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Hands-On Microsoft Project: Managing Multiple and Complex Projects

 
Course: 249   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 2 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Leverage Microsoft Project Professional tools and techniques in a multiproject environment
  • Reorganize large or complex projects into master and subprojects
  • Optimize resource assignments across projects and resolve over allocations
  • Track schedule, completeness and budget on complex projects and for distributed teams
  • Connect project managers, teams and data across the organization
  • Integrate Microsoft Access and Excel to facilitate data sharing and accessibility

Course Benefits

Project managers are often required to maintain complex or multiple projects with shared resources and performance data. This course provides the advanced skills and experience to manage multiple or complex projects with Microsoft Project Professional. You learn to create cross-project links, develop shared resources, and track and report status across multiple projects.

Who Should Attend

Project managers and anyone responsible for managing multiple projects. Microsoft Project experience--including linking project tasks, creating resources and saving a baseline--at the level of Course 299, "Microsoft Project Comprehensive Introduction," is assumed.

Hands-On Training

Workshops are completed using Microsoft Project Professional 2007 but are also applicable to those using Project 2003. Exercises include:
  • Creating a master project, inserting subprojects and establishing cross-project task dependencies
  • Customizing a Global Template to promote consistency
  • Building project and subproject templates and views
  • Populating a shared resource pool
  • Assigning resources across multiple subprojects
  • Baselining and tracking multiple projects
  • Employing Outlook to assist in updating progress
  • Integrating other third-party applications

Related Courses

 
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Upcoming Dates

Feb 26 - 27, 2009
 New York
Mar 30 - 31, 2009
 Toronto
Apr 16 - 17, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Apr 23 - 24, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Aug 27 - 28, 2009
 New York
Sep 3 - 4, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)

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1-800-THE-TREE (1-800-843-8733)
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Hands-On Microsoft Project: Managing Multiple and Complex Projects

 
Course: 249   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 2 Days
 
 
Course 249 Content
 

Introduction and Overview

  • Microsoft Project, Portfolio and program standards and terms
  • Microsoft Project Professional for complex and multiple projects
  • Identifying essential project prerequisites
  • Using the PMO to establish standards

Establishing a Multiproject Framework

Operating within a shared environment

  • Setting standards for Microsoft Project Professional
  • Applying a consistent feature set throughout the organization

Managing the multiproject environment

  • Controlling calendars, views and fields
  • Adopting a robust multiple-file management system
  • Customizing the Global Template with Organizer
  • Deploying the Global Template

Implementing Master Projects and Subprojects

Developing composite projects

  • Compiling composite projects with embedding
  • Utilizing existing project plans

Building consolidated projects with master projects and subprojects

  • Defining project hierarchy by inserting subprojects into a master project
  • Linking tasks across projects
  • Ensuring consistency between projects inserted in the master project
  • Applying best practices for master and subprojects

Scheduling Project Resources Using a Shared Pool

Creating a shared resource pool

  • Selecting preferred resource types: named, generic and sets
  • Grouping resources to establish management boundaries

Employing a shared pool to your advantage

  • Identifying and resolving conflicts
  • Viewing assignments across projects
  • Resourcing projects based upon availability

Resolving resource over allocations

  • Prioritizing subprojects and tasks
  • Leveling and smoothing subprojects and tasks using priorities
  • Allowing for non-project work

Tracking Progress Across Multiple Projects

Essential skills for tracking

  • Meaningful metrics: measuring schedule, deliverable completeness and budget
  • Baselining projects and subprojects

Selecting the right tracking methods

  • Tracking by tasks, assignments and teams when the schedule is the prime concern
  • Tracking assignments when the precision of schedule, work or costs is essential
  • Applying team tracking to effectively work with highly dynamic teams
  • Evaluating the implications of different tracking methods

Maximizing the information

  • Analyzing and evaluating progress
  • Determining schedule slippage
  • Making adjustments and taking corrective action
  • Practical guidelines for tracking complex projects

Communicating with Project Teams

Developing a communication infrastructure

  • Integrating with third-party applications, such as Timesheets
  • Employing Outlook to improve communication with team members
  • Facilitating updates from local or distributed team members
  • Transferring data to Access and Excel

Disseminating information to non-Microsoft Project users

  • Distributing data from multiple projects
  • Reporting schedule and cost progress
  • Customizing views and reports
 
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Hands-On Microsoft Project: Managing Multiple and Complex Projects Tuition

 
Course: 249   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 2 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 1,800 Standard Tuition
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$ 2,200 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 1,620 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 1,414 Government Discount
 

 

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  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

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