Microsoft Project 2000 Foundation/Intermediate
Training Course Outline

1-day course

This course includes the following topics:

1). MICROSOFT PROJECT 2000 - INTRODUCTION

GETTING TO KNOW MICROSOFT PROJECT 2000
Starting Microsoft Project
Using What’s New
Using Quick Preview
Using the Tutorial
Using the Project Map
Using the Office Assistant
Using the Reference Guide

USING THE TOOLBARS
Using Tool Tips
Using the Standard Toolbar
Using the Formatting Toolbar

USING THE CALENDAR VIEW
Using the View Bar
Changing views
Changing to Calendar View
Changing the look of the Calendar – (for printing)

USING THE GANTT CHART VIEW
Opening the Gantt chart view
Using the components of the Gantt chart view
Moving the border between the panes

 

2). DEFINING THE PROJECT

UNDERSTANDING PROJECT INFORMATION
Starting a new project
Using the Project Information window

UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT CALENDAR
Setting up a working calendar
Using default working time
Creating a new calendar
Changing default working time
Changing time for individual days
Entering a shut-down period

CHOOSING YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE PROJECT
Linking your new calendar to the project

UNDERSTANDING THE STATISTICS WINDOW
Using the Statistics Window

UNDERSTANDING FILE PROPERTIES
Under-standing properties
Examining Properties

USING SAVE AND SAVE AS
Saving and saving as
Saving a project for the first time
Saving for future up-dates to the project

 

3). TASKS

ENTERING TASKS
Opening a new Task Information window
Under-standing the sections of the Task Information window

ENTERING A TASK DURATION
Entering a duration
Elapsed time
Specifying elapsed time
Specifying estimated time

ESTIMATING DURATIONS
Doing the maths

UNDERSTANDING MILESTONES AND PHASES
Using phases
Using milestones
Setting a Milestone

USING RECURRING TASKS
Entering a recurring task

USING RECURRING TASKS CONTINUED
Using the recurring task symbol
Expanding the group of tasks
Contracting the group of tasks
Changing a recurrence pattern

EDITING TASKS
Editing Tasks
Opening an existing task for editing

CHANGING TASK PRIORITY
Using priority levels
Setting a priority

INSERTING A TASK
Inserting a new task into the sequence
Entering information in the field entry bar

DELETING TASKS
Selecting one task
Selecting a group of adjacent tasks
Selecting a group of non-adjacent tasks
Deleting selected tasks
Undoing

MOVING TASKS
Moving a task by dragging
Moving a task by cutting and pasting from the menu or toolbar
Moving a task by cutting and pasting from the shortcut menu

 

4). TASK LINKAGES

CREATING A LOGICAL SEQUENCE

USING THE GENERAL TAB

UNDERSTANDING TASK PREDECESSORS
Opening the predecessor window
Entering a predecessor

UNDERSTANDING TASK RESOURCES
Under-standing the resources tab
Entering resources for a task

UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED TASK OPTIONS

UNDERSTANDING TASK CONSTRAINTS

UNDERSTANDING TASK TYPES
Using Task Types

USING TASK NOTES
Adding notes
Adding hyperlinks

OUTLINING A TASK
Using the top down method
Using the bottom up method

UNDERSTANDING SUMMARY TASKS
Creating a sub task
Collapsing Sub Tasks

UNDERSTANDING LINKAGE TYPES
Using the four linkage types
Recognising the link symbol
Spotting dangling tasks

USING A FINISH TO START RELATIONSHIP

USING A START TO START RELATIONSHIP

USING A FINISH TO FINISH RELATIONSHIP

USING A START TO FINISH RELATIONSHIP

UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE LINKAGE
Setting an FS Link on all Tasks
Unlinking Tasks
Splitting Tasks

SPOTTING LINKAGES ON A GANTT CHART

UNDERSTANDING LAG AND LEAD TIME

UNDERSTANDING LEAD TIME ON THE GANTT CHART
Adding Lead Time to a Task

UNDERSTANDING LAG TIME ON THE GANTT CHART
Adding Lag Time to a Task

UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF CONSTRAINTS

 

5). RESOURCES

USING THE RESOURCE SHEET VIEW
Viewing or entering resources
Using the Resource Sheet View

ENTERING RESOURCES
Entering Resources

UNDERSTANDING UNITS
Changing to decimal units

UNDERSTANDING RATES
Using Standard Rate (Std.Rate)
Using Overtime Rate (Ovt.Rate)
Using Cost/Use

