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Comprehensive Microsoft Project Training

SKU:
PMGNVB/PMGNMS

 

Project Management training classes can
be conducted in a traditional classroom or
a virtual classroom.

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Course Description

Comprehensive Microsoft Project Training
Two-Day Seminar Program Number: PMGNVB/PMGNMS PDUs: 12

 

Course Objectives:

Participants will gain an advanced working knowledge of using Microsoft Project. Participants will gain a working knowledge of using Visual Basic Applications with Microsoft Project. Gain the knowledge that will allow you to work across applications.

Online Course Requirement: Microsoft Project software on installed on your computer

Learn about:

  • Add powerful capabilities to Microsoft Project
  • Automate common tasks
  • Integrate Microsoft
  • Project into your enterprise
  • Use new ways to obtain and share project information
  • Perform interoperability tasks such as starting, activating and closing applications
  • Use forms in Microsoft Project
  • Connect to data sources

Recommended past experience:

Prior to attending this course, you should have a good understanding of project management and Microsoft Project.

We recommend a working knowledge of Microsoft Project to take this class.

1.0 Global Settings

  • Set the Default folder for saving files
  • Save Files Automatically at a preset time interval
  • Turn off personalized menus and toolbars
  • Working with the organizer
  • Customize a file with the organizer
  • Customize the global template
  • Record and Run a Macro
  • Global Setting Exercise

2.0 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  • Develop the Work Breakdown Structure
  • Review of WBS Basics

3.0 Schedule Views

  • The Gantt Chart view
  • The Calendar in a combination view
  • The Network Diagram view

4.0 Using Predecessors and Successors

  • Linking activities
  • Linking activities Exercise

5.0 Activity Types

  • Using activity Types
  • Activity types exercise

6.0 Activity Constraints

  • Understanding the types of constraints
  • Activity constraints exercise

7.0 Resource Pool

  • Creating the resource pool
  • Creating Resource pool exercise
  • Viewing details in resource pool
  • Viewing resource pool exercise
  • Updating assignments in a sharer file
  • Updating data in Resource Pool Exercise
  • Updating a resource’s working time in resource pool
  • Updating a resource’s working time in resource pool exercise
  • Linking new project files to a resource pool
  • Linking new project files to a resource pool exercise
  • Opening a sharer file and updating a resource pool
  • Opening a sharer file and updating a resource pool exercise

8.0 Filter / Views

  • Microsoft Project Objects (Resources)
  • Microsoft Project Objects (Activities)
  • Microsoft Project Objects (Calendars)

9.0 Visual Basic for Applications

  • Integrated development environment
  • Recording a macro
  • Understanding Visual Basic syntax
  • Create a procedure
  • Writing a sub procedure
  • Writing a function procedure
  • Automation through the Microsoft Project 2000 Object Model
  • Naming conventions
  • Understanding scope and visibility

10.0 Working across Applications

  • Object Library Reference
  • Object Binding

11.0 Interoperability - Starting, Activating, and Closing

  • Applications
  • A Brief History of OLE
  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Running another application's macros
  • File Input/Output

12.0 Using Forms in Microsoft Project

13.0 Connecting to Data Sources

  • Introduction to ADO
  • Referencing ADO 2.0
  • Opening, using, and closing record sets
  • Utilizing views and stored procedures
  • Two-way communication with project
  • Learn the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making

 

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