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Learning Method:
Instructor-led Classroom Learning (Corporate On-Site)
Duration:
0.50 Day(s)
Overview:
This course focuses on the critical planning stage of a project and how to
set a project up for success. Exercises with Microsoft Word and Project
demonstrate effective and easy-to-implement techniques to better plan,
schedule and allocate resources.
Who
Should Attend:
This course is designed for career project managers and those professionals
for whom project management is an integral part of their daily jobs, and who
have a vested interest in improving the effectiveness of project management
and the success of projects – often under complex or difficult
circumstances. This audience has experience managing projects, but is
looking to enhance its project management skills and its ability to handle
more concurrent projects or to manage larger and more complex projects.
At
Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Explain how
effective project plans facilitate project success. - Quickly set up project
plans that communicate key project information to the entire project team. -
Develop schedules in Microsoft Project that communicate the project tasks
effectively and accurately. - Assign resources to tasks to obtain the
desired results.
Outline: This is a suggested outline only. All course content is
completely customizable at not additional cost.
Lesson
1: An Introduction to Project Planning
Why
Project Plans Are Important
Components of a Project Plan
Expert Video: Jump-Start Project Success with Planning
Discussion: What Makes Projects Succeed or Fail?
Lesson
2: Preparing an Effective Project Plan
Why
Effective Communication Is Important
Techniques for Communicating Effectively
Demonstration: Using the Outline View in Word to Organize Project Plans
Walkthrough: Communicating Project Information
Demonstration: Creating a Project Plan Template
Building Project Budgets
Lesson
3: Building Better Project Schedules
Building an Effective Overall Schedule
Building an Effective Gantt Chart
Exercise 1: Clearly Communicating Phases, Tasks, Milestones, and
Deliverables
Best Practices for Communicating Task Detail
Exercise 2: Documenting Work Packages
Exercise 3: Linking a Task to a Work Package Document
Demonstration: Preventing Inadvertent Schedule Constraints
Lesson
4: Allocating Resources to Project Tasks
Problems and Opportunities in Resource Allocation
How Microsoft Project Calculates Task Values
Exercise: Mastering Tricky Resource Assignments
How Microsoft Project Levels Resources
Putting It All Together: Presenting Project Plans More Effectively
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