Building a Schedule with Project 2010

Overview/Description
A project is made up of tasks, and the job of a project manager essentially boils down to one thing: making sure tasks are properly defined, organized, planned, and carried out. Good scheduling leads to timely completion of the project, and that relies on the ability to order and link tasks, and set appropriate durations and constraints. This course covers the steps for entering and editing tasks within Microsoft Project 2010, setting milestones, organizing tasks into phases, and identifying task dependencies. The course also introduces methods for applying constraints and deadlines to your project tasks to keep them on schedule.

Target Audience
Individuals involved in managing projects who have basic computer literacy

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Building a Schedule with Project 2010

add tasks to a project plan

determine whether given tasks should be automatically or manually scheduled in Project 2010

recognize guidelines for using summary tasks and milestones

recognize different types of task dependencies

manage dependencies between tasks

apply a constraint to a given task in Project 2010

perform scheduling tasks in Project 2010