Course Description
This course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments.

Course Objective
You will create a project plan file containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan. You will exchange project plan data with other applications, update project plans, create custom reports, and reuse project plan information.

Audience
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans.

Prerequisites
Students enrolling in this class should have the following:

	An understanding of project management concepts.
	Knowledge of a Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
	Project Desktop 2003 I & II or equivalent.

The following would be helpful, but are not required:

	A basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
	Project Management Fundamentals: Part One course.
	Project Management Fundamentals: Part Two course.

Benefits to You
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

	Understand Advanced Views & Navigation
	Use Advanced Calendar Features
	Understand Risk Analysis`
	Understand Scheduling Engine
	Use Work Contours
	Understand Over Allocation and Leveling
	Understand Critical Path and Views
	Use Advanced Views, Tables & Filters
	Understand Master Projects

Course Outline

Module 1: Advanced Views & Navigation

	Understand the MS Project Data Model & how it affects Views, Tables, Filters & Groups.
	Select appropriate Views, Tables, Filters & Groups
	Create a custom Toolbar

Module 2 – Advanced Definition – Calendars

	Understand the purpose of Calendars
	Understand how different types of calendars affect the project
	Modifying working time in a calendar

Module 3 – Advanced Planning - Risk Analysis

	Define risk management
	Understand the four prong approach to risk management
	Understand how to manage project risk in Project 2003
	Customize the Gantt chart

Module 4 – Scheduling Engine

	Understand the Microsoft Project Scheduling Engine
	Understand how Duration is calculated
	Understand Tasks Types and Programming Biases
	Understand the use of Effort Driven Schedule

Module 5 – Using Work Contours

	Understand Assignment Views
	Understand & se Work Contours
	Assign resources to an Administrative project

Module 6 – Over Allocation & Leveling

	Define Resource Over Allocation
	Use the four step methodology to resolve over Allocations
	Understand the various methods for resolving resource over Allocations

Module 7 – Critical Path Analysis

	Define Critical Path
	Understand how Microsoft Project identifies the Critical Path
	Use various methods to identify Critical Tasks and the Critical Path in Project

Module 8 – Advanced Views, Tables & Filters

	Understand project deliverable
	Create custom Fields, Tables, Filters & Views to track project deliverables
	Use Auto filter to create custom File

Module 9 – Using Master Projects

	Define a Master Project
	Create a Master Project with Subprojects
	Create Cross Project Dependencies using Master Project
	Understand How to Analyze Data in Master Project Environment
	Understand how to Allocate Resources in a Master Project Environment