This course aims to teach participants:

USER AND ADMINISTRATION PREFERENCES AND SCHEDULING OPTIONS

• User Preferences

• Admin Menu

• Admin Preferences

CREATING ROLES AND RESOURCES

• Understanding Resources and Roles

• Creating Roles

• Creating Resources and the Resources Window

ASSIGNING ROLES, RESOURCES AND EXPENSES

• Assigning Roles, Resources and Expenses

• Understanding Resource Calculations and Terminology

• Project Window Resource Preferences User Preferences Applicable to Assigning Resources

• Activities Window Resource Preferences and Defaults

• Assigning and Removing Roles

• Assigning and Removing Resources

• Resource and Activity Duration Calculation and Resource Lags

• Expenses

• Suggested Setup for Creating a Resourced Schedule

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

• Resource Optimization

• Reviewing Resource Loading

• Resource Assignments Window

• Copying and Pasting into Excel

• Other Tools for Histograms and Tables

• Methods of Resolving Resource Peaks and Conflicts Resource Leveling

• Leveling Examples

• Resource Shifts

• Guidelines for Leveling

• What to look for if Resources are Not Leveling

UPDATING A RESOURCED SCHEDULE

• Introduction Budget Values & Baseline Projects, Data Date, Required Information to Update Project

• Window Defaults for Updating a Resourced Schedule

• Percent Complete Types,

• Using Steps to Calculate Activity Percent Complete

• Updating the Schedule, Updating Resources,

• Updating Expenses

The following people should consider attending this course:

• Programme Managers and Project Control staff evaluating the software against your organisational requirements.

• Project schedulers who wish to learn how to use the software to schedule and control projects.

• Database managers who wish to understand how to set up and administer a database.

• Experienced project personal who wish to learn how to schedule and control a project.

Students should have:

• The ability to use a personal computer and understand the fundamentals of the operating system,

• Experience using application software such as Microsoft Office and

• An understanding of how projects are planned, scheduled and controlled, including understanding the project management processes applicable to your projects.