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Microsoft Project Orange Belt 2013: In-House Training

Microsoft Project Orange Belt 2013: In-House Training

  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

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  • Delivered Online or In-Person

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  • UK Wide

  • Full day

  • All levels

Description

Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2013: In-House Training

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.

What you Will Learn

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

Getting Started
  • Introductions

  • Course structure

  • Course goals and objectives

Enterprise Project Management Concepts and Framework
Getting Started with Project 2013
  • Project 2013: What's New and General Overview

  • Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.)

  • Setting the Project Calendar

Entering Tasks
  • 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)

Entering Estimates
  • Tendencies in Estimating

  • The Rolling Wave Approach

  • Entering Duration and Work Estimates

  • Types of Tasks

Entering Dependencies
  • The Principle of Dynamic Scheduling

  • Choosing the Right Type of Dependency

  • Entering Dependencies in Project 2013

  • Different Applications of Dependencies

Entering Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars
  • Use of Deadlines and Constraints

  • Entering Deadlines and Constraints in Project 2013

Entering Resources and Costs
  • Types of Resources

  • Entering Resources in Project 2013

  • Calendars and Resources

  • Entering Costs in Project 2013

Entering Assignments
  • Assignments in a Schedule

  • Assignments and Task Types

  • Entering Assignments in Project 2013

  • Assignments, Budgets, and Costs

Optimizing the Schedule
  • The Critical Path Method and the Resource Critical Path

  • Resource Leveling

  • Optimizing Time, Cost, and Resources in Project 2013

Updating the Schedule
  • The Baseline

  • Updating Strategies and Situations

  • Prepare the Status and Forecast Report in Project 2013

Reporting
  • Using Reports

  • Using Visual Reports

  • Formatting and Printing in Project 2013

  • Customizing Fields in Project 2013

Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Overview of EVM

  • Applying EVM with Project 2013

Evaluating the Project
  • Evaluating the Project Performance

  • Project Benefits and Results

  • Templates for Future Projects

Summary
  • Tools and Checklist

  • Best Practices Checklist

Consolidated Schedules
  • Creating Consolidated Schedules

  • Using a Resource Pool

  • Links across Projects

  • Solving common problems

  • Analyzing the Critical Path across Projects

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