MS Project: Foundations of Scheduling

MS Project
Foundations of Scheduling
Many Project and Program Managers are unaware of what this industry-standard tool can actually do, much less how it works and how it relates to PMBOK principles.
The material for this class is gleaned from the common yet significant mistakes in scheduling and the usage of the tool that instructors have observed in their careers.
This course is part 1 of 2 towards that prepares the professional for MCTS certification 70-178
PMI Monterey brings you a rare opportunity… Show more to learn this tool hands-on from the experts at a price that anyone can afford.
What You Will Learn
How to harness the power of the ribbon interface
How to present project data in a visually compelling way
Dependencies and how they work with Constraints.
Baselining and Tracking.
Critical Path and Slack
Excel import/export
Project reporting
And much more…
Who Should Attend This Workshop:
Those who are unfamiliar with the details of “Task” and how Project behaves with respect to Task Types.
Those who are unfamiliar with the details of “Resource”.
Those who wish to know the proper usage of Calendars, Deadlines, Constraints and Dependencies.
Those who have been frustrated by MS Project while trying to keep schedules up to date.
Those who have been updating schedules using %-complete, not realizing that %-complete is an output, not an input.
Those who wish to know how to run status reports
Date : March 16 th, 2013 Workshop : 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location : Asilomar Conference Ground PDUs : 7
800 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Instructors: Sutanu Ghosh, PMP, MCTS and Oliver Gildersleeve, PMP, MCTS
Cost
Members:
$100 before 3/2/13
$125 on or after 3/2/13
Non Members:
$125 before 3/2/13
$150 on or after 3/2/13
[No refreshments provided]
More Information: Visit the chapter’s website at http://www.meetup.com/PMI-MBAY/

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