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This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users.
This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop provides the eBook Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft® Project 2013, and is kept up to date with the framework of knowledge outlined by the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling.
You'll learn how to:
Understand what's new in Project 2013
Explain where Project 2013 fits in the Microsoft® EPM solution
Initialize Project 2013 to start project planning
Create a well-formed project schedule
Understand task types and the schedule formula
Assign resources and costs to tasks
Analyze resource utilization and optimize the schedule
Set a baseline and track progress
Create and manage project reports
Customize views and fields
Apply Earned Value Management
Understand the basics of managing multiple projects
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
Project 2013: What's New and General Overview
Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.)
Setting the Project Calendar
The Planning Processes
Importing Tasks (Word, Excel, SharePoint)
Synchronizing with SharePoint Tasks List
Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks and milestones, as well as custom WBS coding)
Tendencies in Estimating
The Rolling Wave Approach
Entering Duration and Work Estimates
Types of Tasks
The Principle of Dynamic Scheduling
Choosing the Right Type of Dependency
Entering Dependencies in Project 2013
Different Applications of Dependencies
Use of Deadlines and Constraints
Entering Deadlines and Constraints in Project 2013
Types of Resources
Entering Resources in Project 2013
Calendars and Resources
Entering Costs in Project 2013
Assignments in a Schedule
Assignments and Task Types
Entering Assignments in Project 2013
Assignments, Budgets, and Costs
The Critical Path Method and the Resource Critical Path
Resource Leveling
Optimizing Time, Cost, and Resources in Project 2013
The Baseline
Updating Strategies and Situations
Prepare the Status and Forecast Report in Project 2013
Using Reports
Using Visual Reports
Formatting and Printing in Project 2013
Customizing Fields in Project 2013
Overview of EVM
Applying EVM with Project 2013
Evaluating the Project Performance
Project Benefits and Results
Templates for Future Projects
Tools and Checklist
Best Practices Checklist
Creating Consolidated Schedules
Using a Resource Pool
Links across Projects
Solving common problems
Analyzing the Critical Path across Projects