Project 2000 Essentials

This one-day course provides practical guidance on how to plan and schedule projects using Project 2000. On completion of the course delegates will have acquired the skills needed to create a new project; analyze and adjust schedules with date, dependency and resource constraints; customize and print Gantt Chart views and reports; and record and review task progress against the baseline. Participants will also acquire the necessary skills to customize and print high quality charts and reports for effective communication of project plans.

Target audience

New, recent or intending users of Project wishing to develop their understanding and capabilities with this package. Students should have a working knowledge of PCs and Windows is assumed, gained from the workplace or by prior attendance on a "PC Fundamentals" course.

Course content

Project management concepts Starting Project 2000 • Project 2000 opening screen • What is project management? • What is a project? • Project objectives • Project methodologies • Project Map • Outlining • Work breakdown structure • Planning lifecycle

Getting started with Project 2000 Gantt Chart view • Menus • Shortcut menus • Toolbars • Opening a project file • Using the Gantt Chart view • Outline numbers and WBS codes • Task information form • Tables • System options

Starting a new project Overview of project planning • Project dialogue box • File properties dialogue box • Calendars • Outlining the plan • Moving tasks • Creating a summary task • Task notes • Saving the project • Outlining and editing techniques

Scheduling with dates Using Save As • Entering dates • Removing date constraints

Estimating timescales Entering durations • Formatting timescales • Scheduling a date constraint • The constraint dates table • Deadlines
Scheduling with dependencies Critical path analysis • Gantt Chart view • Total and free slack • Types of dependency • Entering dependencies • Editing dependency links • Displaying the project summary task

Scheduling issues Scheduling to deadlines and constraints • Reviewing the critical path • Creating recurring tasks • Splitting tasks

Assigning resources What is resource scheduling? • Using the resource sheet • Using resource information • Basic resource assignments • Auto Filters • Part-time resource assignments • Multiple assignments on tasks • Assignments for summary tasks

Publishing views and reports Printing the Gantt Chart view • Controlling multiple pages • Headers, footers and legends • Print dialogue box • Printing reports • Custom reports • Printing task notes with Gantt Charts • Publishing and viewing HTML documents

Managing changes Baselining the plan • How Autolinking affects changes • Changing the current date • Entering percent complete • Rescheduling outstanding work

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