• Course overview
  • Course details
  • Prerequisites

Course overview

About this course

This two-day instructor-led course is intended for IT professionals, and Project Managers who want an overall walk-through of Microsoft Project 2013 and what it has to offer. This course begins with project management basics and follows with a complete examination of project creation, management, troubleshooting and closure. Finally, we’ll discuss sharing project progress and the options available.

Audience profile

This course is intended for Project Managers and IT Professionals that manage projects for the organization.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the terminology.
  • Understand project management basics.
  • Understand and utilize the Microsoft Project 2013 Interface.
  • Create and configure calendars.
  • Configure scheduling.
  • Utilize and navigate views.
  • Create tasks.
  • Modify tasks.
  • Delete tasks.
  • Create resources.
  • Assign tasks to resources.
  • Monitor resources and their tasks.
  • Delete resources.
  • Track project progress.
  • Create and configure reports.
  • Accurately troubleshoot a project.
  • Close a project.
  • Share the project using OneDrive.
  • Share the project using Project Server 2013 or Project Online.
  • Share and sync the project using SharePoint 2013.

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Course details

Module 1: Course Overview

  • Introduction
  • Course Materials
  • Facilities
  • Prerequisites
  • What We'll Be Discussing

Lab: Course Overview

  • Successfully log into their virtual machine.
  • Have a full understanding of what the course intends to cover.

Module 2: Understanding Project Management

  • Project Management Basics
  • Terminology
  • Microsoft Project 2013 Interface

Lab: Understanding Project Management

  • Understand project management basics.
  • Understand the terminology.
  • Understand and utilize the Microsoft Project 2013 Interface.

Module 3: Planning the Project

  • Configuring Calendars and Scheduling
  • Utilizing Views

Lab: Planning the Project

  • Configure calendars.
  • Configure scheduling.
  • Utilize and navigate views.

Module 4: Tackling Tasks

  • Creating Tasks
  • Modifying Tasks
  • Deleting Tasks

Lab: Tackling Tasks

  • Create tasks.
  • Modify tasks.
  • Delete tasks.

Module 5: Managing Resources

  • Creating Resources
  • Assigning Tasks to Resources
  • Monitoring Resources and Their Tasks
  • Deleting Resources

Lab: Managing Resources

  • Create resources.
  • Assign tasks to resources.
  • Monitor resources and their tasks.
  • Delete resources.

Module 6: Project Tracking, Troubleshooting, and Closure

  • Tracking Project Progress
  • Reporting
  • Troubleshooting
  • Closing the Project

Lab: Project Tracking, Troubleshooting, and Closure

  • Track project progress.
  • Create and configure reports.
  • Accurately troubleshoot a project.
  • Close a project.

Module 7: Sharing Project Performance

  • Sharing the Project Using OneDrive
  • Sharing the Project Using Project Server 2013 or Project Online
  • Sharing and Syncing the Project with SharePoint 2013

Lab: Sharing Project Performance

  • Share the project using OneDrive.
  • Share the project using Project Server 2013 or Project Online.
  • Share and sync the project using SharePoint 2013.

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Prerequisites

None

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