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Microsoft Project 2000 Courseware 
Foundation Level Training Materials

Training Course Outline

1. MICROSOFT PROJECT 2000 - INTRODUCTION

GETTING TO KNOW MICROSOFT PROJECT 2000
  • Starting Microsoft Project
  • Using What's New
  • Using Quick Preview
  • Using the Tutorial
  • Using the Project Map
  • Using the Office Assistant
  • Using the Reference Guide
USING THE TOOLBARS
  • Using Tool Tips
  • Using the Standard Toolbar
  • Using the Formatting Toolbar
USING THE CALENDAR VIEW
  • Using the View Bar
  • Changing views
  • Changing to Calendar View
  • Changing the look of the Calendar - (for printing)
USING THE GANTT CHART VIEW
  • Opening the Gantt chart view
  • Using the components of the Gantt chart view
  • Moving the border between the panes

2. DEFINING THE PROJECT

UNDERSTANDING PROJECT INFORMATION
  • Starting a new project
  • Using the Project Information window
UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT CALENDAR
  • Setting up a working calendar
  • Using default working time
  • Creating a new calendar
  • Changing default working time
  • Changing time for individual days
  • Entering a shut-down period
CHOOSING YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE PROJECT
  • Linking your new calendar to the project
UNDERSTANDING THE STATISTICS WINDOW
  • Using the Statistics Window
UNDERSTANDING FILE PROPERTIES
  • Under-standing properties
  • Examining Properties
USING SAVE AND SAVE AS
  • Saving and saving as
  • Saving a project for the first time
  • Saving for future up-dates to the project

3. TASKS

ENTERING TASKS
  • Opening a new Task Information window
  • Under-standing the sections of the Task Information window
ENTERING A TASK DURATION
  • Entering a duration
  • Elapsed time
  • Specifying elapsed time
  • Specifying estimated time
ESTIMATING DURATIONS
  • Doing the maths
UNDERSTANDING MILESTONES AND PHASES
  • Using phases
  • Using milestones
  • Setting a Milestone
USING RECURRING TASKS
  • Entering a recurring task
USING RECURRING TASKS CONTINUED
  • Using the recurring task symbol
  • Expanding the group of tasks
  • Contracting the group of tasks
  • Changing a recurrence pattern
EDITING TASKS
  • Editing Tasks
  • Opening an existing task for editing
CHANGING TASK PRIORITY
  • Using priority levels
  • Setting a priority
INSERTING A TASK
  • Inserting a new task into the sequence
  • Entering information in the field entry bar
DELETING TASKS
  • Selecting one task
  • Selecting a group of adjacent tasks
  • Selecting a group of non-adjacent tasks
  • Deleting selected tasks
  • Undoing
MOVING TASKS
  • Moving a task by dragging
  • Moving a task by cutting and pasting from the menu or toolbar
  • Moving a task by cutting and pasting from the shortcut menu

4. TASK LINKAGES

CREATING A LOGICAL SEQUENCE
USING THE GENERAL TAB
UNDERSTANDING TASK PREDECESSORS
  • Opening the predecessor window
  • Entering a predecessor
UNDERSTANDING TASK RESOURCES
  • Under-standing the resources tab
  • Entering resources for a task
UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED TASK OPTIONS
UNDERSTANDING TASK CONSTRAINTS
UNDERSTANDING TASK TYPES
  • Using Task Types
USING TASK NOTES
  • Adding notes
  • Adding hyperlinks
OUTLINING A TASK
  • Using the top down method
  • Using the bottom up method
UNDERSTANDING SUMMARY TASKS
  • Creating a sub task
  • Collapsing Sub Tasks
UNDERSTANDING LINKAGE TYPES
  • Using the four linkage types
  • Recognizing the link symbol
  • Spotting dangling tasks
USING A FINISH TO START RELATIONSHIP
USING A START TO START RELATIONSHIP
USING A FINISH TO FINISH RELATIONSHIP
USING A START TO FINISH RELATIONSHIP
UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE LINKAGE
  • Setting an FS Link on all Tasks
  • Unlinking Tasks
  • Splitting Tasks
SPOTTING LINKAGES ON A GANTT CHART
UNDERSTANDING LAG AND LEAD TIME
UNDERSTANDING LEAD TIME ON THE GANTT CHART
  • Adding Lead Time to a Task
UNDERSTANDING LAG TIME ON THE GANTT CHART
  • Adding Lag Time to a Task
UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF CONSTRAINTS

