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Year of issue: 2010
Publishing house: BHV-SPb
ISBN: 978-5-9775-0582-6
Chapter 1. Brief description of project management methods
- Projects and project management
- Organizational aspects of project management
- Project management processes
- Initiation processes
- Planning processes
- Execution processes
- Monitoring and regulation processes
- Completion processes
- Project management standard and real management processes
- Areas of knowledge in project management
- Implementation of project management processes
- Brief description of methods of network planning and management
Chapter 2. Quick Start
- Characteristics of the content of the first project
- First experience with MS Project 2010
Chapter 3. Brief description of the project management system MS Project
- Project management systems
- Project management system MS Project
- Project management system versions MS Project
- Project database
- Controlling Project Timeline Information Views in Project
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Menu ribbon
- Project timeline views
- Timeline
- Tables
- Filters
- Reports
- Basic elements of the Project interface
- Tasks and resources in Project
- Types of tasks
- Resource types
- How to work with a table
- Select parts of a table
- Formatting text elements
- Managing table columns
- Sorting tables
- How to work with a Gantt chart
- How to work with resource load tables
- How to work with the resource graph
- How to work with Calendar view
- Calendar view context menu
- How to work with filters
- Additional Formatting Options for Chart Task Bars
- Access to information about the main elements of the project
- Description of project tasks
- Description of project resources
- Description of project assignments
- reference system Project 2010
- Managing user interface elements
Chapter 4. Using Project in the Pre-Planning Stage
- Recommendations for project initiation
- Features of initiating small projects
- Preliminary project planning
- Scope planning and definition of the structure of work at the stage of preliminary planning
- Creating a new project file
- Determination of the scope of tasks with an estimate of the duration of their execution
- Formation of resource support - labor costs
- Formation of relationships between tasks of the project schedule
- Development of a preliminary project schedule
- Estimating the cost of a project using Project
- Project budget and work with it
- How to create and format reports using Project
- Principles of splitting a report into sheets
- Screen printing
- Formatting Printout Sheets
- Standard reports
- Assessment of the financial viability of the project
- Formation of the basic project plan
- Defining the criteria for project success
- Other project planning processes at the pre-planning stage
- Planning the scope of the project and defining the structure of work at the stage of preliminary planning
- Project Scope Planning
- Small project content planning
- Determining the content of large projects
- About deploying large projects
- About decomposition of large projects
- Features of high-tech projects
- Formation of project success criteria
- Quality planning
- Organizational planning
- Permanent organization and its impact on the project
- Role of the project manager
- Features of project management in matrix structures
- Communication planning
- Risk planning
- Planning contracts
- Planning and change management
- Organization of work with documents in the project
- Personnel management and the influence of the human factor at the stage of project initiation
Chapter 5. Detailed Project Planning with Project
- Design structures and data organization
- Detailed project schedule
- Recommendations for assessing the performance of project objectives
- Recommendations for estimating labor costs
- Tips for estimating task duration
- Cost estimation guidelines
- Analysis and regulation of the detailed project schedule
- Time scheduling features of the detailed project plan
- How to schedule resources with Project
- Features of other planning processes at the detailed planning stage
- Critical chain planning
Chapter 6. Supporting Project Execution and Analysis Processes with Project
- How to track progress and results with Project
- Advanced options for working with different versions of charts
- Updating the graph based on progress and task results
- Visualization of the work progress and identification of deviations of the current state of work from the baseline
- How to manage project cycle and resources
- How to control the critical path
- How to shorten the critical path
- Resource demand control
- Resource management in Project
- Work cycle and resource load management - additional Project features
- Interrupting tasks
- Adjustment of the detailed execution plan of the sample project
- Analyze financial resource needs with Project
- Control financial resources during the project
- Project Execution Management
- Special situations in project management
- Supporting Project Management Processes at the Project Execution Stage
- Quality management at the stage of project implementation
- Change management at the stage of project implementation
- Problem solving management in projects
- The human factor in project management
- Scheduling complex projects with Project
- Formation of complex graphs
- Sharing resources when implementing different projects
- Determining the sequence of execution of tasks belonging to different schedules
- Work calendars in Project
- Create and edit work calendars
- Support for management functions working group project using Project
- Support for data analysis processes using the Project interface
- Using visual reports
- Transferring project dates
- Copying pictures for use in software products MS Office
- Project support for project completion processes
Chapter 7. Concept of project portfolios and corporate project management systems
- Project portfolios - a company management tool
- Characteristics of MS Project 2010 capabilities in corporate project management
- MS Project and corporate systems management
- Appendix 1. List of algorithms
- Chapter 3 algorithms
- Chapter 4 algorithms
- Chapter 5 algorithms
- Chapter 6 algorithms
- Chapter 8 algorithms
- Chapter 9 algorithms
- Appendix 2. Description of the CD
- Recommended reading
Courses Microsoft Project at GTSDPO in Moscow - training in effective planning and project management at all stages: from tracking interrelated business processes to the allocation of resources (personnel, material, time) and preparation of reporting documentation.
