Day – 1

Simplilearn MS Project Preparation course content is structured as under:

• Understand Project Management Concepts
• Understanding the requirements
• Importance of Archiving Information

Lesson 2: Getting Started with Project

• Managing Your Projects with Project
• Starting Project Professional
• Exploring Views
• Exploring Reports
• Creating a New Project Plan
• Setting Nonworking Days
• Entering Project Properties
• Key Points

Lesson 3: Creating a Task List

• Entering Tasks
• Estimating Durations
• Entering a Milestone
• Organizing Tasks into Phases
• Linking Tasks
• Documenting Tasks
• Checking the Plan’s Duration
• Key Points

Activity 1

Lesson 4: Setting Up Resources

• Setting Up People Resources
• Setting Up Equipment Resources
• Setting Up Material Resources
• Setting Up Cost Resources
• Entering Resource Pay Rates
• Adjusting Working Time for Individual Resources
• Documenting Resources
• Key Points

Lesson 5 : Assigning Resources to Tasks

• Assigning Work Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Additional Resources to a Task
• Assigning Material Resources to Tasks
• Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks
• Key Points

• Creating a Custom Gantt Chart View
• Drawing on a Gantt Chart
• Formatting Text in a View
• Formatting and Printing Reports
• Key Points

Day 1 – Post Lunch

Lesson 7: Tracking Progress on Tasks

• Saving a Project Baseline
• Tracking a Project as Scheduled
• Entering a Task’s Completion Percentage
• Entering Actual Values for Tasks
• Key Points

Lesson 8: Fine-Tuning Task Details

• Adjusting Task Relationships
• Setting Task Constraints
• Viewing the Project’s Critical Path
• Interrupting Work on a Task
• Adjusting Working Time for Individual Tasks
• Changing Task Types
• Entering Deadline Dates
• Entering Fixed Costs
• Setting Up a Recurring Task
• Key Points

Lesson 9: Fine-Tuning Resource and Assignment Details

• Entering Multiple Pay Rates for a Resource
• Setting Up Pay Rates to Apply at Different Times
• Setting Up Resource Availability to Apply at Different Times
• Delaying the Start of Assignments
• Applying Different Cost Rates to Assignments
• Entering Material Resource Consumption Rates
• Key Points

Lesson 10: Fine-Tuning the Project Plan

• Examining Resource Allocations over Time
• Manually Resolving Resource Overallocations
• Leveling Overallocated Resources
• Examining Project Costs
• Checking the Project’s Finish Date
• Key Points

Activity 2

Day – 2

• Sorting Project Details
• Grouping Project Details
• Filtering Project Details
• Customizing Tables
• Customizing Views
• Key Points

Lesson 12 : Printing Project Information

• Printing Your Project Plan
• Printing Views
• Printing Reports
• Key Points
  • Copying and Pasting with Project
  • Opening Other File Formats in Project
  • Saving to Other File Formats from Project
  • Generating a Project Summary Report for Word, PowerPoint, or Visio
  • Generating Visual Reports with Excel and Visio
  • Key Points
  • Updating a Baseline
  • Tracking Actual and Remaining Values for Tasks and Assignments
  • Tracking Timephased Actual Work for Tasks and Assignments
  • Rescheduling Incomplete Work
  • Key Points
  • Identifying Tasks that Have Slipped
  • Examining Task Costs
  • Examining Resource Costs
  • Reporting Project Cost Variance with a Stoplight View
  • Key Points

Lesson 13: Sharing Project Information with Other Programs

Activity 3

Lesson 14: Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments

Lesson 15: Viewing and Reporting Project Status

• Troubleshooting Time and Schedule Problems
• Troubleshooting Cost and Resource Problems
• Troubleshooting Scope-of-Work Problems
• Key Points

Lesson 17: Applying Advanced Formatting

• Formatting a Gantt Chart View
• Formatting the Network Diagram View
• Formatting the Calendar View
• Key Points

Activity 4

Day 2 – Post Lunch

Lesson 18: Measuring Performance with Earned Value Analysis

• Viewing Earned Value Schedule Indicators
• Viewing Earned Value Cost Indicators
• Generating an Earned Value Visual Report
• Key Points

Lesson 19: Customizing Project

• Sharing Custom Views and Other Elements Between Project Plans
• Recording Macros
• Editing Macros
• Customizing a Toolbar
• Key Points

Lesson 20: Consolidating Projects and Resources

• Creating a Resource Pool
• Viewing Assignment Details in a Resource Pool
• Updating Assignments in a Sharer Plan
• Updating a Resource’s Information in a Resource Pool
• Updating All Plans’ Working Times in a Resource Pool
• Linking New Project Plans to a Resource Pool
• Opening a Sharer Plan and Updating a Resource Pool
• Consolidating Project Plans
• Creating Dependencies Between Projects
• Key Points

Post Training Assessment

Online Learning – 365 Days

1. Access to Microsoft developed E-Learning content for a period of 365 days.
2. On-demand access – Self paced learning; 24/7 accessibility makes it easier to learn at your own pace and at your own place.
3. Downloadable study material for offline reference.

Benefits of E-learning

• Complement your classroom training learning with follow-up study through e-learning
• You’re unbound by time – courses are available 24/7
• You’re unbound by place – study at home, work, or on the road
• Online learning – Doesn’t require physical attendance
• Learning is self-paced at your own place
• Read materials online or download them for reading later