Project Management with Microsoft Project 2007, Standard Edition Software Included 414 » 100 hours

Project Management Section:

Upon successful completion of the Project Management training, you'll be able to:

• List and describe the nine knowledge areas of project management
• Describe the steps required to plan a project
• Describe the steps required to manage a project
• List and describe the primary planning documents for a project
• Define the characteristics of a project and its deliverables
• Describe the most common phases of a project life cycle and the typical project management tasks associated with each
• Meet the 35 hour education requirement for the PMP® certification exam 

Microsoft Project Section:

Upon successful completion of the Microsoft Project training, you'll be able to:

• Demonstrate your understanding of project management scheduling terminology and concepts
• Set up a project file with the appropriate default settings for your type of project and industry
• Describe the four different types of calendars used in Project and how each is utilized during the planning and tracking of projects
• Describe the five most common task types and how each is modeled in Project
• Demonstrate how to assign the three resource types to specific tasks effectively and efficiently
• Perform a "sanity check" to validate that the planned schedule is correct and make adjustments as required
• Use Project to manage and track the project’s performance including the use of Earned Value statusing and forecasting calculations
• Use both the tabular as well as graphical reports available
• Customize Project's look and feel and adapt it to meet your own company's formats and standards
• Create macros for repetitive project management tasks and save some keystrokes
• Use Project to develop recovery scenarios to get a project back on track