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PM Course Dates

Practical Project Planning Using Microsoft Project 2007

Duration / Location

1 day
09.30 to 17.00
Oxford Circus, London

Next Dates

04 Feb 2010
13 Apr 2010

Costs

£295.00 + VAT per delegate

Course Summary

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Course Summary

Microsoft Project is the most popular desktop planning tool with over 95% share of this software market. It is inevitable that anyone involved in project management will at some point in their career make use of Microsoft Project.

Given the familiar Microsoft Office icons & styling many people start working with Microsoft Project without any formal training or true understanding of planning techniques. The frequently quoted analogy being “you wouldn’t use Word without being able to read & write, you wouldn’t use Excel without being able to count, so why start using Project without understanding planning technique & the Critical Path Method?”

This unique 1 day course takes a fresh approach to Microsoft Project training. Rather than being a walk through the product functionality, this course delivers practical techniques for building, monitoring and reporting on a project using Microsoft Project.

Aimed at those with no existing formal Microsoft Project training this course arms you with real world skills enabling you to leverage the benefits of Microsoft Project on your next project. This course complements existing PRINCE2 or APM methodology training but equally no existing project management or Microsoft Project knowledge is required.

Content

This course is packed with practical content selected by our experts to ensure you gain the maximum value from your investment of time.

Section	Topic	Practical Exercise
Planning Concepts	Objectives of planning & aligning planning with the project lifecycle
Planning Concepts	Understanding the Critical Path Method, logic links, lags & float	Yes
Creating Your Project Schedule	Creating a new project	Yes
	Building a plan with tasks & WBS	Yes
	Setting a project calendar	Yes
	Setting up useful project & task codes	Yes
	Reviewing the critical path	Yes
	Filtering using task codes	Yes
	Assigning resources to tasks	Yes
Running & Controlling a Project	Baselining & versioning	Yes
	Updating task progress	Yes
	Monitoring project performance	Yes
	Perform “what if” analysis	Yes
	Creating useful reports for stakeholders & team members	Yes

Course Includes

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