MS Project 2000 Advance  

Course	Managing Projects using MS Project 2000
Level	Advance
Overview	The participants will become proficient in using MS Project 2000 for creating and optimizing their project plans, monitoring their progress, communicating project information and managing multiple projects. They will be able to exploit the full potential of this popular tool. They will learn to: Create and maintain a project schedule, Assign resources to keep track of the work performed on each task, Resolve resource conflicts to eliminate over-allocations on tasks, Refine a project schedule by using advanced settings and options, Save baseline and interim plans Use Project Central to track the progress of a project, Filter and report schedule information and Import and export data Customize the MS Project 2000 environment. Multi project management. Combining a case study with the training ensures the discussion of practical aspects. The training will be approximately 50% concepts and 50% hands-on. The scope of this training includes Project Planning, Project Scheduling, Project Monitoring and Project Reporting – using MS-Project 2000. Topics like Team management, Risk Analysis, Estimation and Project Costing are outside the scope of this training.
Duration	Two (02) days: (09.30AM till 17.30AM)
Participant's Profile	Module / team / project leaders or project managers who are using MS-Project 2000 or undergone basic training on MS Project 2000. Software professionals, project leader or a project manager having exposure to the entire Software Development Life Cycle.
Prerequisite	Project Management Techniques.
Course Contents	Day – 1 Planning & Scheduling – Task Information Work Vs Duration Lag time & Lead Time Task Constraints Task Deadlines Task calendars Task and project priorities Hyperlinks Planning & Scheduling – Resource Information Work and material resources Resource Grouping Resource availability information Scheduling methods and task type settings Effect of adding or removing a resource Assign resources with different units or working hours to the same task Task and Resource Costs Enter varying costs for a resource Optimizing and Baselining Analyse Schedule Identify and resolve resource conflicts – Resource Leveling Crash Timeline Baseline your Project Day – 2 Tracking Record Task Status Reminders and Schedule Note Messages Reschedule uncompleted work Interim plans Compare current plan with Baseline or Interim Plans Analyze slack and slip Communicating Project Information Sort, filter and group data Use flag and text fields Distribute project information Import and export data Customizing Create custom reports Customize objects Share custom Objects Set calculation options Display current, interim and baseline plans in your Gantt Chart Customize Outline Codes Create custom graphical indicators Create and apply custom groupings Multi-Project Management Consolidate projects View multiple critical paths in a consolidated project Cross link projects Share a resource pool Resolve Resource Conflicts in a Resource Pool