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Basic Understanding of Project Management
- Introduction to Scheduling and Planning
- Tools for Project Planning
- Network Analysis Methods (Bar/Gantt Chart)
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
- Resource Leveling
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MS Project – Settings
- Configuring Global Settings
- Customizing the Environment
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MS Project – Introduction
- Overview of Project Management in MS Project
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MS Project – Getting Started
- Understanding the MS Project Interface
- Basic Information and Navigation
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MS Project – Create a New Plan
- Create a New Project & Set Project Information
- Change File Properties
- Build, Enter, and Enter Durations for Tasks
- Change Default Time Dimensions
- Create Milestones & Summary Tasks
- Link Tasks and Respect Links
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Practice Day
- Hands-on exercises on creating project plans.
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MS Project – Set Up Resources
- Introduction to Resource Types
- Enter Work Resource Names & Max Capacity
- Enter Resource Costs
- Add Notes to Resources
- Set Up Cost Resources
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Assign Resources to Tasks
- Assigning Work, Material, and Cost Resources
- Analyzing Resource Allocation
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Plan Duration, Cost, & Time
- Analyzing Project Baseline
- Forecasting and Estimating
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MS Project – Track Progress
- Setting a Baseline
- Entering Actuals and Tracking Variance
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Advanced Scheduling
- Using Constraints and Deadlines
- Resolving Resource Overallocations
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Project Status Reporting
- Generating Standard Reports
- Creating Custom Reports and Dashboards
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Practical Test
- Final project to assess skills learned.