What You'll Learn

• Understand the fundamentals of Project 2003
• Create a project
• Enter, modify, and manage tasks
• Establish task durations or work effort
• Link tasks through dependency relationships
• Create milestones and constraints
• Enter and assign resources anc costs
• Utilize different views
• View project progress
• Create reports

Course Outline

1. Create a Project Plan File

• Create a Project Plan File
• Create and Assign a Project Calendar
• Add Tasks to the Project Plan File
• Add a Project Summary Task
• Add a Recurring Task
• Enter Task Duration Estimates

2. Create a Work Breakdown Structure

• Outline Tasks
• Link Dependent Tasks
• Identify Deliverables in the Project Plan File
• Constrain Tasks
• Set a Task Deadline

3. Create and Assign Resources

• Create Resources
• Create a Resource Calendar
• Assign Resources
• Assign Additional Resources to a Task
• Resolve Resource Conflicts

4. Finalize the Project Plan

• View the Critical Path
• Shorten the Project Duration
• Set a Baseline
• Display Project Summary Information

5. Exchange Project Plan Data with Other Applications

• Import a Task List from an Excel File into a New Project Plan
• Create a Custom Import Map
• Export Project Plan Cost Data into Excel
• Copy a Picture into a Word Document
• Save Project Plan Information as a Web Page

6. Update a Project Plan

• Enter Task Progress Information
• View Task Progress
• Split a Task
• Reschedule a Task
• Filter Tasks in a Project Plan
• Save an Interim Project Plan
• Create a Custom Table
• Add Custom Columns to a Table
• Hyperlink Documents to Tasks

7. Create Custom Reports

• Create a Custom Report
• Modify a Custom Report's Header and Footer
• Add a Picture to a Report
• Modify a Custom Report's Margins
• Print a Custom Report

8. Re-use Project Plan Information

• Create a Project Plan Template
• Create a Custom Combination View
• Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
• Share Resources
• Create a Master Project Plan