Microsoft Project 2000 is a powerful, flexible tool designed to help you manage a full range of projects. Schedule and closely track all tasks—and use Microsoft Project Central, the Web-based companion to Microsoft Project 2000, to exchange project information with your team and senior management.

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Part 1

Prerequisites

A knowledge of personal computer fundamentals, experience in working within the Microsoft Windows environment, a reasonable degree of keyboard proficiency and experience in using a mouse.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Enter a new project start date

• Create a project schedule

• Outline a task list

• Link tasks in Finish-to-Start and Finish-to-Finish relationships

• Change the timescale of a Gantt Chart

• Add lag time and lead time between tasks

• Use work breakdown structure codes

• Create a Network Diagram

• Allocate resources to tasks

• Revise resource information

• Contour a resource assignment

• Revise the project calendar

• Create resource and task calendars

• Work with cost rate tables

• Identify the critical path of a project

• Identify slack time in a project schedule

• Assign a constraint or a deadline to a task

• Define a fixed-duration task

• Copy a Microsoft Project view into a Microsoft Word document

• Export Project sheet entries into a Microsoft Excel worksheet

• Link a project to a Web page; Save a project as a Web page

• Use a Microsoft Project template

• Add a drawing to a Gantt Chart

• Add text fields and flag fields to a sheet view

• Customize Microsoft Project

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Part 2

Prerequisites

Part 1 or equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

• After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Sort and group project information

• Create a custom group option

• Apply a filter to a view

• Apply a new table to a view

• Create a custom filter and a custom table

• Save a baseline plan

• Update a project schedule

• Add progress lines to a Gantt Chart

• Schedule overtime work

• Monitor resource allocation

• Resolve resource over allocation problems

• Display earned value analysis data

• Print a view

• Modify the page layout of a printout

• Enhance the elements of a view

• Print a predesigned report

• Create a custom report

• Set up a consolidated project

• Links tasks across projects of a consolidated project

• Use a resource pool

• Send and respond to a TeamAssign message

• Send and respond to a TeamStatus message

• Work with Microsoft Project Central

• Record and run a macro

• Create a custom form

• Use the Organizer

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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