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4009 Setting Up Projects for Success Using Microsoft Office Project 2003
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Even experienced project managers need help making the most of the tools at their disposal. Project managers at every level are asked to manage projects with short schedules, tight budgets, and scarce resources. This hands-on course focuses on the critical planning stage of a project and how to set a project up for success. Hands-on exercises with Microsoft Word and Project will demonstrate effective and easy-to-implement techniques to better plan, schedule and allocate resources. The goal of this course is to enable project managers to increase their productivity, which means they have more time to stay on top of the critical project management tasks that increase the chances of project success.
What you will learn
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Explain how effective project plans facilitate project success.

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    Quickly set up project plans that communicate key project information to the entire project team.

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    Develop schedules in Microsoft Project that communicate the project tasks effectively and accurately.

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    Assign resources to tasks to obtain the desired results.
    Prerequisites
    Before attending this course, students must have:

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    Experience participating in project teams as a project manager, manager, supervisor, team leader, or consultant. Note that students do not have to carry the title of project manager or possess a degree or certification in project management.

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    Basic understanding of project management concepts, such as task lists, work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, task dependencies, scheduling constraints, and resource allocation.

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    Hands-on experience with Microsoft Project, including the ability to:

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    Create tasks and subtasks to build a project schedule.

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    Link tasks to create dependencies.

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    Assign resources to tasks.

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    Change task properties.
    Audience

    This course is designed for career project managers and those professionals for whom project management is an integral part of their daily jobs, and who have a vested interest in improving the effectiveness of project management and the success of projects – often under complex or difficult circumstances. This audience has experience managing projects, but is looking to enhance its project management skills and its ability to handle more concurrent projects or to manage larger and more complex projects.

    Duration
    Half day-Instructor-led