Free Microsoft Project 2003 Training Manual

Using Microsoft Project, you are able to to define projects, manage, update, and communicate information about a project. The details of the project's tasks and associated resources are entered into the system as a new project. Project then shows the information such that the relationships of the tasks and their time scales can clearly be seen and potential problem areas identified.

Here is a Free Microsoft Project 2003 Training Manual, from microsofttrainingcourses.co.uk. This training document is 140 pages in length, the zipped download size is 711kb, and the resulting doc file size is 1.3mb. It will teach and show you all of Project's important features and functionality, as listed below, including the 3 main methods of viewing and editing project data: charts, forms, and sheets. Charts can be either Gantt Charts or Network Diagram Charts both of which are a diagrammatic representation of the project data. Forms contain the data relevant to a single specific task or resource. Sheets are a table of all the Tasks or all the Resources that are part of the Project.

Project 2003 Training Manual Table of Contents:


Section 1:
Understanding Project Management
Project Language
Terminology
Views and Tables
The Tracking Gantt View
Project's Menus
Project's The Tool Bars
The Stages of Project Management
Monitoring and Adjusting

Section 2:
Planning and Defining the Project
Defining the Project
The Goal and Objectives
The Specification and Limitations
Project Properties
Creating a New Base Calendar
Save the New Project File
Saving and Ending a Project Session

Section 3:
Entering Tasks
The Task Information box/Task Sheet
Tables and descriptions
In the Gantt Chart or the Task Sheet
Using the Task Information Form
Using The Network Diagram Chart
Adding and Linking Tasks
Defining the Summary Tasks
The AutoCorrect Feature

Section 4:
Resource Management
Reviewing and Navigating the Resource Sheet
Adding Resources to the Resource Sheet
The Resource Graph
Set Resource Calendars
Allocate Resources
Review Resource Usage
Working with Resources
Updating Resource Information on the Fly
Planned Time Scale
Lead Time and Lag Time
The Outlining View (Summary)
Promoting and Demoting Tasks

Section 5:
Display Data and Cost Factors
Using Gantt Charts
Changing Time Scale and the Palette
Using Network Diagram Charts
Changing the contents of a Node
Changing the layout of the Chart
Elements of the Network Diagram Chart
Applying and Customizing Filters
Examining the Cost Factor

Section 6:
Page Setup
Printing Charts, Forms and Sheets
Reports Setup & Editing Reports
Task and Cost Information
Cost information
Reports by Report Type

Section 7:
Updating the Project
Updating Task Data
Entering Task Names and Durations
Tracking Progress
Viewing the Gantt Chart and the Resource Graph
Modifying the Project to Match Resources
Levelling
Define an Update Point

Section 8:
Multiple Projects
Using Common Resources
Adding Sub Projects
Consolidating Projects created in earlier versions of Project
Recurring Tasks
Task Relationships
The Organizer

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