2-Day Seminar: CRS# 00.610-042
Thursday & Friday, June 5 & 6; 9:00am-4:00pm;
Lowell Campus; Lunch and Refreshments Included; 1.4 CEUs; 14 PDUs;
Tuition: $775

Space is limited so register today!

For questions or to register for this noncredit seminar, call (978) 934-2405!

Overview
This two-day seminar teaches the participant how to best use the Microsoft® Project software. We teach the functionality of Microsoft® Project using a combination of lecture, hands-on applications and case studies to reinforce and better absorb the material. Although this is our standard Microsoft® Project offering, some advanced features are explored so that the user can plan and manage projects in the PMBOK® context. This seminar is taught in UMass Lowell's computer lab.

Audience
This seminar is intended for all members of a project team: Senior Managers, Project Managers, Team Leaders, Resource Managers and Individual Team Members - anyone interested in the basics of Microsoft Project in the Total Project Control environment. Attendees new to project management will learn the basics, while those with more experience will gain a better understanding of the inner workings of MS Project.

Content

• MS Project and the Total Project Control process
• Building Schedules in Microsoft Project
• Issues using Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Project Set Up
  • Critical Path and Calculating Date
  • Creating Charts (Gantt, Network)
  • Using and Customizing Tables and Views
  • Working the Critical Path
  • Creating and Managing Deadlines
  • Optimizing the schedule
  • Sharing Views & Calendars
• Managing Resources & Multiple Projects
  • Introduction to Resource Analysis
  • Identifying & Applying Resources
  • Identifying Resource Problems
  • Resolving Resource Problems
• Keeping Projects on Track
  • Creating and Customizing Reports
  • Develop a Baseline
  • Updating Project Status
  • Variances and Keeping the Project on Track

• Understand how to use MS Project in the PMBOK® process.
•  Building Project Schedules
• Developing Work Breakdown Structures
• Produce schedules using the 4 types of task relationships
• Understand Critical Path and how its calculated and displayed
• Compress and optimize schedules
• Understand the various report types and how to customize them
• Managing Resources and Multiple Projects
• Appreciate the basics of resource management in MS Project
• Solve resource related problems using MS Project
• Understand the resource management limitations of MS Project and the work-arounds
• Understand the basics of MS Project in a network environment
• Resolve multi-project resource conflicts
• Keeping Projects on Track
• Develop baselines
• Accurately represent project status
• Aggressively get projects back on track