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Although you have an incredibly
powerful project management software application on your computer, the
efficiencies of project plans do not come from simply inputting information
into the software. The most powerful efficiencies come from the work you do
during the Initiation and Planning phases of your project plan before you
even enter a single task into the software application. After the project schedule is completed and
a baseline is saved, you will need all the tools available to you in
Microsoft Project to successfully keep your project on track during the
Execution and Control phases. During
the life cycle of your project, you will want to view, analyze, print and
communicate the data that Microsoft Project stores in your project plan file.
You will use this data to monitor the progress of your project and use this
information to keep it on time, within budget and in scope. When the project is completed, you will use
Microsoft Project data to analyze how well, or not so well, you did on the
project. Final reports can be run and valuable lessons learned process can be
completed using the results you recorded in your project plan.
In order to make this entire
process more efficient, you must continue to study and learn project
management methodologies and techniques. During this time, you need to learn
the features, tools and techniques of the Microsoft Project software tool in
order to be successful building and managing your project plans. The software
tool is not intuitive and is wrought with a host of settings and processes
that can create a great amount of frustration for the uninformed user.
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Project
Management Overview
What
is a Project?
What
is Project Management?
Why
Projects Fail
What
Microsoft Project Cannot Do For You
The Project
Management Process (Life Cycle)
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Control
Closeout
Understanding
Project 2002
The
Project Guide
The
Planning Wizard
Navigating
in Project 2002
Defining
a Project Plan
The
Planning Process
Advanced
Project Scheduling
Project
Schedule Development
Project
Start-Up
Microsoft
Project Essentials
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Building a
Project Plan File
Working with
Tasks
Entering
Tasks
Dependencies,
Relationships & Linking
Recurring
Task
Formatting
Charts in Project
Working with
Resources
Entering
& Assigning Resources
Assigning
Resources
Tracking
Project Progress
Setting
the Baseline
Entering
Actual Task Information
Viewing
& Analyzing Project Progress
Customizing
Microsoft Project
Creating
Custom Objects in Project
Work
Breakdown Structure Outline Codes
Custom
Fields
Templates
Views
Tables
& Forms
Notes
& Custom Toolbars
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