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Introduction Series –
Introduction to Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Web Access:
Intro #1: Comprehensive Overview of a Microsoft Project
Enterprise Project Management Solution
Duration: One Day (7 hours)
Synopsis:
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of a deployed Enterprise
Project Management Solution based on Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project
Server. We use a combination of live data, handouts, overheads and lively
Q/A to help participants understand their roles and the overall magnitude
of an EPM deployment. Emphasis is placed on both the Project Management
and IT Organization's roles in a successful EPM deployment.
Who Should Attend:
Everyone in your organization that can benefit from obtaining a better
understanding of a fully deployed Enterprise Project Management Solution
based on Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server including: Line
Managers, PMO Staff, Project Managers, Project Support Staff, Resource
Managers, IT Managers and IT Staff.
Series:
This is the first of the three part Series: "Introduction to Microsoft
Project and Microsoft Project Web Access"
Next Steps:
Project Manager Series –
Essential Training for Project Managers and Team Leads:
Detailed Outline:
Project Management Emphasis
Overview of an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution
Eight Roles in a Project Server EPM Deployment
Role of the Project Manager
- Anticipate best-practices
- Initiate projects of quality
- Manage
- Evaluate progress and success
- Communicate with multiple stakeholders
Role of the Team Member/Resource
- Collect requirements
- Isolate priorities
- Communicate
- Update progress/status
- Participate in threaded project discussions
Role of the Project Server System Administrator
- Planning
- Demonstration/Test installation
- Production installation
Role of the Project Server Configuration Administrator and the configuration
Team
- Planning
- Coordination
- Settings
- Formatting
- Resources
- Users
IT Emphasis: Infrastructure Model
IT Emphasis: Performance
- Database
- Network
- Web Servers
- Security Model
Q/A
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Intro #2: Microsoft Project First Steps
Duration: One Day (7 hours)
Synopsis:
A course for persons new to Microsoft Project. A “primer”
course designed to get you off on the right foot when you first start
using Microsoft Project 2003.
This course allows participants to become comfortable with using MS
Project 2003 enabling them to participate more fully in your organization’s
planning processes; and for those who have been understandably frustrated
at their attempts to “find their way” through Microsoft Project
application on their own.
Participants learn how to navigate around in Microsoft Project and get
a hands-on tour of the basic features for schedule development, introduction
to project planning, and an exposure to resource management. This is a
great place to start for novice users of Microsoft Project to get started
on planning their actual projects.
Who Should Attend:
Persons new to Microsoft Project; also a good "upgrade" course
for persons who have had some previous experience with older versions
of Microsoft Project. The course is appropriate for any participant in
the project management process to become more familiar with the capability
of Microsoft Project 2003. This course is great for persons who are learning
what it takes to understand and manage projects.
"Microsoft Project First Steps" is a great foundation course
that helps get a jumpstart on using Microsoft Project prior to beginning
our "Project Management Series".
Before Your Take This Class:
Don’t waste your time on tapes and self directed study –
we’ll show you the right way the first time out. No project management
or software background or experience required.
Series:
This is Course #2 in the three part "Introduction Series",
Next Steps:
"Project Manager Series"
Experienced Instructor Adjusts the Pace To You:
Our instructors have the experience and knowledge to adjusts the pace
and content of our courses to maximize participant “take-away”
value.
This course will expose participants to the following:
Setting up a new Project
• Learn to take advantage of templates
• Identify the starting point
• Breaking projects into manageable pieces
• Enter project properties
• Set up the project calendar
• Set various Microsoft Project options
Identify the deliverables in your project
• Enter and Modify Deliverables and Tasks
• Organize deliverables and tasks in a WBS
• Create summary tasks, detail tasks and milestones
• Establish target deadlines
• Insert/delete and indent/outdent tasks
Enter Duration or Work Estimates
• Enter estimates
• Differentiate duration from work
• Set task types: fixed work, fixed units, fixed duration
Enter dependencies between tasks
• Enter task relationships
• Edit the type of relationship and lag
• Enter deadlines and constraints
• Entering deadlines and constraints (fixed dates)
Define and assign resources
• Define group responsibility
• Define individual responsibility
• Create a resource list
• Create appropriate calendars
• Modify resource availability
• Assign single resource to tasks
• Assign multiple resources
• Add or remove resources
Exposure to tools used to optimize the Schedule
• Filter on deadline
• Display the Critical Path
• Filter on critical tasks
• Shorten the project schedule
• Identify the slack on tasks
• Display resource assignments and workloads
• Level the workloads of the resources
• Baseline
Create and Modify Views and Reports
• Select and modify standard views
• Select and modify standard reports
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Intro #3: Multiple Stakeholders
Use Microsoft Project 2003 Web Access Effectively
Duration: One Day (7 hours)
Synopsis:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of what information
is contained in Microsoft Project Server Web Access and how multiple stakeholders,
each with differing needs and objectives, effectively interact with that
information.
Course Description
Participants will learn how each stakeholder group - Managers, Executives,
Clients, Project Managers, Team Leads, Resource Managers, Team Members
and custom organization specific groups navigate the Web Access interface,
access the information they need, view information according to their
profile, and create reports. The course will also show how each stakeholder
interact, respond, and manage status reports, issues threads, risk threads
and project documents.
Who Should Attend:
This course is for persons responsible for project reporting, communicating
multiple project information to multiple organizational stakeholders,
those requiring a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Project Server
Web Access. The course is equally appropriate for team members, project
resources, functional department staff, and interested parties.
This course is recommended for the Project Server Configuration Administrator(s)
and Configuration Team – persons given responsibility for configuring
the Microsoft Project Suite to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders
in an enterprise deployment.
Before Your Take This Class:
No preparation or previous background is required prior to the course.
Series:
This is course #3 of the three part Series: "Introduction to
Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Web Access"
Next Steps:
"Project Manager Series"
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