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All
Project 2000 courses are 3.5 hours in length. Click a course
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Objective:
Discover the exciting new features available
in Project 2000 and learn how they can be applied to a project.
Prerequisite
Skills:
- Comfortable
with the Windows environment.
- Familiar
with a previous version of Project.
Course
Description:
Have
you used previous versions of Microsoft Project and now need to
learn the features that are new and improved in Project 2000?
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Understand
how to access Help in Project 2000.
- Use
Project's adaptive menus and toolbars.
- Understand
the new components to the Open and Save As
dialog boxes.
- Automatically
save project files.
- Use
new editing techniques, such as in-cell editing and the fill handle.
- Use
Project templates.
- Set
project and task priorities.
- Clear
a project baseline.
- Change
the row height in a table.
- Set
the timescale to compare fiscal year information.
- Use
the new roll-up task options.
- Work
with the Network Diagram.
- View
the Relationship Diagram.
- Create
custom fields in a project plan.
- Create
groups for filtering.
- Create
custom WBS numbering.
- Define
custom outline numbering.
- Apply
a calendar to tasks.
- Set
estimated durations.
- Apply
the new "month" duration.
- Set
a deadline date for a task.
- Define
material resources.
- Contour
resource availability.
- Use
Project Central.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Project
2000 Creating a Project Plan
Objective:
Learn to use Project to create a basic
project plan.
Prerequisite
Skills:
- Comfortable
with the Windows environment.
- Familiar
with basic project management concepts.
Course
Description:
In this course, learn the basic project management skills and how
they work together with using Project 2000 as a tool. Then, learn
the right way to start a project by setting the proper environment,
entering tasks, and finally, adding resources to your project plan.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Learn
what a project is.
- Learn
what project management is and the components of managing a project.
- Understand
the benefits of managing a project using software.
- Learn
the importance of starting a project right.
- Start
a new project.
- Define
project information.
- Change
the properties of a project plan.
- Establish
the project environment.
- Create
and work with a project calendar.
- Learn
how to best approach the planning process.
- Create
and modify a task list.
- Understand
autolinking.
- Enter
the task duration.
- Establish
a dependency link.
- Create
a resource pool and assign resources to a task.
- Print
the task list and resource pool.
- Save,
close, and open project plans.
- Create
a new project using a template.
- Use
on-line help.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Project
2000 Refining a Project Plan
Objective:
Learn to use the capabilities of Project
2000 to refine and/or improve your project plan.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Familiar with project management concepts and with using Microsoft
Project to create a simple project plan.
(Suggested Course: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan)
Course
Description:
You have the basics of your project plan down, but now you need
to refine the project with more information. In this course, learn
to refine task relationships, enter lag or lead time, apply constraints,
and work with resource information.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Enter
summary tasks.
- Work
with the task list outline.
- View
task outline levels.
- Enter
milestones.
- Work
with recurring tasks.
- Modify
task relationships.
- Add
lag and/or lead time.
- Apply
a calendar to a task.
- Apply
task constraints.
- Apply
task deadlines.
- Set
project and task priorities.
- Understand
resource costs.
- Assign
fixed costs.
- Calculate
the work formula.
- Modify
resource assignments.
- Adjust
resource assignment information.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Project
2000 Analyzing a Project Plan
Objective:
Learn to identify and adjust the critical
path and to locate errors, inconsistencies, and potential problems
in a project plan.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Familiar with project management concepts and with using Microsoft
Project to create a simple project plan.
(Suggested Course: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan)
Course
Description:
What is a critical path? How do you use the critical path to help
you manage your project? Learn to locate the critical path and use
different methods of shortening the project plan. Also, discover
ways to analyze and adjust your tasks, schedule, and resources.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Understand
and determine the critical path.
- View
and modify the critical plan.
- Work
with the Network Diagram.
- View
the Relationship Diagram.
- Analyze
tasks.
- Adjust
tasks.
- Create
what-if scenarios.
- Analyze
resources.
- Analyze
costs.
- Adjust
resources and costs.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Project
2000 Tracking a Project
Objective:
Learn to track and analyze a project's
progress and to adjust the project plan.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable creating and working with project plans.
(Suggested Courses: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan, Project 2000 Refining
a Project Plan, and Project 2000 Analyzing
a Project Plan)
Course
Description:
Your project is finally underway; now, how do you make sure that
you finish the project on time? In this course, learn several methods
for tracking your project's progress. Then learn how to analyze
the progress of the project and how to adjust the plan when/if problems
arise.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Understand
the tracking process.
- Set
the baseline.
- Set
an interim plan.
- Clear
the baseline.
- View
the baseline information.
- Track
actual data.
- Analyze
project progress once you track the actual data.
- Used
earned value analysis.
- Display
progress lines.
- Revise
the schedule.
- Analyze
data in Excel.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Objective:
Learn to use features and functionality
of Project 2000 to increase efficiency.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable creating and working with project plans.
(Suggested Courses: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan and Project 2000
Refining a Project Plan)
Course
Description:
In this course, learn some tips and shortcuts that will enhance
the way you use Project 2000. You will learn to format your project,
create groups, and import and export your project data.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Work
with Project 2000 views.
- Work
with tables.
- Move
within the views.
- Use
shortcuts.
- Learn
tips for formatting a project plan.
- Change
page setup and print options.
- Use
find and replace.
- Sort
tasks and resources.
- Apply
filters.
- Create
groups for filtering.
- Create
templates.
- Export
data into other programs.
- Import
data into Project 2000.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Objective:
Learn to work with multiple projects by
consolidating projects into one file, inserting subprojects into
one main project plan, and sharing resources with more than one
project plan.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable with a wide range of Project capabilities.
(Suggested Courses: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan, Project 2000 Refining
a Project Plan, Project 2000 Analyzing
a Project Plan, and Project 2000 Tracking
a Project)
Course
Description:
As a project manager, do you typically manage more than one project
at a time? Do you have a project that shares resources with other
projects? In this course, learn how to work with multiple projects
by consolidating projects into one file, inserting subprojects into
one main project plan, and sharing resources with more than one
project plan.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Understand
and determine the critical path.
- View
multiple projects.
- Create
a workspace.
- Consolidate
multiple projects.
- Insert
subprojects into a master project.
- View
and update subproject information.
- Cross-link
projects.
- Break
large projects into more manageable projects.
- View
multiple critical paths.
- Share
resources.
- Analyze
multiple projects.
- Locate
resources overallocation.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
Options:
Project
2000 Customizing Project Plans
Objective:
Learn to format and customize a project
plan for more effective communication to the project team.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable with a wide range of Project capabilities.
(Suggested Courses: Project 2000
Creating a Project Plan, Project 2000 Refining
a Project Plan, Project 2000 Analyzing
a Project Plan, Project 2000 Tracking a
Project, and Project 2000 Tips &
Shortcuts)
Course
Description:
Project 2000 offers a wide variety of ways to view your project
plan, but sometimes the application still does not provide exactly
what you want. In this course, learn to customize fields, tables,
filters, views, and reports, giving you the ability to personalize
your project plan to help communicate it to your project team.
Attend
this course if you want to:
- Understand
databases and views.
- Create
custom fields in a project plan.
- Create
custom WBS numbering.
- Define
custom outline numbering.
- Customize
tables.
- Customize
filters.
- Customize
views.
- Use
the predefined reports.
- Create
custom reports.
- Use
the Organizer.
Class
Length:
3.5 hours
Delivery
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