MS Mastering Project 2013 Training Course and Workshop in Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Kolkata

The Mastering MS Project 2013 training course begins with the basic concepts and leads you through all the functions you will need to plan and manage a small to medium-size project, including how to level resources and capture both cost and schedule progress.

By attending Mastering MS Project 2013 workshop, delegates will learn to:

Understand the discipline of project management as it applies to using Microsoft Project
Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Identify Task Types & Relationships
Define Resources within Project
Make Work Package Estimates
Create an Initial Schedule
Create a Resource Leveled Schedule
Create Projects from templates, Excel files
Create Global templates
Create formulas and graphical indicators
The steps to record a macro
Format Output and Print Reports
Integrate Multiple Projects
Set up a Project with a Calendar, Start date, and scheduling method
Understand Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule
Manage multiple projects
Be able to create a master project list with shared resources

There are no prerequisites for MS Project 2013 workshop. However, it is helpful to have attended a training on Project Management Essentials or have equivalent knowledge.

The Mastering MS Project 2013 class is intended for both novice and experienced project managers, managers, schedulers, and other project stake holders who need to incorporate the discipline of project management with Microsoft Project 2013.

Introduction to Microsoft Project

Describe how Project relates to the discipline of Project management
New features in Project 2013
Navigate to the primary views available using the Ribbon
Choose Views that display task, resource, or assignment information
Select table within views to change the information that is available to see and edit
Relate the features of Project to the 5 steps for building a plan in Project

A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project

Create a new project and prepare it for data entry
Enter project tasks
Sequence the tasks
Define resources
Estimate Task duration and assign resources
Baseline the project
Track project progress

Setting Up a Project

Use multiple methods to create a new project from an Excel file and a SharePoint Tasks list
Establish one or more calendars to constrain resource availability
Configure Project to calculate the schedule from the Start Date forward, or from the Finish Date backward

Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule

Switching tasks between Manually Schedule and Auto Schedule modes.

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

Build and use summary and subordinate tasks
Understand and use milestones
Develop WBS Outlines
Assign completion criteria
Evaluate the WBS
Understand and use WBS templates

Identifying Task Relationships

Understand the different types of task relationships
Understand and use various methods to create relationships
Determine and display task sequence
Understand and use lag, lead, and delay
Understand the new feature of Task Paths

Defining Resources within Project

Define resource types
Define individual resources that will be used on the project
Record the cost(s) of using each type of resource
Record the limit of availability for each type of resource by establishing a resource calendar and defining the maximum units of that resource

Making Work Package Estimates

Enter estimates for duration and costs for each task
Distinguish between task types and describe when each is appropriate
Describe the relationship between work, units, and duration
Describe the way Effort Driven scheduling is affected by work, units, and duration
Assign tasks to resources using the Team Planner view

Creating an Initial Schedule

Calculate float and identify a project’s critical path
Understand and identify task constraints
Create milestones
Use the Task Inspector to troubleshoot the initial schedule

Create a Resource Leveled Schedule

Adjust a project schedule to account for limited people and other resources
View the overall cost and schedule of a project
Identify resources that have been overallocated for a project schedule
Use multiple ways to adjust tasks and assignments to remove over allocation for any resource

Managing the Project

Setting a baseline
Entering and track project performance data
Applying different tracking methods
Performing a variance analysis on a project

Formatting Output and Printing Reports

Print
Views
Formats
Sorting
Filtering
Grouping
Custom Fields
Reporting
Other File Formats

Managing Multiple Projects

Using common resources among multiple projects
Linking tasks between multiple projects
Creating a consolidated view of multiple projects

Advanced Topics

Customizing the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
Customizing WBS numbering
Concepts of Formulas and Graphical indicators
Purpose of the Global template and Organizer
Using Task Deadlines

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Mastering Microsoft Project 2013

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