Microsoft® Office Project Professional 2013 has an extensive range of nifty shortcuts, tips and tricks, that will enable you to use it as a tool to manage your projects effectively and efficiently.

In this Microsoft Project 2013 training course, you will learn to create and modify project plan, and how to manage variances in a project in order to bring it to success.

By the end of this Microsoft Project course, participants should be able to:

• Identify the basic features and components of the Microsoft Project environment
• Create a new project plan file and enter project information
• Manage tasks by organizing tasks and setting task relationship
• Manage resources for a project
• Finalize a project plan
• Exchange project plan data with other applications
• Update a project plan
• Manage project costs
• Report project data visually
• Reuse project plan information

• A general introductory-level understanding of project management concepts. Courses that help fulfill this requirement include: Project Management Fundamentals (Second Edition).
• Basic end-user skills with any current Windows operating system.

1. GETTING STARTED WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT

1. Explore the Microsoft Project 2013 Environment
2. Display an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

2. CREATING A PROJECT PLAN

1. Create a Project Plan
2. Assign a Project Calendar
3. Add Tasks to a Project Plan
4. Enter the Task Duration Estimates
5. Add Resources to a Project Plan

3. MANAGING TASKS IN A PROJECT PLAN

1. Outline Tasks
2. Link Dependent Tasks
3. Set Task Constraints and Deadlines
4. Add Notes to a Task
5. Add a Recurring Task

4. MANAGING RESOURCES IN A PROJECT PLAN

1. Create a Resource Calendar
2. Assign Resources to Tasks
3. Enter Costs for Resources
4. Resolve Resource Conflicts

5. FINALIZING A PROJECT PLAN

1. Shorten a Project Using the Critical Path
2. Set a Baseline
3. Print a Project Summary Report

1. EXCHANGE PROJECT PLAN DATA WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS

1. Import Project Information
2. Export Project Plan Cost Data to an Excel Workbook
3. Copy a Picture of the Project Plan Information

2. UPDATING A PROJECT PLAN

1. Enter Task Progress
2. Enter Overtime Work
3. Edit Tasks
4. Reschedule a Task
5. Filter Tasks
6. Set an Interim Plan
7. Create a Custom Table
8. Create a Custom Field

3. MANAGING PROJECT COSTS

1. Update Cost Rate Tables
2. Group Costs
3. Link Documents to a Project Plan

4. REPORTING PROJECT DATA VISUALLY

1. Create a Visual Report
2. Customize a Visual Report
3. Create a Visual Report Template

5. REUSING PROJECT PLAN INFORMATION

1. Create a Project Plan Template
2. Create a Custom View
3. Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
4. Share Resources
5. Create a Master Project