Course Description
Short Course | 15 hours | 1.5 CEUs | $1,795
The Project 2021/365 Hands-on Workshop covers the concepts and skills needed for maximum productivity in Project, starting with fundamentals and working up to more advanced tools and techniques.
MSO111 is the first course in the Project Management Tools Certificate. To complete the certificate students will also enroll in PMM050, & AGC675. Click on each course link for more details and to add to cart.
Course Outline
- Chapter 1: Fundamentals
- Module A: Setting default options
- Module B: Exploring the Project environment
- Chapter 2: Starting a new project schedule
- Module A: Project schedule templates, calendars, and workflow
- Module B: Tasks, durations, and milestones
- Chapter 3: Task types, effort-driven scheduling, and task constraint
- Module A: Task types
- Module B: Lag time and lead time
- Module C: Task constraints
- Chapter 4: Working with resources
- Module A: Resource types
- Module B: Resource calendars
- Module C: Assigning resources
- Chapter 5: Managing the project schedule
- Module A: The critical path and the project baseline
- Module B: The tracking Gantt chart and updating tasks
- Chapter 6: Printing reports
- Module A: Views and dashboards
- Module B: Other reports
- Chapter 7: The Quick Access Toolbar and advanced calendar topics
- Module A: The Quick Access Toolbar
- Module B: Advanced calendar topics
- Chapter 8: Working with tasks
- Module A: Task notes, task deadlines, and task priorities
- Module B: Miscellaneous task features and functions
- Chapter 9: Advanced resource management
- Module A: Grouping, sorting, filtering, and highlighting resources
- Module B: Resource working time and resource pools
- Module C: Resource budget cost items
- Chapter 10: Managing the project schedule
- Module A: Multiple baselines and interim plans
- Module B: Setting and using a status date
- Module C: Resolving resource conflicts and scheduling issues
- Module D: Delaying a task
- Chapter 11: Other views and shortcuts
- Module A: The Task Form, Task Details Form, and Task Name Form
- Module B: The Resource Form
- Module C: Compound views and the Relationship Diagram
- Chapter 12: Working with multiple projects and project integrations
- Module A: Consolidating multiple projects
- Module B: Project Server, Project Online, and SharePoint
- Chapter 13: Working with Project data and closing out a project
- Module A: Working with Project data
- Module B: Closing out a project
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course. However, general computer user knowledge is assumed. Any additional experience having worked with forms and/or databases will be helpful.
You will benefit most from this course if you have at least some prior knowledge or exposure to project management procedures and practices. It is intended to support you in applying this knowledge through the use of Microsoft Project as a project management tool.
Duration
15 Hours | 2 Days or 5 Nights
*Academic Unit eligibility to be determined by college/university in which you are enrolled in a degree seeking program.