UNDERSTANDING ACCRUE AT
Changing the Accrue At value
Using Accrue at Start
Using Accrue at End
Using the default, Pro-rated

ASSIGNING A CALENDAR TO A GROUP OF RESOURCES
Using Fill-Down

ASSIGNING A RESOURCE TO A TASK
Assigning a resource in the Task Information window

ASSIGNING RESOURCES (CONTINUED)
Using the Assign Resources button
Selecting a resource from your Personal Address Book (PAB) or Global Address List (GAL)

ASSIGNING A RESOURCE CALENDAR
Adding holidays to a resource calendar
Changing the working time for a resource

REMOVING A RESOURCE
Removing the resource in the Task Information window
Removing the resource from the Assign Resources window
Replacing the resource from the Assign Resources window
Removing a resource from the project completely

REPLACING RESOURCES
Replacing a resource quickly

REMOVING A CALENDAR
Removing a calendar
Copying a calendar to Global.MPT

 

6). NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW

UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW
Changing to Network Diagram view

EXAMINING A NETWORK DIAGRAM
Opening a node for editing
Editing a node directly in the Network Diagram view
Laying out the boxes
Controlling the layout
Moving a node
Copying a node
Changing the content of the nodes
Changing border color and style

UNDERSTANDING SUMMARY TASKS IN NETWORK DESIGN VIEW
Using Summary Tasks
To change the way a summary task is displayed

CHANGING TASK LINKAGES
Viewing the type of relationship
Changing the relationship type
Removing a link line
Adding a link line manually
Drawing a Finish to Start line
Drawing a Start to Finish line
Setting a SS or FF relationships
Reformatting the layout

 

7). SHORTENING YOUR PROJECT

SETTING THE CRITICAL PATH
Starting the Gantt Chart Wizard

USING THE CRITICAL PATH VIEW
Understanding the Critical Path
Changing to Detail Gantt view
Using critical tasks in Network Diagram view
Using the Tracking Gantt Chart view

FILTERING FOR CRITICAL TASKS ONLY
Viewing only Critical Tasks
Viewing all tasks

SHORTENING THE PROJECT
Assigning more resources
Increasing working hours for resources
Assigning overtime work
Adding lead-time to tasks
Breaking tasks into sub tasks
Modifying tasks with constraints

 

8). OVERALLOCATIONS

USING THE RESOURCE USAGE VIEW
Opening the Resource Usage view
Spotting overallocated resources

USING THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TOOLBAR
Turning on the Resource Management toolbar

USING THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION VIEW
Opening the Resource Allocation view

USING THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION GRAPH
Opening the Resource Allocation Graph
Choosing a resource to view
Viewing over-allocations in the graph
Moving to the next over-allocation

 

9). RESOLVING OVERALLOCATIONS

DELAYING TASKS MANUALLY
Delaying tasks manually
Delaying by clicking and dragging
Delaying by changing task information

LEVELING RESOURCES
Leveling resources
Clearing leveling

LEVELING RESOURCES CONTINUED
Using the Resource Indicator

USING THE LEVELING GANTT VIEW
Opening the Leveling Gantt Chart view

DECREASING WORK TIME
Decreasing work time in the Resource Usage view
Ensuring that the task duration is not altered

SPLITTING TASKS
Splitting a task

VIEWING SLACK IN A TABLE VIEW
Opening the Schedule Table
Freeing Slack
Using Total Slack

VIEWING SLACK IN A GANTT VIEW
Viewing Slack in a Gantt View
Opening the Detail Gantt Chart
Understanding how slack is shown on the Detail Gantt Chart

REASSIGNING RESOURCES
Re-assigning a resource

INCREASING WORKING HOURS
Changing working time for a resource

ASSIGNING OVERTIME TO A TASK
Assigning overtime work
Checking the new cost of the project

CONTOURING RESOURCES
Using contour patterns
Understanding how project works out the times

 

10). PRINTING PROJECT REPORTS

USING PRINT PREVIEW
What do they need to know?
What can I print?
Opening a print preview screen
Closing the Print Preview window
Examining the detail of the Print Preview
Using Page Setup
Printing

USING THE REPORT GENERATOR
Starting the Report Generator

USING THE PROJECT SUMMARY REPORT
Using the Project Summary Report
Changing the header information

UNDERSTANDING PRINT OPTIONS
Using the Page Setup window
Using the Page tab
Setting Margins
Using Headers
Using Footers
Using Legends
Turning legend on
Using Views

 

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