Learn Microsoft Project - Critical Path Management (advanced)
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Description
The purpose for this Level 3 is to automate your schedule in such a way that it is:
* Dynamic: It must update it self as much as possible. He estimates that for a 100 task / 3 month schedule about 50 hours of schedule maintenance is saved when you have a dynamic schedule. Only one change should be enough to calculate the rest of the model (just like you expect from Excel)
Robust: It must be able to deal with multiple scenario’s, like scheduling forwards and scheduling backwards
* Model: It must be a simplification of reality with only capturing those things that are important in this project – it should not resort into a checklist for all small activities
* Forecast: Checklists, task manuals, meeting schedules, database of historical estimates are reasons to have schedules, but the primary reason should be to forecast your major milestones.
Table of Contents
Introduction on automating a schedule, so after only one edit the schedule will update itself:
* Making Links between Tasks
* Lag and Lead
* Guidelines for Linking Tasks
* Link Types
* Constraints and the proper use of Constraints
* Critical Path
* Slack (Total Slack and Free Slack)
* Check on Dangling Tasks (Tasks that have no links yet)
* Critical Path Management
* Dependencies with Other Projects
* Adding a Dependency by Typing the Link Path
* How to see the external link in MSP?
* The Link Between Projects Window
* Dealing with Updates
* Updating Tasks
* Evaluating and Optimizing the Schedule
* What Lessons to Learn from your Progress against Baseline
* Comparing to Baseline to Structurally Improve Business Processes
* Managing against Deadlines
System Requirements
* MS Project 2013 (or 2010) * A computer with Internet access and headphones (course contains audio) Supported browsers: - IE 11 + Edge - Firefox (Windows, iOS) - Chrome (Windows, MacOS, iOS), Chrome for Android* - Safari (MacOS, iOS) -Default Android browser* (*Android versions: • 4.0 ICS, • 4.1-4.3 Jelly Bean, • 4.4 KitKat, • 5.0-5.1 Lollipop)
Author
MS Project Elearning.com is the leading Microsoft Project e-learning provider offering a step by step approach for mastering MS Project.
They offer 5 online learning courses about Microsoft Project, which they call 'Maturity Levels'.
After these 5 courses you will be able to generate a professional schedule that outperforms 95% of the project schedules that are made throughout the world.
MS Project Elearning.com wants to enable change. "Our goal is to get businesses and people enthusiastic about a new way of managing and planning their projects. This means to collaborate in projects according to 'processes' that work and are supported by the best PPM-tooling that is currently available on the market: Microsoft Project".
"Together with you, we want to be in a constant flow of seeking opportunities for your project management organization and embedding improvements so your Project Management Organisation will be a true ROI enabling machine!"
