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Microsoft Project 2003

With a mastery of Microsoft Project 2003, you can conduct all your projects like a finely tuned orchestra. Sign up for this course now and you will soon be the Maestro of project management!

Price:  $49.00

Availability:  Unlimited use for 90 Days!

This is a very comprehensive course covering all aspects of using Microsoft Project 2003. From the fundamentals to the advanced managment of multiple projects, our easily retained bite-size learning modules will teach you to plan and understand the art of project management.

You will learn to:

  • keep track of detailed schedules
  • monitor progress with milestones
  • link tasks
  • manage resources
  • understand effort-driven project scheduling
  • manipulate, sort, and filter information
  • manage all aspects of costs, time, and work
  • and many other valuable skills
This is THE penultimate course for Microsoft project 2003, so enroll now and get started!

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Microsoft Project 2003 Outline

Chapter One: The Fundamentals

  • Planning the Project
  • Understanding Project Management
  • What´s New in Project 2003?
  • Understanding the Project 2003 Screen
  • Using Common Views
  • Using More Views
  • Creating a New Project
  • Entering the Project Scheduling Date
  • Selecting the Project Calendar
  • Adjusting Working Hours
  • Adjusting Working Days
  • Creating a New Calendar
  • Using the Project Guide
  • Printing a View
  • Printing the Current View as a Report
  • Getting Help
  • Chapter One Review

Beginning

Chapter Two: Entering the Task List

  • Entering Tasks
  • Estimating Task Duration
  • Entering Task Duration
  • Entering a Milestone
  • Organizing Tasks into Phases
  • Linking Tasks
  • Editing Task Links
  • Unlinking Tasks
  • Creating Recurring Tasks
  • Using the Task Information Dialog Box
  • Using Task Notes
  • Using Task Hyperlinks
  • Moving and Copying a Task
  • Inserting and Deleting a Task

Beginning

Chapter Three: Entering and Assigning Resources

  • Entering People Resources
  • Entering Equipment Resources
  • Entering Material Resources
  • Adjusting Individual Resource Working Schedules
  • Using Resource Notes
  • Understanding Effort-Driven Project Scheduling
  • Assigning Resources to Tasks
  • Assigning Additional Resources to Tasks
  • Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
  • Chapter Three Review

Intermediate

Chapter Four: Viewing the Project

  • Using Split Views
  • Sorting Information
  • Grouping Information
  • Filtering Information
  • Using AutoFilters
  • Viewing Details
  • Using Zoom
  • Chapter Four Review

Intermediate

Chapter Five: Working with Tasks

  • Overlapping Tasks
  • Delaying Tasks
  • Setting Task Deadlines
  • Setting Task Constraints
  • Splitting Tasks
  • Understanding Task Type
  • Assigning a Task Calendar
  • Understanding Task Indicators
  • Chapter Five Review

Intermediate

Chapter Six: Working with Resources

  • Delaying Resource Start Time
  • Applying Predefined Resource Contours
  • Specifying Resource Availability Dates
  • Grouping Resources
  • Assigning a Resource Calendar
  • Chapter Six Review

Intermediate

Chapter Seven: Seven: Working with Costs

  • Entering Resource Overtime Rates
  • Specifying Pay Rates for Different Dates
  • Adding Pay Rates for a Resource
  • Applying a Different Pay Rate to an Assignment
  • Using Material Resource Consumption Rates
  • Entering Task Fixed Costs
  • Chapter Seven Review

Advanced

Chapter Eight: Balancing the Project

  • Scheduling Resource Overtime
  • Identifying Resource Overallocation
  • Balancing Resource Overallocations Manually
  • Balancing Resource Overallocations Automatically
  • Chapter Eight Review

Advanced

Chapter Nine: Updating Project Progress

  • Saving a Baseline Plan
  • Updating the Entire Project
  • Updating Task Actual Values
  • Updating Task Completion Percentage
  • Updating Actual Work
  • Updating Actual Costs
  • Chapter Nine Review

Advanced

Chapter Ten: Checking Project Progress

  • Viewing Project Statistics
  • Viewing Project Costs
  • Viewing the Project´s Critical Path
  • Checking Duration Variance
  • Checking Work Variance
  • Checking Cost Variance
  • Identifying Slipped Tasks
  • Saving an Interim Plan
  • Chapter Ten Review

Advanced

Chapter Eleven: Working with Reports

  • Opening a Report
  • Adding Page Elements to a Report
  • Sorting a Report
  • Defining Report Contents
  • Saving a Project as a Web Page
  • Chapter Eleven Review

Advanced

Chapter Twelve: Working with Multiple Projects

  • Creating Links Between Projects
  • Consolidating Projects
  • Viewing Multiple Project Critical Paths
  • Viewing Consolidated Project Statistics
  • Creating a Resource Pool
  • Chapter Twelve Review

Advanced

500MHz Pentium or faster with 512MB Ram (1GB recommended) 1024 x 768 minimum monitor screen resolution with 16-bit video card Windows 2000, XP or later MAC Compatible Broadband connection (256 kbps or greater) connection recommended Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Firefox 2.0+ Flash Player 9.0+ required for most courses Sound card with speakers or headphones for audio playback Browser JavaScript must be enabled

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