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Subject
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- Using Microsoft Project to manage projects.
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Unit Standards
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- 120385 - Apply a range of project management tools and techniques (Level 4 – 7 Credits
- On course completion delegates will be able to:
- Demonstrating an understanding of project management tools.
- Using a range of project management tools.
- Applying corrective action steps where project management tools and techniques usage problems occur.
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Pre-requisites
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Prior knowledge and skills to:
- Learners accessing this qualification will have demonstrated competence in mathematics and communication skills at NQF level 4 or equivalent.
- Learners accessing this qualification will have demonstrated competence in computer literacy and applicable software at NQF level 4 or equivalent.
- Microsoft Project Essentials
- ID 120372 - Explain fundamentals of project management.
The estimated course duration may not be met should the learner not have achieved these prerequisites
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Level
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Basic/Intermediate
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Modules
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Introduction
- What is Project management
- Planning the Project
- Starting a new Project
- Setting up the Project calendar
- Entering Tasks
- Editing and rearranging the Task List
- Working with Tasks
- Views
Working with Resources
- Working with a Resource list
- Assigning Resources to Tasks
- Resolving Over-allocated Resources
- Reassigning work to another Resource
- Reducing a Resources work on a Task
- Delaying a Task
- Assigning Costs to Resources
- Assigning Fixed Costs
- Define when Costs accrue
- Examining the costs of Tasks or Resources
- Examining the costs of the entire Project
Tracking Progress
- Saving with a Baseline
- Saving Interim Plans
- Tracking progress
- Check for variance in planned work by resource
- Task costs
- Compare task costs to budget
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Communicating the Plan
- Printing a View
- Changing row height
- Changing column definitions
- Using Styles to format text and bars
- Formatting the Timescale in the Gantt Chart
- Formatting the Timescale in the Calendar view
- Formatting Network view layout
- Formatting a usage view
- Filtering
- AutoFilters
- Customising Views
- Creating new Views
- Reports
Sharing Resources
- Sharing a Resource Pool between Projects
- Create a Resource Pool
- Updating the Resource Pool
- Using a Resource Pool in a Project
- Review Resource assignments in all projects
Working with Multiple Projects
- Working with Multiple
- Projects Creating a Dependency between Tasks in Different Projects
- Working with Large or Complex Projects
- Establishing Dependencies between Projects
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