5. RESOURCES

USING THE RESOURCE SHEET VIEW
  • Viewing or entering resources
  • Using the Resource Sheet View
ENTERING RESOURCES
  • Entering Resources
UNDERSTANDING UNITS
  • Changing to decimal units
UNDERSTANDING RATES
  • Using Standard Rate (Std.Rate)
  • Using Overtime Rate (Ovt.Rate)
  • Using Cost/Use
UNDERSTANDING ACCRUE AT
  • Changing the Accrue At value
  • Using Accrue at Start
  • Using Accrue at End
  • Using the default, Pro-rated
ASSIGNING A CALENDAR TO A GROUP OF RESOURCES
  • Using Fill-Down
ASSIGNING A RESOURCE TO A TASK
  • Assigning a resource in the Task Information window
ASSIGNING RESOURCES (CONTINUED)
  • Using the Assign Resources button
  • Selecting a resource from your Personal Address Book (PAB) or Global Address List (GAL)
ASSIGNING A RESOURCE CALENDAR
  • Adding holidays to a resource calendar
  • Changing the working time for a resource
REMOVING A RESOURCE
  • Removing the resource in the Task Information window
  • Removing the resource from the Assign Resources window
  • Replacing the resource from the Assign Resources window
  • Removing a resource from the project completely
REPLACING RESOURCES
  • Replacing a resource quickly
REMOVING A CALENDAR
  • Removing a calendar
  • Copying a calendar to Global.MPT

6. NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW

UNDERSTANDING THE NETWORK DIAGRAM VIEW
  • Changing to Network Diagram view
EXAMINING A NETWORK DIAGRAM
  • Opening a node for editing
  • Editing a node directly in the Network Diagram view
  • Laying out the boxes
  • Controlling the layout
  • Moving a node
  • Copying a node
  • Changing the content of the nodes
  • Changing border color and style
UNDERSTANDING SUMMARY TASKS IN NETWORK DESIGN VIEW
  • Using Summary Tasks
  • To change the way a summary task is displayed
CHANGING TASK LINKAGES
  • Viewing the type of relationship
  • Changing the relationship type
  • Removing a link line
  • Adding a link line manually
  • Drawing a Finish to Start line
  • Drawing a Start to Finish line
  • Setting a SS or FF relationships
  • Reformatting the layout

7. SHORTENING YOUR PROJECT

SETTING THE CRITICAL PATH
  • Starting the Gantt Chart Wizard
USING THE CRITICAL PATH VIEW
  • Understanding the Critical Path
  • Changing to Detail Gantt view
  • Using critical tasks in Network Diagram view
  • Using the Tracking Gantt Chart view
FILTERING FOR CRITICAL TASKS ONLY
  • Viewing only Critical Tasks
  • Viewing all tasks
SHORTENING THE PROJECT
  • Assigning more resources
  • Increasing working hours for resources
  • Assigning overtime work
  • Adding lead-time to tasks
  • Breaking tasks into sub tasks
  • Modifying tasks with constraints

8. OVERALLOCATIONS

USING THE RESOURCE USAGE VIEW
  • Opening the Resource Usage view
  • Spotting overallocated resources
USING THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TOOLBAR
  • Turning on the Resource Management toolbar
USING THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION VIEW
  • Opening the Resource Allocation view
USING THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION GRAPH
  • Opening the Resource Allocation Graph
  • Choosing a resource to view
  • Viewing over-allocations in the graph
  • Moving to the next over-allocation

9. RESOLVING OVERALLOCATIONS

DELAYING TASKS MANUALLY
  • Delaying tasks manually
  • Delaying by clicking and dragging
  • Delaying by changing task information
LEVELING RESOURCES
  • Leveling resources
  • Clearing leveling
LEVELING RESOURCES CONTINUED
  • Using the Resource Indicator
USING THE LEVELING GANTT VIEW
  • Opening the Leveling Gantt Chart view
DECREASING WORK TIME
  • Decreasing work time in the Resource Usage view
  • Ensuring that the task duration is not altered
SPLITTING TASKS
  • Splitting a task
VIEWING SLACK IN A TABLE VIEW
  • Opening the Schedule Table
  • Freeing Slack
  • Using Total Slack
VIEWING SLACK IN A GANTT VIEW
  • Viewing Slack in a Gantt View
  • Opening the Detail Gantt Chart
  • Understanding how slack is shown on the Detail Gantt Chart
REASSIGNING RESOURCES
  • Re-assigning a resource
INCREASING WORKING HOURS
  • Changing working time for a resource
ASSIGNING OVERTIME TO A TASK
  • Assigning overtime work
  • Checking the new cost of the project
CONTOURING RESOURCES
  • Using contour patterns
  • Understanding how project works out the times

10. PRINTING PROJECT REPORTS

USING PRINT PREVIEW
  • What do they need to know?
  • What can I print?
  • Opening a print preview screen
  • Closing the Print Preview window
  • Examining the detail of the Print Preview
  • Using Page Setup
  • Printing
USING THE REPORT GENERATOR
  • Starting the Report Generator
USING THE PROJECT SUMMARY REPORT
  • Using the Project Summary Report
  • Changing the header information
UNDERSTANDING PRINT OPTIONS
  • Using the Page Setup window
  • Using the Page tab
  • Setting Margins
  • Using Headers
  • Using Footers
  • Using Legends
  • Turning legend on
  • Using Views

 

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