FastEDUCATION™ Seminar

Seminar: Introduction to Microsoft Project

Duration: 3 hours

Expected Audience:  Targeted at project leaders, this session trains participants to create simple, standardized project schedules that clearly track and report team performance and can fit any project parameters.  It is intended for novice users of MS Project.

Objectives:

• Be able to use navigate and use the tool for simple workstation-oriented projects
• Understand how to define project scope
• Explore how to prepare the project Work Breakdown Structure
• Develop the project schedule
• Use MS Project to track progress against the project schedule
• Use MS Project to prepare and deliver to management status reports
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Format:    Presentation / discussion / lab in groups of 10-20.  (*Requires participants to have access to a PC with MSP installed)

Outline:

• Introduction
• Outline review
• Materials Tour
• Participant's experiences with scheduling tools
• MSP Basics
• Menu Tour
• Caveats and disclaimers
• Set up defaults
• Basic views
• Define Scope
• Enter appropriate scope information
• Project information
• Activity Information blocks
• Prepare the WBS
• Entering activities
• Summary activities
• Defining Precedence
• Using the network diagram
• Developing the schedule
• Entering Work estimates
• Assigning constraints
• Calculating durations
• Adjusting the schedule
• Tracking progress
• Tracking Gantt view
• Entering % Complete
• Earned Value Management
• Techniques to improve success with MS Project
• Summary & Wrap-up

Seminar Materials:

• Presentation matter
• Seminar notebook
• Links to detail forms and help sites