Managing Projects from Foundation to Enterprise
Using Microsoft Project Server 2010 Boot Camp

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Syllabus in PDF Format  PMPs Earn 28 PDUs

Customer Testimonials

Thank you for a GREAT week. I really enjoyed it. You have made a big impact on the project capabilities of this organization!"

Beverly O'Keeffe, MscIT, PMP
Portfolio Manager
Bridgepoint Education

Extending a sincere thank you for a most valuable training in Managing Projects from Foundation to Enterprise Using Microsoft Project Server 2010 Boot Camp. Implementing the knowledge gained through this training was immediate and beneficial. Your course is extremely refreshing and motivating. You’ve made an impact.

Andreas Martinese, PSP
CDM, Project Controls

Course Overview

This intensive 4-day boot camp course provides an in-depth treatment on using Microsoft Project 2010 with Microsoft Project Server 2010. Using hands-on exercises and following the project management life cycle of defining, planning, and executing, students learn how to manage enterprise projects effectively during each stage of the life cycle. In addition, this course teaches the student how to master the powerful new features in Microsoft Project 2010, such as Manually Scheduled tasks, the Team Planner and Timeline views, and cancelling a task using the Inactivate feature. You will interact with an instructor with real-world experience in deploying and using Project and Project Server 2010.

Target Audience

Everyone who manages projects using Microsoft Project 2010 and Project Server 2010 should take this course. We target this course at the needs of full-time project managers, as well as those who function as project schedulers or project support technicians. We also recommend the course for technical administrators who support EPM platforms, to aid in better end-user understanding and communication.

Pre-Requisites

Although you are not required to take any other courses before taking this course, you will find it helpful to have hands-on project management experience and knowledge of project management principles

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the stages of the project management process
• Understand the Microsoft Project user interface
• Understand the Microsoft Project Data Model as it relates to Views, Tables, Filters, and Groups
• Describe the project communication life cycle used with Project Server
• Understand and use the Project Web App user interface
• Understand and use the Project Professional 2010 user interface
• Create a project Proposal and attach a Resource Plan to the Proposal
• Define and save a new enterprise project, open an enterprise project, and work with offline projects
• Perform basic task planning and understand how to properly use task dependencies and task constraints
• Add resources to a project team, assign resources to tasks, and level overallocated resources
• Analyze the Critical Path and Task Drivers
• Save a baseline and publish a project
• Manage project Deliverables
• Track time and task progress
• Use Outlook to track task progress
• Approve and update time, task progress, and administrative time requests
• Analyze project variance, revise a plan, and manage project changes
• Report on project progress using Visual Reports
• Manage personal settings
• Work with Risks, Issues, and Documents in a Project Site
• Create and manage Status Reports
• Analyze resource availability and view resource assignments in the Resource Center
• View the project portfolio in the Project Center
• Use views and reports in the Business Intelligence Center