This two-day instructor-led is intended for project team member or project managers who build an easy-to-maintain and reusable work schedule for team members and partners. Managing task status and evaluate the work schedule in terms of time, man-hours, tasks, budgets on demand. Also would like to improve effective project team communication and collaboration.
Skills Gained
- Create a project plan with MS Project and publish to MS Project Server 2013/Project Server Online
- Managing project task
- Managing project tasks resources
- Reporting status
- Generating project reports
Who Can Benefit
This course is intended for both novice and experienced project team member or project manager who will be managing a team or involved in project task management tasks
Prerequisites
- Experience with managing projects or project tasks
- Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge.
Outline
Module 1: Understanding Projects and Project Management
This module explains the basic elements of project and what is the common tasks to perform when managing a project
Lessons
- What is a Project?
- Determining Project Objectives
- The Project Triangle
- Optimize the Schedule
- Introduction to Project Web App
Lab 1: Understanding Project Web App
- Experience the Project Web App
- Experience the Project site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the basics of project management
- Create Project Site
- Create Project Web App
Module 2: Create a new Project
This module explains how to create a new project with MS Project 2013 and publish it to Project site
Lessons- Understand MS Project
- Define the Project Scope
- Create a Project
Lab 1: Create a new project
- Create a new project with MS Project 2013
- Editing Project Properties
- Editing Project Calendar
- Publish to Project Site
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the scope of a project
- Create a new project
- Editing project properties
- Publish the project to project site
Module 3: Managing Project Task
This module explains how to manage project tasks in the project. Also explain the considerations for creating work breakdown schedule (WBS)
Lessons- Project Task
- Managing Project Task
Lab 1: Managing Project Resources
- Creating tasks in MS Project
- Defining task properties
- Creating dependancies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of WBS
- Create task in project
- Creating dependancies between tasks
Module 4: Managing Project Resources
This module explains how to manage project resources in MS Project. This module also describe the concept of centralized resources pool with Project Server.
Lessons- Create Enterprise resources
- Define Project resources
Lab 1: Managing Project Resources
- Create project specific resources
- Create centralized resources
- Estimating project cost
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of managing project resources
- Assigning resources to project plan
- Estimate project cost
Module 5: Using Timesheet
This module explains how to report project task status from project member prospective. This module also describe the configuration tasks for enabling timesheet
Lessons- Understanding timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
Lab 1: Using timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the features of timesheet
- Configuring timesheet
- Completing timesheet
Module 6: Managing Issues and Risks
This module explains how to manage issue and risk with Project Site. This also explain the basis of project issues and risks.
Lessons- Understanding Issue
- Understanding Risk
- Managing Issue and Risk in Project Site
Lab 1: Managing Issues and Risks
- Managing Issue
- Managing Risk
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the key concept of managing project issue and risk
- Using Project Site to manage Issue and Risk
Module 7: Project Reporting
This module explains how to use project report and project site report to understand the project status.
Lessons- Using Project Report
- Using Project Server Report
- Building Custom report with Excel
Lab 1: Project Reporting
- Using Project Report
- Using Project Server Report
- Building Custom Report with Excel
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the reportings needs
- Using built-in reporting
- Create custom reporting
