VSBT

Getting started

• what is project management? steps of project management
• defining the goals of a project, defining the requirements of a project
• identifying potential problems in a project schedule
• identifying potential opportunities for reducing costs
• tracking the progress of a project
• resolving resource overallocation problems
• reporting the progress of a project
• evaluating a completed project, what is Microsoft Project?
• starting Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Project application window
• working with Microsoft Project menus and toolbars
• changing the project view, resetting the working folder
• displaying help information, exiting from Microsoft Project

Building a simple project

• the Project guide
• setting a project start date / saving a Project
• creating a Project schedule, entering a milestone
• inserting and deleting tasks
• reordering a task list, closing a project

Developing a project plan (part 1)

• outlining a task list, types of task relationships
• linking tasks in a finish-to-start relationship
• changing the time-scale of a Gantt chart
• linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship
• adding lag time between tasks, adding lead time between tasks
• using work breakdown structure codes
• creating a network diagram

Developing a project plan (part 2)

• revising the Project calendar
• the resource sheet, adding resources to the resource sheet
• creating new calendars for resources
• assigning resources to tasks
• revising resource information / assigning additional units of a resource to a task
• contouring a resource assignment
• working with cost rate tables
• creating and applying a task calendar

Developing a project plan (part 3)

• identifying the critical path of a project
• identifying slack time in a project schedule
• constraining a task, setting a deadline for a task
• defining a fixed-duration or fixed work task
• additional Project planning topics

Sharing data with other applications

• copying a Microsoft Project view into a Microsoft Word document
• exporting Microsoft Project sheet entries into a Microsoft Excel worksheet
• importing Microsoft Excel worksheet entries into Microsoft Project

Additional Microsoft Project features

• using a Microsoft Project template
• creating a custom template
• adding text fields and flag fields to a sheet view
• saving a project as a web page
• customizing Microsoft Project