Microsoft Project 2010 Series

Key points of discussion:

• Structure and constraints when dealing with the MPP file
• Learn how to create a resource pool project
• Learn how to share resources across multiple projects
• Different modes of opening resourcing pool with project file.

Key points of discussion:

• Identify the variance of the schedule by standard reports and tables
• Customize views for reporting with custom tables, filters and groups
• Format, lay out and print your schedule effectively
• Use organizer to copy custom report objects between projects

Key points of discussion:

• Learn the importance of status date, task type and its effect on tracking actual
• Update task-level fields: actual start, actual finish, % complete, actual work, remaining work, actual duration and remaining duration
• Update assignment-level fields: actual assignment start, actual assignment finish, actual work and remaining work
• Update time phased fields: actual work, actual overtime work and remaining work

Key points of discussion:

• Set and preserve the schedule for updating
• Assess the impact of a change request on the schedule and cost
• Maintan the baseline when change requests are approved
• Updating the baseline of impacted tasks and preserving it 

Key points of discussion:

• Learn how resource information affects the schedule calculation
• Understand the different scenarios for resource overallocations
• Use different reports, views with filters and groups to spot overallocations
• Learn the different techniques to level workloads
• Use the new Team Planner view and Task Inspector to resolve overallocations
• Ask Project to level workloads based on task priority and slack

Key points of discussion:

• Know what an assignment is for part-time and full-time resources
• Know the usage of the assignment-specific fields
• Be able to control the effect of changing work, duration and units on assignment
• Be able to learn the different methods for assignments - Team Planner, Task Sheet, Task Form, Task Information, Assign Resources
• Be able to identify the critical path in your schedule

Key points of discussion:

• Types of resources: work, material and cost
• Use different views to add resource information
• Customize resource calendar and its relationship with base calendar
• Vary availability of work resources
• Enter varyng cost rates for labor and material costs
• Create a project budget cost, work or material.
• Enter fixed costs for tasks

Key points of discussion:

• Create a work breakdown structure by using the outline feature, 
• Label each work package element with unique WBS codes, 
• Expand and collapse levels of your WBS
• Set dependencies between work pages (activities) using different views
• Lead and lag impact the way the task is scheduled
• Set soft and hard constraints on tasks

Key points of discussion:

• Are you wondering how to have team calendars?
• Are you changing task duration based on team working time?
• Are you typing dates to control task start or finish dates
• Are you splitting tasks to take care of holidays?
• How does Project use calendars for scheduling?
• How calendars can be overridden at task?
• How to create, customize calendars?
• How to set exceptions and work week timings?
• How to share calendars to other projects?

Description:

“Microsoft Project is the enhanced version of Excel” was a comment from a first time user of Microsoft Project. All of us will naturally make the same remark as Project resemblesvery closely to Excel.  Microsoft Excel and Project were launched for two different purposes. The former is used for number crunching and reporting purpose. The latter is used for building a schedule.   

In this webinar, you will learn what should be the characteristic of a forecast-ready schedule, how Project 2010 structures and stores the schedule data,the different components of Project that simplifies the schedule data, the new Microsoft Office Fluent™ user interface to access relevant features and functions, Microsoft® Office Backstage™ View to configure and publish schedule, make smart scheduling decisions using Task Inspector tool and the new Team Planner view.

“PMPs can earn 1 PDU under Category B for attending this webinar session.” To know more about how to claim PDU's Please refer the link below: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wURgsCVGpy37gC1YcDoiLRxDjujx7XtV-EwTWSXZc8/edit