Mastering Advanced Project Management
using Microsoft Office Project 2003
PMPs Earn 14 PDUs
Syllabus in PDF Format
Course Overview
Designed for the advanced user or serious novice, Mastering Advanced Project Management
teaches techniques for using Microsoft Office Project 2003 pertinent to managing
complex projects in mature project management environments. In this course, the
special emphasis is on “explaining the mysteries” that often arise with the software,
and adding depth and mastery to your software skills.
Target Audience
This course is intended for experienced users of Microsoft Project 2003 who are
faced with managing complex projects and work in an organization that demands advanced
project management maturity.
Pre-Requisites
Students electing this course should first successfully complete the Establishing
a Project Management Foundation using Microsoft Office Project 2003 course. In lieu
of this requirement, students must have significant experience using Microsoft Project
in all stages of the project life cycle, including defining, planning, executing,
and closing a project, along with a high level of proficiency in using the Microsoft
Project scheduling engine.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Use standard fields in custom Views, Tables, Filters, and Groups
- Control the project schedule using custom calendars
- Manage project risks using PERT Analysis
- Understand the “inner workings” of the Microsoft Project Scheduling Engine
- Use work contours to control the schedule of resource assignments
- Use an administrative project to capture non-project time
- Determine the Critical Path in a project
- Define and use custom fields in custom Views, Tables, Filters, and Groups
- Create and use a master project