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MS Project - Basics
A Project is
an
undertaking,
carried out
individually
or
collectively
as a team to
achieve a
goal. Every
company or
firm carry
out projects
activities
every day
either
properly or
casually.
Every
project
requires
detailed
project
planning in
order to run
the project
more
effectively
and
efficiently.
Project
planning
provides
organizations
with a
framework
for scoping
projects,
sequencing
activities,
utilizing
resources,
and
minimizing
risks.
This is a
basic course
covering key
concepts of
project
planning
using MS
Project as a
tool. A
hands-on
civil
engineering
project
program is
developed
and step by
step process
is explained
for the
student to
learn how to
plan,
analyse, and
manage
projects.
Students
will witness
state-of-the-art
methodologies
to develop
the project
program.
In
the first
module,
students
will learn
about the
following
topics
-Launching
MS Project,
start-up
window,
quick access
toolbar,
Ribbons and
Menu,
Options
settings,
etc.
The second
module
provides a
quick
process to
develop a
civil
engineering
project with
key design
tasks. The
course then
explains the
key
parameters
of a task
and how one
task is
linked with
another
task. Please
click to see
the Preview
of the
Course.
In the
third
module,
students
will learn
task
dependencies.
How the
function
like start
to start or
start to
finish etc
works. The
course also
provides
details of
task
constraint
in civil
engineering
project
environment
and how to
incorporate
that in the
project
program.
The fourth
module
provides a
detailed
process of
sub-task
development
and how to
link those
sub-tasks
within the
main task.
The course
develops a
situation
where a
sub-task
comes with a
constraint
and explain
the process
to deal with
the
constraint
without
impacting
the project
duration.
The project
belongs to a
civil
engineering
environment
so it would
be very
useful for a
student to
correlate it
with
real-time
project
scenarios.
The fifth
module
provides a
detailed
process of
splitting a
task. This
is extremely
critical for
a task if it
needs to be
delivered in
phases due
to
interlinking
with other
tasks. The
course also
provides a
process of
task
formatting
to make it
unique
against
other tasks
to easily
identify it.
The sixth
module
details out
the meaning
of free
slack in the
program and
its
advantage.
The module
explains the
process of
how to
utilise free
slack in a
project
program to
effectively
add any new
task without
affecting
the overall
duration of
the
project.
The seventh
module
details the
process of
resource
allocation.
In this
module,
resources
are assigned
for a
particular
task of a
civil
engineering
project and
team members
of different
grades are
assigned to
carry out a
task. The
process will
assist the
student to
understand
how to
assign a
time frame
to all team
members to
complete a
task.
The eighth
module
provides a
detailed
process of
optimising
resources.
By doing
this, key
members of
the team
could be
free up for
carrying out
another
project.
This would
help the
project team
to
efficiently
utilize
limited
resources at
any given
time.
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