Microsoft Project 2000 :Level 1

Course Description

Overview:   Students will probably get the most out of this course if they want to learn how to use Microsoft Project 2000 to assist them with project management. Students should have some project management experience and be familiar with terms such as Gantt Chart, task, critical path, and resource. Students should also be familiar with terms such as computer memory, data files, and program files. No knowledge of Microsoft Project 2000 is assumed.

Prerequisites:    To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:

• Windows 2000: Introduction
• Windows 98: Introduction
• Windows 95: Introduction
• Project-management experience and familiarity with terms such as Gantt Chart, task, critical path, and resource.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the steps involved in project planning.
• Become familiar with project management software and plan a project by using Microsoft Project 2000.
• Work with subtasks in an outline form, link tasks effectively, and work with time constraints.
• Assign resources and their work schedules to tasks.
• Resolve time and resource conflicts.
• Effectively use the different views, reports, and drawing tools available in Microsoft Project 2000.
• Sort and filter project information effectively.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Project Management

          Topic 1A: Fundamentals of Project Management

          Topic 1B: Defining the Scope of the Project

                   Task 1B-1: Defining customer/client requirements

                   Task 1B-2: Developing a Work Breakdown Structure

          Topic 1C: Developing the Project Schedule

                   Task 1C-1: Prepare a precedence diagram

          Topic 1D: Assigning Project Resources

          Topic 1E: Saving the Project Baseline

          Topic 1F: Controlling Project Execution

Lesson 2: Starting a Project

          Topic 2A: Examining Microsoft Project 2000

                   Task 2A-1: Starting Microsoft Project 2000

                   Task 2A-2: Examining the major elements of the Microsoft Project window

                   Task 2A-3: Open a project file and display and hide toolbars

          Topic 2B: An Overview of the Planning Process

                   Task 2B-1: Examining the planning process

          Topic 2C: Defining Project Information

                   Task 2C-1: Defining basic project information

                   Task 2C-2: Entering task information

                   Task 2C-3: Assigning task durations

                   Task 2C-4: Examining the PlanningWizard

                   Task 2C-5: Saving the project file

Lesson 3: Outlining and Task Relationships

          Topic 3A: Organizing the Task List into an Outline

                   Task 3A-1: Creating subtasks

                   Task 3A-2: Adding milestones

                   Task 3A-3: Creating the Project Summary Task

                   Task 3A-4: Collapsing and expanding the outline

          Topic 3B: Linking Tasks and Observing the Critical Path

                   Task 3B-1: Linking tasks

                   Task 3B-2: Changing the Gantt Chart view timescale

                   Task 3B-3: Using the GanttChartWizard to view the critical path

          Topic 3C: Modifying Task Relationships

                   Task 3C-1: Changing task predecessors

                   Task 3C-2: Linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship

                   Task 3C-3: Adding lead time

          Topic 3D: Constraints

                   Task 3D-1: Scheduling the project from the end date

                   Task 3D-2: An alternative method for scheduling from the end date

                   Task 3D-3: Applying the Start No Earlier Than constraint

Lesson 4: Adding and Assigning Resources

          Topic 4A: Creating and Assigning a Base Calendar

                   Task 4A-1: Creating a base company calendar

                   Task 4A-2: Creating a calendar for the Writer

                   Task 4A-3: Assigning a calendar to the project

                   Task 4A-4: Assigning a calendar to non-working days

                   Task 4A-5: Assigning a calendar to a task

          Topic 4B: Entering and Assigning Resources

                   Task 4B-1: Entering resources with the Resource Sheet

                   Task 4B-2: Entering resources with special information

                   Task 4B-3: Entering a material resource

                   Task 4B-4: Assigning calendars to groups of resources

                   Task 4B-5: Assigning resources by using the Assign Resources button

                   Task 4B-6: Defining resource calendars

          Topic 4C: Working with Project Costs

                   Task 4C-1: Working with fixed costs

                   Task 4C-2: Reviewing overall costs

Lesson 5: Analyzing the Project

          Topic 5A: Resolving Time Restrictions

                   Task 5A-1: Shortening the critical path by adding resources

                   Task 5A-2: Using fixed-duration scheduling

          Topic 5B: Resolving Resource Conflicts

                   Task 5B-1: Determining overallocated resources

                   Task 5B-2: Brainstorming possible solutions to the overallocationproblem

                   Task 5B-3: Using the Level Now command

Lesson 6: Displaying Project Data

          Topic 6A: Exploring Views

                   Task 6A-1: Examining different views

                   Task 6A-2: Viewing tables

          Topic 6B: Generating Project Reports

                   Task 6B-1: Printing a view

                   Task 6B-2: Previewing the Milestones report

                   Task 6B-3: Modifying the format of a report

          Topic 6C: Using Drawing Tools

                   Task 6C-1: Adding drawing objects to the Gantt Chart

                   Task 6C-2: Formatting a drawn object

Lesson 7: Sorting and Filtering Data

          Topic 7A: Sorting Project Data

                   Task 7A-1: Sorting the Resource Sheet

                   Task 7A-2: Sorting and renumbering the Resource Sheet

          Topic 7B: Filtering Project Data

                   Task 7B-1: Applying a filter to the Resource Sheet

                   Task 7B-2: Using AutoFilter

                   Task 7B-3: Applying a filter to the Task Sheet

          Topic 7C: Creating Custom Filters

                   Task 7C-1: Defining a filter

                   Task 7C-2: Using AND to define a filter with multiple criteria

                   Task 7C-3: Using OR to define a filter with multiple criteria

                   Task 7C-4: Creating an interactive filter