Purpose of the course:
- develop skills in managing small and large projects using the tools of the Ms Project 2010/2013/2016 application.
Course audience:
- administrators and project managers;
- employees of companies whose responsibilities include monitoring the implementation of business plans, sales, IT projects, etc.
Learning Outcome
Skill:
- install and configure Microsoft Project;
- analyze, optimize, adjust various projects in terms of costs and terms;
- implement resource and scheduling planning;
- monitor the implementation of projects and prepare final reports;
- resolve conflicts related to restrictions;
- exchange Ms Project data with other applications;
- administer a portfolio of projects in Microsoft Project Professional.
- export web page data;
- configure and administer the Project Server application.
Basic training requirements:
- skills in working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.
Curriculum of the course
Topic 1. Projects and project management. Project creation.
Classification of projects
Project stages
Building a work hierarchy (WBS)
Development of network models
Critical Path Scheduling (PCM)
Resource planning of the project
Value analysis
Project execution and control
Creating a new project
Entering a set of works
Task list structure
Estimating task duration
Recurring tasks
Linking tasks
Leading and lagging tasks
Milestone tasks
Types of time constraints
Deadlines.
Topic 2 Project resources.
Resource list definitions
Additional resource characteristics
Resource calendars
Types of tasks
Fixed volume field
Assigning Resources to Project Tasks
Microsoft Project views.
Topic 3. Analysis and optimization of the project plan.
Time analysis
Resource load analysis
Project cost analysis.
Topic 4. Implementation and control of the project.
Fixing the baseline of the project
Entering real data on task execution
Monitoring the progress of the project
Print reports and views.
Topic 5. Management of multiple projects.
Inserting an external project into the current project
Creating a link between tasks in different projects
Creating a shared resource pool
Opening projects using a shared resource pool
Modifying the shared resource pool file.
Topic 6. Export of the project plan.
Copying diagrams to MS Office files
Export of the plan to files of other formats.
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Why such an unprecedented gift? This is a sponsorship program, we are helped by manufacturers of industry solutions for Microsoft Project such as Turbo Planner (capstroy, R&D / R&D and IT).
Now we publish a complete analogue of the most expensive course on MS Project and in a more effective form of e-learning through videos, documentation, example files.
Handouts and Course Documentation
The video course includes handouts in the form of Microsoft Project and a book.
You can download them below.
A quick introduction to Microsoft Project 2013 and the Visual Resource Optimizer in half an hour
1.Introduction to project management methodology based on ISO 21500 standard and a complete overview of the MS Project 2013 interface
a. Project concept
b. General principles project management
c. The main stages of working with the project
d. Project management automation tools
e. general review Microsoft Project 2013
I have included in this block the first in the CIS introduction to the project management methodology based on iSO standard 21500 explaining the difference between the concept of a project according to the ISO and PMI methodology. The course focuses heavily on the limits of applicability of standard techniques and from when is it necessary to apply industry solutions. The emphasis is made on the importance of the planner as a success of implementation. This introduction turned out to be in a way unique in its emphasis precisely on the limits of applicability and the risks from the introduction of standard methodologies, which are usually hidden by trainers. Based on the number of "approvals" on YouTube, the Community found this introduction to modern project management methodology very effective.
The standard course on MS Project in the most expensive 3-day version, in my opinion, has a methodological error. The fact is that trainers talk about how the MS Project interface works, ignoring the fact that they overload beginners with redundant information. As I already noted, the "quick introductions" with which we started the course are more effective. However, we specifically follow the standard program so that there are no blocks left from the standard training program that are not covered by our free courses.
