MICROSOFT PROJECT 2003 BASICS

Whether you manage projects independently or need a solution to align people and the objectives of your organization, the Microsoft Office Project product offerings have the right solution to meet your project management needs.

Project Standard helps project managers, business managers, and planners manage schedules and resources. Project Standard can help you set up projects quickly, communicate project data, and track and analyze projects.

DTC offers several versions and levels of this material:

• Project 2003 Basic
• Project 2003 Advanced

MICROSOFT PROJECT 2002, BASIC

Course Outline

MICROSOFT PROJECT 2003, BASIC

This course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this introductory course cover the basic skills necessary to create and modify a project plan. This includes the creation of tasks, task relationships, identification of resources and resource allocation. This course is designed for a person who has a basic understanding of project management concepts and is responsible for creating and modifying project plans.

Course Outline

• Creating a Project Plan File
  • Create a Project Plan File
  • Create and Assign a Project Calendar
  • Add Tasks to the Project Plan File
  • Add a Project Summary Task
  • Add a Recurring Task
  • Enter Task Duration Estimates
    
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Enter Tasks and Sub-tasks
  • Link Dependent Tasks
  • Enter Notes Related to Tasks
  • Indicate Start and/or Finish Dates for Tasks (Constraints)
  • Set a Task Deadline
    
• Creating and Assigning Resources
  • Identify and List Project Resources
  • Create a Resource Calendar
  • Assign Resources to Tasks
  • Assign Additional Resources to a Task
  • Resolve Resource Conflicts
    
• Finalizing the Project Plan
  • View the Critical Path
  • Shorten/Adjust the Project Duration
  • Baseline the Project
  • Display Project Summary Information

MICROSOFT PROJECT 2003, ADVANCED

This course will build upon the knowledge you learned in MS Project 2003 Beginners course, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase. In this course you will exchange project plan data with other applications such as Microsoft Excel, update project plans, create custom reports to analyze project status, and reuse project plan information.

Course Outline

• Exchanging Project Plan Data with Other Applications
  • Import a Task List from an Excel File into a New Project Plan
  • Export Project Plan Cost Data into Excel
  • Copy Images of your Project Plan into a Word Document
  • Save Project Plan Information as a Web Page
• Updating a Project Plan
  • Enter Task Progress Information
  • View Task Progress
  • Split a Task
  • Reschedule a Task
  • Filter Tasks in a Project Plan
  • Save an Interim Project Plan
  • Create a Custom Table
  • Add Custom Data Columns to the Plan
  • Hyperlink Documents to Tasks
• Creating Custom Reports
  • Create a Custom Report
  • Modify a Custom Report's Properties
  • Print a Custom Report
• Re-using Project Plan Information
  • Create a Project Plan Template
  • Create a Custom Combination View
  • Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
  • Share Resources
  • Create a Master Project Plan