Microsoft Project

• The History of Modern Project Management

• Critical Path Method

• Benefits and Limitations of Using Project Management Software

• Steps to Building a Project

• Getting Help

• Sizing Columns

• Navigating the Task Form

• Active/Inactive Panes

• Moving Around the Task Entry Pane and Timescale

• Entering Tasks

• Entering Durations

• Saving the File

• Creating Milestones

• Creating Summary Tasks

• Using Outlining

• Obtaining Project Status

• Linking Tasks

• Types of Relationships

• Slack, Lag and Lead

• Formatting Text

• Displaying the Critical Path in the Gantt Chart

• Viewing and Modifying Task Information

• Using the Mouse in the Gantt Chart

• Creating a Resource Pool

• Sorting a List

• Assigning Resources

• Modifying the Task Entry Form to Include Initials

• Understanding Calendars

• Creating a Base Calendar

• Altering Resource Calendars

• Identifying Overallocations

• Remedying Overallocations

• Setting the Baseline

• Entering Actual Dates

• Tracking Gantt Chart

• Printing

• Generating Reports

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Microsoft Project

• Review of Building a Project

• Entering Actual Dates

• Creating Custom Views

• Creating Custom Reports

• Creating Custom Filters

• Adding Customized Items to the Global Template

• Formatting the Timescale

• Using PERT Analysis

• Using the Tracking Gantt View

• Understanding How Adding or Changing Resources Affects Durations, Work and Units

• Changing the Current Date or Status Date

• Using the Network Diagram

• Updating Tasks

• Updating the Entire Project

• Rescheduling Part of a Project

• Using Multiple Baseline Plans

• Modifying the Tracking Gantt Chart to Display New Baseline Plans

• Viewing Progress in the Network Diagram

• Creating Master Projects Consisting of Sub Projects

• Creating a Macro that Adjusts the Timescale to Fit a Project

• Understanding Options

• Applying Work Contours

• Understanding the Resource Information Dialog Box

• Using Hyperlinks

• Adding Progress Lines

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