Microsoft Project
Course Duration: 3 days
COURSE OVERVIEW
Microsoft Project Training Course
This course aims to provide attendees with an understanding of the processes for managing projects using Microsoft Project (MS Project) as one of the most widely used tools for project management. The course is designed to introduce participants to MS Project using several practical exercises to reinforce their understanding of project management and the use MS Project for managing sample real-life projects. The exercises are conducted as a combination of tutorials and activities that step through the various project management activities, focussing on developing work breakdown structure, project schedule and budget, allocating and managing resources and optimising their use and managing project baselines and controlling project using MS Project. No prior knowledge or experience is assumed.
- Know various techniques for project planning, scheduling and budgetting
- Use MS Project to develop project schedule and analyse the critical activities
- Use MS Project to manage and optimise required resources
- Use MS Project to analyse and control the progress of the project over time
COURSE OUTLINE
This course covers the following topics:Project Management Framework
Introduction to project management | Using MS Project for developing Work Breakdown Structure | Using MS Project for developing Project Schedule Management | Using MS Project for Resource Management | Using MS Project for developing Project Budget | Using MS Project for developing Project Baseline | Using MS Project for Project Control
Introduction to Project Management
Reviewing project management concepts and available tools and applications, and also visualisation of project data
Using MS Project for developing Work Breakdown Structure
Scope definition and planning | Develop Work Breakdown Structure | Manage Gantt Chart | Identify WBS elements (the link between Business plan and WBS)
Using MS Project for developing Project Schedule Management
Develop Project Schedule | Develop Network Diagram | Find and Manage Critical Path
Using MS Project for Resource Management
Defining Resources | Set up a Resource Calendar | Resources Allocation | Managing Resource Overload | Resource Optimisation | Resource levelling | Resource smoothing | Schedule Compression
Using MS Project for developing Project Budget
Develop Project Cost Baseline | Develop Bottom-up Project Budget | Develop Summary Project Budget
Using MS Project for developing Project Baseline
Baseline Project Plan | Firs Time Baseline | Subsequent Baselines
Using MS Project for Project Control
Calculating Schedule based on Actual Reports | Analysing Impact of Cost and Time Variance | Define Performance update process | Updating Project Schedule
Exercise 1 - WBS
An exercise to develop a work breakdown structure with MS Project and use Gantt chart
Exercise 2 – Project schedule
An exercise to develop a project schedule and identify the critical path(s) in MS Project
Exercise 3 – Resource allocation and management
An exercise to set up resources and resource calendar to support resource management and resource optimisation techniques in MS Project
Exercise 4 – Project budget
An exercise to develop project cost baseline and project budget in MS Project
Exercise 5 – Project baseline
An exercise to baseline project plan in MS Project
Exercise 6 – Project control
An exercise to incorporate actual reports in MS Project and manage cost and schedule variances.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr Alireza Abbasi is the Coordinator of Project Management programs at UNSW Canberra. He also holds a graduate certificate in University Learning and Teaching from UNSW. His research and teaching interests include project management, management science, information systems management and network science. He has written a book, three book chapters and over 80 technical journal and conference papers.Dr Abbassi has had several appointments and been involved in different projects in IT/Software, Oil, Education and R&D sectors. He is an active member of several professional bodies including Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), Project Management Institute (PMI), and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).
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