Project Scheduling is a practical approach to using Microsoft Project® as a comprehensive tool for planning, tracking, and managing projects. Participants have the opportunity in the classroom to use Microsoft Project® in developing project plans, including timeline, resource management, cost management and plan optimization. This course is targeted at beginning to intermediate level Project Managers, but it also enhances the skills of more experienced project managers who desire hands-on training with Microsoft Project®. As a result of attending this class, participants acquire a practical sense of processes that drive the development and management of a project’s resourced schedule.
This one or two-day course provides participants the technical skills to: |
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Develop a project schedule |
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Development of critical path, float and schedule baseline |
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Develop the project budget |
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Effective methods of cost and resource loading schedules to define the cost baseline |
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Track and manage projects |
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Simple practices for tracking and reporting project progress |
Class members have a hands-on experience using Microsoft Project®, under the guidance of experienced project managers. Participants follow a case study through the life of a project, practicing critical elements of plan development, tracking and management.
Applied Hands-on Skills
- Define the major deliverables of the project
- Develop the Work Breakdown Structure using proven practices
- Identify the project team and available resources
- Develop the project network diagram
- Estimate and assign activity durations
- Determine the critical path, float, and baseline
- Cost and resource load the schedule
- Optimize the resource utilization on the project
- Update and track to the project schedule
- Use Microsoft Project® to report project progress
- Learn important tips and tricks for using Microsoft Project®
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