One Day Course

Prerequisites:

This course is designed for a person who needs to create and manage projects in an existing enterprise environment to optimize resources, analyze projects, and prioritize work to meet overall business objectives.  Students enrolling in this class should have an understanding of project management concepts and knowledge of a Windows operating system and a Web browser. They should also have taken the following Element K courses (or possess equivalent knowledge): Microsoft Office Project 2007Level 1 and Microsoft Office Project 2007 Level 2 .
The following Element K courses would be helpful, but are not required: Project Management Fundamentals (online instructor-led course), Harvard Manage Mentor Project Management (online self-paced course), Project Management Fundamentals Parts 1 and 2 (online self-paced courses). Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 would also be helpful.

Performance-Based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Create a new enterprise project on the Project Server.
• Add resources to an enterprise project.
• Establish a project baseline within the EPM solution.
• Manage project updates.
• Manage a project.
• Manage project-related information.
• Analyze a project within the context of the enterprise.

Course Content:

Creating a New Enterprise Project on the Project Server

• Establish Access to the Project Server
• Open an Existing Enterprise Project
• Create a New Enterprise Project Based on an Enterprise Template
• Save a New Project to the Project Server

Resourcing an Enterprise Project

• Substitute Enterprise Resources Automatically
• Build a Team from the Enterprise Resource Pool
• Add Local Resources to Tasks

Establishing the Project Baseline

• Publish an Enterprise Project to the Team
• Save a Baseline Version

Managing Project Updates

• Update a Project
• Update Task Progress
• View Update History
• Request Progress Information for Selected Tasks
• Mark Task Updates Submitted by Enterprise Resources
• Adjust Updates from Resources

Managing a Project

• Manage Costs
• Manage Issues
• Mitigate Risks

Managing Project-Related Information

• Change Managers for Assignments
• Request Periodic Status Reports
• View Responses
• Upload a Document
• AutoFilter Project-Related Files

Analyzing Enterprise Project Information

• Compare Versions of an Enterprise Project
• View Projects in the Project Center

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