Below is a complete overview of all menus and all options in Microsoft Project 2013. In fact, this block is more useful experienced userssince probably many were tormented by the question "what is this button?" It tells you about all the buttons and what they do. However, even listing the MS Project functionality took one hour. If you are a beginner you might want to skip this block as possible "overload" from the abundance of information, go further through the program, and then return to this lesson.
2.Creating a new project and a quick introduction to network planning
a.Creating a new project "from scratch" and based on a template
b.Setting project parameters
c. project timeline
d. top-down planning
A standard commercial MS Project course usually starts with creating projects. However, trainers are silent about the limitations of the MS Project functionality in the practical applicability of templates, as well as the features of Excel-like functions that Microsoft has introduced into the product to increase its sales. I cover in this block the risks of rash implementation of the "first line of use" functions of MS Project, which are designed largely by vendors, not methodologists.
If you do not want to know why MS Project templates are rarely implemented, you can turn over to the beginning of the video, for this there is a link.
This lesson contains another block for a quick introduction to network planning, but much easier than the express course in 30 minutes at the very beginning of our educational package.
3. Working with tasks as part of the project
a. Task concept
b. Create, modify, delete tasks
c. Establishing links between tasks. Respect Connections command
d. Creating a task hierarchy
e. Task parameters (duration, limitations, method of calculating labor costs, etc.)
f. Special types of tasks (repetitive tasks, milestones, interrupted tasks)
g. Overview of the most typical situations associated with changing work parameters
This video contains a block recording of a standard commercial course on MS Project 2013 with coverage of all the options for tasks in the project. In contrast to the mechanical presentation of options by trainers, the course focuses on those options that are actually used, and also shows how MS Project automatically switches restrictions on tasks, which is a surprise for many users.
As practice shows, when working with project tasks, exotic parameters of links are rarely needed, but the methodology for creating Hierarchical Work Structures (WBS, WBS) is much more important. I made a video tutorial that covers the creation of work structures from a methodological point of view, ignoring rare options. If the methodology is more important to you, and not the enumeration of all the options as in the previous lesson, then you can see this version of the story how the work structures are made.
4. Resource and budget planning
a. Resource types
b. Setting up project calendars and resources
c. Resource assignment. Planning "from resources" and "from work"
d. Working with resource costs
This video tutorial contains at its beginning a small repetition about network planning, because many people know how to operate with tasks, but do not know how to use MS Project resources. The lesson is designed so that you can watch it in isolation from others. The lesson shows the subtle effects of resource management options on MS Project tasks. Some of the questions are included in the lesson on MS Project reporting below, where it is shown how to build a Motion by manipulating resources and new MS Project 2013 reports Money including balances and turnovers in periods.
5.Analysis and optimization of the project
a. Resource overload and its elimination. Automatic resource leveling function
b. Task path
c. Resource Optimizer Team Planner
d. Project budget analysis
e. Analysis of the project schedule. Critical path method.
f. Risk analysis
g. Optimization of the project
We have included an overview of the resource optimizer and leveling in the basic knowledge, taking into account modern trends... Some of the issues on project analysis are discussed in the reporting block below. Another lesson on the Critical Path will be added in this section.
6 Project Execution Management and Plan / Fact Analysis
a. Working with baselines and intermediate plans
b. Input of actual parameters
c. Analysis of the project implementation. Earned value method
d. Correction of the project
The first lesson shows the real technique of plan / fact analysis that many trainers hide from users in order to sell later "consulting". Although in fact, this is where the main value of MS Project is as a product, which, like Excel, has developed formulas. I showed how the actual execution is entered and then the standard technique is how arbitrary "performance indicators" for the project are displayed using formulas and graphical indicators.
The next lesson is probably the hardest in this course. Here he is considering not just the Earned Volume methodology, but its innovative version modified by Microsoft. Nevertheless, only with such non-obvious methods can you reach the correct completion percentages according to plan / fact. In my experience, course participants cannot perceive such material only in lecture form. Download my sample project and try to repeat the steps.
Only 5% of users can now use such techniques, but it is the ability to apply them that is the symptom whether you need to call a consultant for help or not.
7. Completion of the project and the technique of calculating the standards after the fact
Usually, trainers in a very skimpy way talk about data processing techniques in a project after it is closed. This lesson discloses know how to get top-down norms for the ratio of types of work in a project by analyzing the collected factual information.
