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Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2013: Virtual In-House Training

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18 hours virtual classroom
Price
1,250 USD excl. VAT
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18 hours virtual classroom
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Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2013: Virtual In-House Training

This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users.

This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop provides the eBook Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft® Project 2013, and is kept up to date with the framework of knowledge outlined by the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling.

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  • Virtual Classroom
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What you Will Learn

You’ll learn how to:

  • Understand what’s new in Project 2013
  • Explain where Project 2013 fits in the Microsoft® EPM solution
  • Initialize Project 2013 to start project planning
  • Create a well-formed project schedule
  • Understand task types and the schedule formula
  • Assign resources and costs to tasks
  • Analyze resource utilization and optimize the schedule
  • Set a baseline and track progress
  • Create and manage project reports
  • Customize views and fields
  • Apply Earned Value Management
  • Understand the basics of managing multiple projects

Training Course Content

Getting Started

  • Introductions
  • Course structure
  • Course goals and objectives

Enterprise Project Management Concepts and Framework

Getting Started with Project 2013

  • Project 2013: What’s New and General Overview
  • Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.)
  • Setting the Project Calendar

Entering Tasks

  • The Planning Processes
  • Importing Tasks (Word, Excel, SharePoint)
  • Synchronizing with SharePoint Tasks List
  • Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks and milestones, as well as custom WBS coding)

Entering Estimates

  • Tendencies in Estimating
  • The Rolling Wave Approach
  • Entering Duration and Work Estimates
  • Types of Tasks

Entering Dependencies

  • The Principle of Dynamic Scheduling
  • Choosing the Right Type of Dependency
  • Entering Dependencies in Project 2013
  • Different Applications of Dependencies

Entering Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars

  • Use of Deadlines and Constraints
  • Entering Deadlines and Constraints in Project 2013

Entering Resources and Costs

  • Types of Resources
  • Entering Resources in Project 2013
  • Calendars and Resources
  • Entering Costs in Project 2013

Entering Assignments

  • Assignments in a Schedule
  • Assignments and Task Types
  • Entering Assignments in Project 2013
  • Assignments, Budgets, and Costs

Optimizing the Schedule

  • The Critical Path Method and the Resource Critical Path
  • Resource Leveling
  • Optimizing Time, Cost, and Resources in Project 2013

Updating the Schedule

  • The Baseline
  • Updating Strategies and Situations
  • Prepare the Status and Forecast Report in Project 2013

Reporting

  • Using Reports
  • Using Visual Reports
  • Formatting and Printing in Project 2013
  • Customizing Fields in Project 2013

Earned Value Management (EVM)

  • Overview of EVM
  • Applying EVM with Project 2013

Evaluating the Project

  • Evaluating the Project Performance
  • Project Benefits and Results
  • Templates for Future Projects

Summary

  • Tools and Checklist
  • Best Practices Checklist

Consolidated Schedules

  • Creating Consolidated Schedules
  • Using a Resource Pool
  • Links across Projects
  • Solving common problems
  • Analyzing the Critical Path across Projects

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