topic 5A: Consolidating projects
- Topic 5B: Managing resources
Lesson 6: Importing and exporting data
- Topic 6A: Importing data
- Topic 6B: Exporting data
Lesson 7: Project communications
- Topic 7A: Setting up the workgroup messaging system
- Topic 7B: Creating HTML files and using hyperlinks
Lesson 8: Customizing the Microsoft Project environment
- Topic 8A: Customizing views
- Topic 8B: Creating macros
- Topic 8C: Working with global settings
- Topic 8D: Setting preferences and changing Gantt bar styles
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