Course Name: Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2010 and the PMBOK® Guide
Area of Study: Project Management Software
Classroom Hours: 14
Tuition per Student: $650
 
Description:

This course is for students, who understand the PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition project management processes, how to plan and control projects with and without resources up to an intermediate level using Microsoft® Office Project 2010.
 
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

• Creating a Project Schedule
• Navigation and Setting the Options
• Creating Projects and Templates
• Defining Calendars
• Adding Tasks
• Organizing Tasks Using Outlining
• Formatting the Display
• Adding Task Dependencies
• Network Diagram View
• Constraints
• Filters
• Tables and Grouping Tasks
• Views and Details
• Printing and Reports
• Tracking Progress
• Creating Resources and Costs
• Assigning Resources and Costs to Tasks
• Resource Optimization
• Updating Projects with Resources

Students enrolled for this course should have the following:

• Project management or scheduling experience and a desire to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects in an environment based on the PMBOK® Guide process and components
• Program management, project management or project control experience and a desire to learn how to evaluate the software against their organizational requirements

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
 
• Create new project schedules
• Schedule and update their projects
• Create and filter layouts
• Create project baselines
• Create and assign resources and calendars
• Control their projects with resource optimization