Project planning and control using MS Project

Program Description

Course summary:

• Defining Project calendar
• Creating a dynamic project plan
• Establishing dependencies and constrains between activities
• Using lag time and overlapping of activities
• Activity sharing
• WBS
• Defining project milestones
• Resources and costs
• Entering resource data into the project plan
• Entering cost data into the project plan
• Concepts of duration of activities, amount of work and units of resources
• Resource allocation
• Filtering overallocated resources
• Leveling resources
• Sorting activities and resources
• Grouping activities and resources
• Activities and resource filtering
• Defining special fields for activities and resources
• Defining tables and data views
• Monitoring the implementation of the project
• Overview of deviations from the original project plan (Baselining)
• Creating, modifying, and printing reports
• Creating a project plan (practical exercise)

Who Should Attend?

Project Team Leaders, Project Planners, Project Team members

Duration

3 days (18 hours)