BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T230648Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130321 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130319 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130215T230648Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130318T212622Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250463651 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Tuesday\, March 19\, 2013 at 9am through Wednesday\, March 20\, 2013 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\n**14 PDUs availabl e for this course.** \;\n \;\n##Course Description \;\nQuit doi ng all manual work in Excel! Come learn to use a dynamic\, resource driv en reporting tool from industry experts. This course is designed to help you manage and master MS Project from simple task management to Program and Portfolio management. \;\n \;\nLearn how to create and main tain easily dynamic schedules\, and address resource demand and capacity \, over and under allocations all with visual reporting and proven techn iques by 20+ year industry veterans. This course trains participants ho w to plan\, forecast\, build\, and manage project tasks and resources an d to combine issues\, risks\, deliverables and dashboards in one central tool \;\n \;\n## Learning Objectives \;\n* Create\, manage\, a nd update effective project schedules \;\n* Create and manage resourc es\, resource pools and assignments \;\n* Learn the do’s and don’ts o f working with Microsoft® Project Professional \;\n* Create useful vi ews for tracking\, dashboards\, printing\, task usage\, etc. \;\n* Fo rmatting tricks for automating critical path tracking \;\n* Use repor ting functions more effectively \;\n \;\n## Included Materials \;\nThis course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's [Managing P rojects with Microsoft Project 2010](http://store.advisicon.com/products /managing-projects-with-microsoft-project-2010-best-practices-in-managin g-projects-with-microsoft-project "\;view this product on the Advisi con store"\;) book. \;\n \;\n## Who should take this course?&# 13\;\nProject managers\, project team members\, project schedulers… and anyone who has used Microsoft Project Professional and had a hard time g etting it to do what they wanted! \;\n \;\n##Course Instructors &a mp\; Accreditation \;\nAdvisicon is a Project Management Institute (P MI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisic on instructor\, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management. \;\n \;\n## Course Outline \;\n* Effective Use of Microsoft Project \;\n * MS Project Overview \;\n * Avoiding the pitfalls of working with MS Project \;\n * Creating project s chedules\, segments\, milestones \;\n * Creating task relationship s &\; dependencies \;\n * Setting task constraints and outlinin g \;\n* Managing and Tracking of Projects \;\n * Utilizing sche duling methods to shorten the critical path of a project \;\n * Ut ilizing MS Project Tools and Views to resolve resource conflicts \;\n * Advanced resource scheduling techniques \;\n * Managing cost s\, tracking baselines \;\n * Tracking completion of actual work b etween tasks and resources \;\n * Applying resource contours for f orecasting and analyzing resource availability \;\n * Managing and viewing planned and actual durations\, costs and schedules \;\n* App lying Resources and Calendars \;\n * Creating and utilizing resour ce pools \;\n * Applying layers of calendars \;\n * Utilizin g project views \;\n * Formatting schedule layouts \;\n * Ut ilizing project reports \;\n * Understanding printing \;\n* Wor king with External Data &\; Applications \;\n * Linking data be tween applications \;\n * Importing &\; exporting data \;\n * Hyperlinking and web pages \;\n * Utilizing business analysis templates \;\n* Customizing for Better Management Results \;\n * Using filters\, tables\, details and groups \;\n * Creating vie ws\, filters\, tables\, and groups \;\n * MS Project scheduling me thodologies \;\n * Utilizing effort‐driven scheduling \;\n \ ;\n##Simulation \;\nWe provide a hands-on project simulation exercise where the participants can have actual tactical experience creating a s chedule\, linking tasks\, creating custom views\, along with best practi ce knowledge transfer on topics such as critical path methodology\, proj ect tracking\, and Microsoft Project Do’s and Don’ts. Participants will also walk away with an understanding of how the schedule engine within M icrosoft Project functions and will no longer need to ‘game’ the softwar e\, but can now let the software work for them. \;\n \;\n##Registr ation \;\nRegister at http://managing-projects-with-microsoft-projec t-2010.eventbrite.com/\n\nTags: Advisicon\, Microsoft Project 2010\, Man aging Projects\, MS Project\, MS Project Tools\n\nImported from: http:// calagator.org/events/1250463651 URL:http://managing-projects-with-microsoft-project-2010-calagator.eventb rite.com SUMMARY:Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 LOCATION:Advisicon: 5411 NE 107th Ave.\, Vancouver Washington 98662 Unite d States SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR