Lesson 1: A brief about Project Management Concepts
Understand Project Management Concepts
Understanding the requirements
Importance of Archiving Information
Lesson 2: Getting Started with Projec
Managing Your Projects with Project
Starting Project Professional
Exploring Views
Exploring Reports
Creating a New Project Plan
Setting Nonworking Days
Entering Project Properties
Key Points
Lesson 3: Creating a Task List
Entering Tasks
Estimating Durations
Entering a Milestone
Organizing Tasks into Phases
Linking Tasks
Documenting Tasks
Checking the Plan’s Duration
Key Points
Lesson 4: Setting Up Resources
Setting Up People Resources
Setting Up Equipment Resources
Setting Up Material Resources
Setting Up Cost Resources
Entering Resource Pay Rates
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
Documenting Resources
Key Points
Lesson 5 : Assigning Resources to Tasks
Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
Key Points
Lesson 6: Formatting and Printing Your Plan
Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
Drawing on a Gantt Chart
Formatting Text in a View
Formatting and Printing Reports
Key Points
Lesson 7: Tracking Progress on Tasks
Saving a Project Baseline
Tracking a Project as Scheduled
Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
Entering Actual Values for Tasks
Key Points
Lesson 8: Fine-Tuning Task Detail
Adjusting Task Relationships
Setting Task Constraints
Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
Interrupting Work on a Task
Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
Changing Task Types
Entering Deadline Dates
Entering Fixed Costs
Setting Up a Recurring Task
Key Points
Lesson 9: Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details
Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
Delaying the Start of Assignments
Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
Key Points
Lesson 10: Fine-Tuning the Project Plan
Examining Resource Allocations over Time
Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
Leveling Overallocated Resources
Examining Project Costs
Checking the Project’s Finish Date
Key Points
Lesson 11: Organizing and Formatting Project Details
Sorting Project Details
Grouping Project Details
Filtering Project Details
Customizing Tables
Customizing Views
Key Points
Lesson 12 : Printing Project Information
Printing Your Project Plan
Printing Views
Printing Reports
Key Points
Copying and Pasting with Project
Opening Other File Formats in Project
Saving to Other File Formats from Project
Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
Key Points
Updating a Baseline
Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
Rescheduling Incomplete Work
Key Points
Identifying Tasks that Have Slipped
Examining Task Costs
Examining Resource Costs
Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
Key Points
Lesson 13: Sharing Project Information with Other Programs Activity 3
Lesson 14: Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments
Lesson 15: Viewing and Reporting Project Status
Lesson 16: Getting Your Project Back on Track
Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
Key Points
Lesson 17: Applying Advanced Formatting
Formatting a Gantt Chart View
Formatting the Network Diagram View
Formatting the Calendar View
Key Points
Lesson 18: Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis
Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
Generating an Earned Value Visual Report
Key Points
Lesson 19: Customizing Project
Sharing Custom Views and Other Elements Between Project Plans
Recording Macros
Editing Macros
Customizing a Toolbar
Key Points
Lesson 20: Consolidating Projects and Resources
Creating a Resource Pool
Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
Updating All Plans’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource
Consolidating Project Plans
Creating Dependencies Between Projects
Key Points
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