Microsoft Project

Microsoft^® Project 2007

CRS# 00.610-041
Two Days; Meets 9:00am-4:00pm; Thursday/Friday, Feb. 11 & 12
Held on Lowell Campus; Tuition: $850; CEUs: 1.4; PDUs: 14

Space is limited so register today!

For questions or to register for this noncredit seminar, call (978) 934-2405!

Overview
This two-day seminar teaches the participant how to best use the Microsoft® Project software. We teach the functionality of Microsoft® Project using a quote about course

combination of lecture, hands-on applications and case studies to reinforce and better absorb the material. Although this is our standard Microsoft® Project offering, some advanced features are explored so that the user can plan and manage projects in the PMBOK® context. This seminar is taught in UMass Lowell's computer lab.

Audience
This seminar is intended for all members of a project team: Senior Managers, Project Managers, Team Leaders, Resource Managers and Individual Team Members - anyone interested in the basics of Microsoft Project in the Total Project Control environment. Attendees new to project management will learn the basics, while those with more experience will gain a better understanding of the inner workings of MS Project.

Content

MS Project and the Total Project Control process
Building Schedules in Microsoft Project
Issues using Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Project Set Up
- Critical Path and Calculating Date
- Creating Charts (Gantt, Network)
- Using and Customizing Tables and Views
- Working the Critical Path
- Creating and Managing Deadlines
- Optimizing the schedule
- Sharing Views & Calendars
Managing Resources & Multiple Projects
- Introduction to Resource Analysis
- Identifying & Applying Resources
- Identifying Resource Problems
- Resolving Resource Problems
Keeping Projects on Track
- Creating and Customizing Reports
- Develop a Baseline
- Updating Project Status
- Variances and Keeping the Project on Track

Seminar Objectives

Understand how to use MS Project in the PMBOK® process.
Building Project Schedules
Developing Work Breakdown Structures
Produce schedules using the 4 types of task relationships
Understand Critical Path and how its calculated and displayed
Compress and optimize schedules
Understand the various report types and how to customize them
Managing Resources and Multiple Projects
Appreciate the basics of resource management in MS Project
Solve resource related problems using MS Project
Understand the resource management limitations of MS Project and the work-arounds
Understand the basics of MS Project in a network environment
Resolve multi-project resource conflicts
Keeping Projects on Track
Develop baselines
Accurately represent project status
Aggressively get projects back on track

Instructor
John Riopel is the president of PM Providers and has over 21 years of experience as a program/project manager in government service and commercial industries implementing and managing internal, civil, commercial, and government projects. He has provided program/project management expertise to the US Navy, Army, Federal/Civil, banking, telecommunications, retailing, entertainment industries and other commercial clients. He uses the Project Management Institute (PMI) disciplined approach to program/project management and has led virtual teams along with onsite resources. John is an expert in database and web technologies and has often presented seminars on project management tools for Microsoft’s Project Association (MPA). He is a Microsoft Certified Professional.

For questions or to register, call (978) 934-2405!

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