10 years ago I wrote the first version of the tutorial "MS Project in 1 Day". Although it looks incredible now, our main competitor Vladimir Liberson (head of PMI Moscow and Spider Technologies) helped me in writing the tutorial. Nevertheless, the tutorial turned out to be unique, because The teaching methodology was developed jointly by both the most famous expert in MS Project implementation and the most famous critic of Microsoft Project in Russia. Each edition was downloaded approximately 50,000 times. According to the counter at the bottom of the tutorial, in 2012 alone, it was downloaded 45,000 times. The irony of fate is that Vladimir Iosifovich Liberson, being the main critic of MS Project, is a co-author of the most popular tutorial on MS Project of all times and peoples. :)
Such popularity of the tutorial is determined by its uniqueness of presentation and unusually small volume, but sufficient to master the product and some basic techniques in 1 day. The tutorial itself is not a complete project management methodology and is not a tutorial on all the functions of MS Project. , but they all have serious problems in practical application. Very often I had to observe an almost shock state of managers who were previously unfamiliar with Microsoft Project and PMI's project management theory and decided to study them from books. The manager was tasked with reading at least two large books, i.e. more than 1000 pages. The most interesting thing, even after spending a lot of time on this reading, the manager turned out to be almost helpless in the real situation of using MS Project.
The point is that the books do not teach the practical application of project management tools in real business situations. The disadvantage of most books and textbooks on MS Project is that they simply cover all the functions in a row, while there are no end-to-end practical examples and analysis of typical errors. Very, very rarely there are complete (cross-cutting) examples in books. As a rule, examples end with a demonstration of some function and the manager does not see how his action will affect through several steps of planning and tracking the project.
Another interesting observation is that in 90% of cases, managers are forced to use not some of the most complex management techniques, but perform the simplest, if not more banal actions. As a rule, in ordinary books not enough space is given to polishing and repetition of the most important and seemingly "simple" work skills, usually the authors set themselves the goal of covering with a brief description of all the several thousand functions built into Microsoft Project.
As a professional methodologist by education, it was clear to me that a fundamentally new didactic material was required, which considered the use of MS Project by the method of a cross-cutting example and with an analysis of various problem situations. This rapid injection technique is very popular in the West and is known as Overview. This allows you to quickly master the product and consolidate its skills practical application by main functions.
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1 Introduction from Vladimir Ivanov
2 INTRODUCTION TO THE BASICS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3 PLANNING TECHNIQUE
4 DRAFTING A PLAN AND BUDGET. STANDARD PLANNING METHODS. BUDGET AND MATERIAL RESOURCES
4.1 Statement of the problem
4.2 List of stages
4.3 Task List
4.4 Determining the duration of tasks
4.5 Sequencing tasks
4.6 Formation of the resource pool
4.7 Assigning resources to tasks
4.8 Plan with budget
5 TRACKING THE PROJECT. MANAGEMENT OF RISKS. MODIFICATION OF THE PROJECT PLAN
5.1 Risks and indirect work
5.2 PMI Risk Management
5.3 Assessing the significance of risks
5.4 Methods for calculating the actual timing of tasks
5.5 Calculation of three versions of the project using the Monte Carlo method
5.6 Reconciliation and Reporting
5.7 Problems and solutions
6 FORMAL PROJECT CLOSING. POLITICAL RISKS. ANALYSIS OF STATISTICS
6.1 Measurable target
6.2 Illusion of Simplicity (80% / 20%)
6.3 Plan and requirements must change together
6.4 Planning is iterative, the next stages are only statistically predictable
6.5 Need measurable completion criteria (control tests)
6.6 Formally closing a project
6.7 Project Closure and Evaluation
6.8 What do the statistics show?
7 REFERENCES
PDU breakdown by Talent Triangle
| technical | strategic | leadership |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
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The course is designed to teach students the basic skills of working in MS Project Professional and is the first step for further training in working in these programs.
The course covers the most common tasks:
- scheduling;
- resource planning;
- cost planning;
- modeling of various scenarios for project implementation;
- effective use of MS Project in Russian companies;
Learning outcomes
As a result of studying the course, students will be able to:
- Develop a project schedule in MS Project
- Develop a project budget in MS Project
- Use tools to analyze options for project implementation
Course trainers
- - Head of Oil and Gas Projects Department PM Expert
- Alexander Chernobrivets, PME, MCTS - PM Expert Planning, Reporting and Risk Manager
