Microsoft Project 2000

Introduction

What is Project Management
The Three Phases or Elements of Project Management
Traditional Project Management Models
The Project Lifecycle
Building the Project Plan
How Microsoft Project 2000 Stores and Uses Data
Considerations in Using Microsoft Project 2000

The Screens and Views

System Screens Overview

Views
Tables
Forms

The Project Management Process

Creating a Schedule (Planning)
Adding People, Equipment And Materials to the Schedule (Planning)
Fine Tuning the Schedule (Planning)
Setting a Baseline (Planning)
Updating Tracking and Reorganising (Management)
Communicating the Project Information (Reporting)

Creating the Project Base

Entering Project Information
Calendars and Changing Working Times
How Project Schedules Tasks
Saving Files
Tasks
Milestones
Durations
Elapsed Time
Task Information

Outlining

Demoting and Promoting a Task
Collapsing and Expanding an Outline
Work Breakdown Structure

Task Relationships and Linking

Creating and Removing a Task Relationship
Changing a Task Relationship
Lag and Lead Times

Assigning Resources

Creating Resources
To Delete a Resources
Assigning and Removing a Resource
Assignment Conditions
Resource Information
Resource Driven Scheduling

Costs

Assigning a Rate to a Resource
Assigning a Fixed Resource Cost to a Task
Assigning a Fixed Cost to a Task
Constraints

Checking The Schedule

Identifying the Critical Path
Finding Slack in the Schedule
Viewing Slack on the Gantt Chart

Baselines

Tracking

Entering Actual Start and Finish Dates for a Task
Updating Progress on a Task as a Percentage
Entering the Actual Duration of a Task
Entering the Actual Work Completed on a Task

Reports

Printing

Printing a View

Terminology