Project Management using Microsoft Project
Learn the Right Skills and the Right Software to Become a Project Manager
Description
Are your projects expanding in size and scope faster than you can manage them? Are you starting to work on an enterprise team and need to understand how larger projects work? Have you found yourself unexpectedly taking on the role of project manager? Is your IT career path taking you in the direction of project management?
As IT and development projects get increasingly complex, the role of project manager has become more critical. Whether you're a reluctant project manager trying to improve the output and efficiency of your team, or an aspiring project professional, you will find this course extremely helpful. With over 20 years of project management experience, Beth Mosolgo-Clark will be your instructor as you learn the basics of project management, including terminology, techniques, reporting, and costing. At the same time, you'll become familiar with Microsoft Project--the software most commonly used by project professionals.
This isn't a course where you'll simply watch the instructor and nod along-- You'll be immersed in lab activities teaching you both the fundamentals of project management and the Microsoft Project software package.
This course includes hours of video lectures, dozens of project management examples, and samples. You'll find there is no better way to dive into Microsoft Project software and the field of project management!
What You Will Learn!
- Identify the Key Components of a Project
- Identify the Purpose of a Project
- Understand Project Resources
- Understand Project Constraints
- Comprehend Unstated Objectives
- Create a Project with MS Project
- Create Relationships Between Tasks
- Understand the Basics of Critical Paths
- Be Able to Subdivide Tasks
- Understand Task Float
- Represent Project Resources in MS Project
- Assign Resources to a Task
- Perform Resource Leveling in MS Project
- Update Task Progress
- Manage Part Time Resources
- Utilize Calendars in MS Project
- Edit a Project's Calendar
- Displaying Calendar Information in a Gantt Chart
- Report Resource Utilization
- Work with Project Milestones
- Use Network Diagram Views
- Use Spreadsheet Vies
- Assign a Labor Rate to Project Resources
- Record Non-Labor Project Costs
- View cost Reports
- Manage Project Costs
- Integrate with other MS Applications
- Create MS Project Macros
- Work in Mobile and the cloud
Who Should Attend!
- New Project Managers
- Developers in the Project Management Role
- Teachers and Students who Want to Learn Project Management
- Microsoft Project Users
- Anyone Who Wants to Learn Project Management and MS Project