INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1)      Project Management Definition

2)      Project Characters

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAGES

1)      Project Initiation Stage

2)      Project Planning Stage By Asking 3W + H

3)      Project Control Stage

4)      Project Closing Stage

TERMINOLOGY OF MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT

1)      Microsoft Project Overview

2)      Terms Used : Project → Task → Resource → Assignment

REGIONAL SYSTEM SETTINGS BEFORE RUNNING MICROSOFT PROJECT

1)      Setting of Currency

2)      Setting of Time

3)      Date Fill Format Setting

GETTING STARTED WITH MS PROJECT

1)      Knowing The Working Environment Of Microsoft Project 2016

2)      Knowing the Spreadsheet and Gantt Chart sections

3)      Opening an existing Project file

4)      Knowing The Quick access toolbar, Tabs, Ribbon, Group, Command, View or Report Label, Status Bar, View Shortcuts, Zoom Slider, Timeline View and Timeline Tools.

CREATE A CALENDAR OF PROJECT WORK DAYS AND HOLIDAYS

1)        Create A Calendar Of Project Work Days

2)        Create A Calendar Of Project Holiday Days

3)        Set the start time of working hours

4)        Set break time

5)        Set home time

CREATING A PROJECT PLAN (PLANNING - WHAT)

1)      Adding The Project Calendar Into Project Information

2)      Determining The Project Start Date

3)      Determining The What - When - Who - How Much (3W + H)

4)      Using Change Working Time.

5)      Enter project task list

6)      Create project task list groups.

CHANGING SCHEDULING METHODS (PLANNING – WHEN)

1)        Activity Network using Activity On Node (AON) :

• Predecessor
• Successor
• Parallel

2)      Time derivative relationship :

• Lead time
• Lag time

3)      Update start date & completion of project tasks :

• View Network Diagram

MANAGING RESOURCES AND COST IN A PROJECT

1)      Include workers and equipment for each project task

2)      Include costs and materials if needed for project assignments

3)      Combine Tasks With Resources That Have Been Created

4)      Monitor the total budget of Work, Material and Cost on Resources.

TRACKING PROJECT PROGRESS

1)        Establish a baseline project planning – Set Baseline.

2)        Enter the actual total hours used to complete each task into the Work table.

3)        Compares the actual hours used by each task with the predefined baseline hours.

4)        Displaying Project Implementation Schedule Controling Table Work – Schedule.

5)        Check the progress of the project - Status Indicator of Completed task, Task on schedule or Late tasks.

PRINTING PROJECT INFORMATION

1)        Job reports sequentially by date with calendar view.

2)        Gantt chart detail report.

3)        Relationship report diagrams.

4)        Report resource form

5)        Resource graph report

6)        Report resource sheet

7)        Resource usage report

8)        Report task form

9)        Task usage report

10)    Gantt tracking report

11)    Display Visual Reports to Excel :

• Comparison report of base cost and actual cost in bar graph view
• Comparison report of base hours worked and actual hours worked in s-curve graph view