MS Project 2000 Introduction  

Course	Managing Projects using MS Project 2000
Level	Introductory
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 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. Analyze the earned value of a project. Import and export data. Customize the MS Project 2000 environment. Multi project management A case study will be interleaved with the training to ensure the discussion of practical aspects. The training will be approximately 50% concepts and 50% hands-on experience. The scope of this training is limited to 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	Three (03) days: (09.30AM till 17.30AM)
Participant's Profile	Module / team / project leaders or project managers who want to start using MS-Project 2000 Software professionals having exposure to the entire Software Development Life Cycle, who are expected to start handling responsibilities of a project leader or a project manager.
Prerequisite	Project Management Techniques.
Course Contents	Project Management Concepts Day – 1 Introduction Elements Of Project Management. Benefits Of Using Microsoft Project. Start Your Project. Views And Charts. Work Vs Duration. Planning & Scheduling – Task Information Create Task List Identify The Work Breakdown Structure. Enter task dependencies. Lag time & Lead Time. Task Constraints. Task Deadlines. Task calendars. Modify task priority values. Add a hyperlink . Planning & Scheduling – Resource Information Work and material resources Resource Grouping. Change working time. Resource availability information. Scheduling methods and task type settings. Effect of adding or removing a resource. Day – 2 Planning & Scheduling – Resource Information .. Contd. Assign resources to tasks. 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 Analyze Schedule. Identify and resolve resource conflicts. Crash Timeline. Baseline your Project. Collaborating using Project Central Project Central. Set Up Project Central. Use the Workgroup. Enable resources to delegate tasks using Project Central. Tracking Report progress using Project Central. Reminders and Schedule Note Messages. Enter Actual Data. Reschedule uncompleted work. interim plans. Compare current plan with Baseline. Earned Value Analysis. Analyze slack and slip. Day – 3 Communicating Project Information Sort and filter data. Print views and reports. Use flag and text fields. Distribute project information. Import and export data. Customizing Customize filters and tables Customize views. Create a custom report. Set calculation options. Display current, interim and baseline plans in your Gantt Chart Customize Project Central. Share custom Objects. 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.