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VTC Training - Project 2003
Presenter:  Brian Culp

Project Management DVD Video by Larry Johnson
The Project Management video training program equips you with the skills you need to become the kind of project manager who knows how to make things happen, get results, a... 

The Virtual Training Company has been providing training for a wealth of software applications for some time and has more recently begun developing soft skills training. One of these offerings is a relatively painless way of becoming familiar with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) .

 The VTC approach is to present a checklist outline of topics, with each check list item representing a video tutorial or presentation. This format lends itself nicely to a wide variety of Technical and Management topics, especially software applications and management disciplines. The VTC format breaks up the video presentations and tutorials into small segments of no more than 15 minutes each, with most ranging from three to eight minutes. The result is a nice digestible training program that can be interrupted and resumed without a great deal of confusion.

 The VTC pricing model allows for purchasing a single course on CD for $99. Additionally, courses are available online as streaming videos for either a monthly fee of $30 or annual fee of $250. In both cases the amount of training that you can take is unlimited.

VTC's Microsoft Project 2003 Is a course in using this powerful tool. Product managers need to track project resources, time, and cost, schedule tasks efficiently, exchange project information, and communicate with resources while maintaining control over a project. VTC author, Brian Culp, teaches users Microsoft Project 2003, an invaluable project management tool that allows product managers to take control. Learn how to start projects, create and edit tasks, assign resources to tasks, share project information, and much more.

Link:  Project 2003 course

Course Outline - 6 hrs, 85 tutorials


A. Starting a Project
   Intro and Overview
   The Project Workspace
   Project Views
   Generating Reports
   Create a New Project
   Set Non-Working Days
   Project Properties

B. Creating Tasks
   Setting Up a Task
   Importing Tasks
   Insert and Delete Tasks
   Estimate Duration
   Set Elapsed Time
   Using Milestones
   Organizing Phases
   Linking Tasks

C. Working with Resources
   Setting Up People
   Adjusting Availability
   Setting Up Equipment
   Setting Up Material
   Entering Pay Rates

D. Assigning a Resource to a Task
   Adjusting Individual Resources
   Assigning Resources
   Adding Additional Resources
   Assigning Material
   Lag and Lead Time
   Setting Constraints
   The Critical Path
   Change Calendar for Tasks
   Delete a Calendar
   Change Timeline

E. Creating a Plan
   Create a Resource Pool pt. 1
   Create a Resource Pool pt. 2
   Using the Resource Pool
   Viewing Overallocations
   Overallocation Report
   Resolve Overallocations
   Leveling Overallocations pt. 1
   Leveling Overallocations pt. 2
   Tracking Progress
 
F. Linking Summary Tasks
   Saving a Baseline
   Tracking Project as Scheduled
   Entering a Completion Percentage
   Entering Actual Completion Values
   Updating the Baseline
   Add a Note
   Check Project Duration
 


G. Editing Task Details
   Interrupting Work pt. 1
   Interrupting Work pt. 2
   Changing Task Types
   Entering Deadlines
   Entering Fixed Costs
   Set Up Recurring Tasks
   Sorting Project Details
   Grouping Project Details
   Customizing Tables
   Customizing Views
   Using the Organizer

H. Editing Assignment Details
   Entering Multiple Pay Rates
   Resource Availability at Different Times
   Delay the Start of Assignments
   Apply Contours
   Duration and Manual Contours
   Apply Different Cost Rates
   Material Consumption Rates

I. Sharing Project Information
  Copy and Paste
  Exporting to Other Apps
  Opening in Other File Formats
  Saving to Other File Formats
  Printing Views pt. 1
  Printing Views pt. 2
  Printing Reports
  Publishing as a Web Page
  Add an Image to Web Page
  Publishing as a GIF
  Formatting a View
  Create Custom Gantt Chart

J. Using Project Server
   Create a New Enterprise Project
   Publishing a Plan to the Server pt. 1
   Publishing a Plan to the Server pt. 2
   Tracking Work with Project Server
   Reporting Work with Outlook pt. 1
   Reporting Work with Outlook pt. 2
   Keep Stakeholders Informed

K. Conclusion
   Wrapping it Up

L. Credits
   About this Author



 


 

 

 


 

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