When: Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM – Friday, January 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM (GMT) Where: Technology House Shottery Brook Office Park Timothy’s Bridge Road CV37 9NR Stratford Upon Avon United Kingdom Hosted By: Technology Associates International Limited Technology Associates International Limited is one of the leading global project management consultancies specialising in Microsoft Office Project and Enterprise Project Management Solutions. Since 1990, Technology Associates have provided deployment, consultancy, development and training services to more than 500 organisations including some of the world’s leading companies, and we have an international presence throughout the world. Technology Associates have deployed hundreds of EPM solutions and deployed more than 2,000 Microsoft Project solutions. With ten Microsoft Competencies under our belt, including ISV status, we have built a solid reputation for delivering high quality services and solutions, and providing exceptional value for money. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, with Offices in New York, San Francisco, India and Barcelona, and a strategic partner network covering AsiaPac, Middle East and ROW, we work internationally in delivering EPM and SharePoint solutions to our customer base in over 39 countries. Register for this event now at: https://tai2007props270111-rss.eventbrite.com Event Details: Course Description Course Outline: This course is designed for those people who require an introduction to the use of Microsoft Project Professional 2007 as an effective software tool for Project Planning, Task Scheduling, Tracking and Evaluation. Who Should Attend: Users with some experience of a previous version of Microsoft Project and with an appreciation of planning principles. Course Criteria: No prior knowledge of Microsoft Project Professional 2007 is assumed. Windows experience and exposure to a previous version of Microsoft Project (Project 2000 through to Project 2007 Standard) however is assumed. (If this is not the case we can tailor the course accordingly). Objectives: Upon completion of the course delegates will have explored most of the features and facilities within Microsoft Project Professional and will have applied what they have learnt by practicing with “real” data. Course Content: Concepts of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) User Roles, Structure & Workflow Introduction to Microsoft Project 2007 Project Guide, Navigation, Menus, Toolbars, AutoFilters, Graphical Indicators, Dialogs, Dropdown lists, Using Help, Wizards, Smart Tags, Check In/Check Out. File Commands New, Open, Save, Save As, Save As Sharing, Close, File Formats, Databases (Working, Published, Reporting, Archive), Read-Only Viewing, Importing Projects & Resources, Multi-level Undo, Active Cache. Project & Task Entry New projects, Entering Project Information, Task durations, Start and Finish dates Outlining, Linking Tasks, Dependencies, Save & Publish Projects Navigating your Project Data Views, Tables, Filters, Forms, Hyperlinks Combination Views, Linking Tasks to documents, Task Drivers Formatting Commands Gantt Chart Wizard, Fonts, Text Styles, Bars, Bar Text, Three tiered Timescale & Gridlines, Custom Formatting, Indicators, Grouping, New Bar Styles, Background Cell Formatting, Re-Calc Change Highlighting. Setting up Calendars Project, Task and Resource Calendars, Calendar Wizard, Resource Working Time, Calendar Exceptions. Project Web Access Home Page, Project Center, Resource Center, Proposals, Resource Plans, My Tasks, Timesheets & Status Reports E-mail notifications, Excel & Outlook Integration, Document Sharing Issues & Risk Management, Project Workspaces, PWA Views, Creating New Projects, Tasks in PWA Resource Allocation Enterprise Resource Pool Assigning Resources, Resource Information, Setting Resource Availability, Resource Usage View (new rollup features), Resource Rates Reviewing Resource Allocation Resolving Conflicts Resource Availability Graph Proposed vs Committed booking Resource Substitution Wizard Publishing Assignments Task Detail & the Scheduling Engine Costs & Budgeting Analysing Costs, Cost Resource (New), Cost Types, Forecasting, Cost Reporting. Reporting Printing Project Views Page Setup, Printing Options, Printing Project Reports Visual Reports Data Analysis What If modelling Scenario Management Baselines & Tracking Setting the Baseline, Interim Baselines Multiple Baselines, Baseline Comparisons, Permissions Tracking the Project, Progress Lines Updating and Approving Progress Progress Tracking in PWA Multiple Projects Virtual Projects, Cross Project Linking Multi-Project Behaviour Programme Management functionality Other Tips & Tricks, Dos and Don’ts.