Manage your projects with confidence. If you're a manager or a planner, you can use powerful tools in Microsoft Project Standard 2002 to track schedules and tasks, manage resources, and report project information easily and efficiently.

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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:

• Start Microsoft Project

• Change the project view

• Display Help information

• Set a project start date

• Save a project

• 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

• Revise the project calendar

• Add resources to the Resource Sheet

• Create new calendars for resources

• Assign resources to tasks

• Contour a resource assignment

• Work with cost rate tables

• Identify the critical path of a project

• Identify slack time in a project schedule

• Constrain a task or set a deadline for a task

• Define a Fixed Duration or Fixed Work task

• Copy a Microsoft Project view into a Microsoft Word document

• Export Microsoft Project sheet entries into an Excel worksheet

• Use a Microsoft Project template

• Add text fields and flag fields to a sheet view

• Save a project as a Web page

• 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

• Reschedule uncompleted work

• Schedule overtime work

• Monitor resource allocation

• Resolve resource over allocation problems

• Display earned value analysis data

• Print a view

• Modify page setup options for 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

• 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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