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ICDL Module: Project Planning Microsoft Project 2013
Length
Delivery Method

: 2 Days
: Instructor-led (classroom)

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Create and manage project tasks

Monitor project progress

Printing outputs of project

Pre-Requisites
Before attending this course, students must be familiar with:
Familiar with Windows Operating system and Microsoft Office
Course Outline
Module 1: Learning Project Basics
Project Definition
Project Phases
Characteristics Of Projects
Advantages Of Microsoft Project
Starting Microsoft Project 2013
Creating A New Project
o Creating A Blank Project
o Using A Project Template
File Management
o Opening A Project
o Saving Files
o Exporting Projects To Excel
Entering Project Information
Understanding Gantt Chart View
o Working With Views
o Viewing Tables
o Show Or Hide Columns
o Viewing The Entire Project
o Viewing Selected Tasks
o Using Zoom
Setting Up Project Calendar
o Calendar Types
o To Set Up A Project Calendar
Module 2: Working With Tasks
Entering Tasks And Durations
Setting Automatic Or Manual Scheduling

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o To Change The Scheduling Mode

Editing Tasks
o Inserting Tasks
o Deleting Tasks
o Copying Tasks
o Moving Tasks
o Using Undo And Redo
Elapsed Duration
Creating Milestones
Recurring Tasks

Module 3: Organizing Tasks

Outlining Tasks Into Phases
o Splitting Tasks Into Phases
Work Breakdown Structure Code
o Viewing The Wbs Code
Documenting Tasks
o Notes
o Hyperlinks
Module 4: Scheduling Tasks
Linking And Unlinking Tasks
o About Task Link Types
o To Link A Task
o To Unlink Tasks
Setting Task Lead And Task Lag
Rescheduling Tasks
Splitting Tasks
Setting Constraints And Deadlines
o Constraints Versus Deadlines
o Constraint Type
o To Add A Constraint
o To Set A Deadline
Module 5: Working With Other Views
Working With Network Diagrams
o Viewing A Network Diagram
o Changing The Network Diagram Layout
o Modifying Box Styles
Calendar View
o Viewing The Calendar
o Formatting The Calendar
o Modifying Bar Styles
o Formatting Gridlines

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Module 6: Working With Resources
Resource Basics
o Types Of Resources
o Creating A Resource List
o Using The Resource Information Dialog
Editing Resources
o Set Resource Groups
o Changing Resources Working Hours
o Assigning A Base Calendar To Resources
o Change Resource Availability
o Assigning Work And Material Type To A Resource
o Removing A Resource
Assigning Resources To Tasks
Removing And Replacing Resource Assignments
Resolving Resource Conflicts
o Determining When Conflicts Exist
o Using The Resource Sheet View
o Using The Resource Graph View
o Resolve Resource Conflicts
o To Reassign Resources
o Scheduling Overtime
o To Level Resources Automatically
Using The Team Planner
o To Open The Team Planner
o Formatting Team Planner Items
o Change The Formatting Of Late Tasks
o Resolving Unassigned Tasks
o To Resolve Unassigned Tasks And Assign To A Resource
o Allocating Work
o To Resolve Overallocation
Module 7: Assigning Costs
Defining Cost
Entering Costs For Resources
o Using Cost Rate Tables
o To Apply A Different Cost Rate Table To A Task
Fixed Costs Vs. Cost Resources
o To Assign A Fixed Cost To A Task
o To Create A Cost Resource
Viewing Costs
o To View Task Costs
o To View Project Summary Cost Information

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Module 8: Working With Baselines
Critical Path
o To View The Critical Task
o To View The Critical Path
Using Baselines
o Setting A Project Baseline
o Viewing A Baseline
o To View A Baseline Using Tracking Gantt View
o View The Baseline In A Graphic Representation
Setting An Interim Plan
o Setting Interim Plan
o To Set An Interim Plan
o To View An Interim Plan's Start And Finish Dates
Module 9: Tracking Progress
Updating The Project
o Updating Task Completion
o To Update A Task Completion Percentage
o Updating The Project
o To Update The Project
o Updating Work Complete
o To Make An Update
o Changing Remaining Work
o To Change Remaining Work
o Rescheduling Incomplete Task
o To Reschedule Tasks As Of Status Date
Progress Lines
o To Display Progress Lines
o To Interpret Progress Lines
o To Remove Progress Lines
Tracking Progress
o Using The Tracking Gantt View
o To View Progress Using The Tracking Gantt View
o Tracking Tasks With Filters
o Tracking Tasks With Grouping
o Working With Variances
Module 10: Viewing and Printing Data
Changing How You View Data
o Sorting Data
o Filtering Data
Finishing Your Project
o Printing The Project Plan
o To Preview The Project
o To Print Your Project
o To Change The Page Setup

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Creating Reports
o Creating A Built-In Reports
o To Create A Built-In Report
o Creating A Dashboard
o Creating A Custom Report

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