Beth Mosolgo-Clark – Project Management using Microsoft Project

Beth Mosolgo-Clark – Project Management using Microsoft ProjectLearn the Right Skills and the Right Software to Become a Project ManagerAre your projects expanding in size and scope faster than you can manage them? Are you ing to work on an enterprise team and need to understand how larger projects work? Have you found yourself unexpectedly taking on the role of project manager? Is your IT career path taking you in the direction of project management?As IT and development projects get increasingly complex, the role of project manager has become more critical. Whether you’re a reluctant project manager trying to improve the output and efficiency of your team, or an aspiring project professional, you’re going to find this course extremely helpful. With over 20 years of project management experience, Beth Mosolgo-Clark will be your instructor as you learn the basics of project management, including terminology, techniques, reporting, and costing. At the same time, you’ll become familiar with Microsoft Project–the software most commonly used by project professionals.This course includes hours of video lecture, dozens of project management examples, and samples. You’ll find there is no better way to dive into Microsoft Project software and the field of project management!Your HostBeth Mosolgo-ClarkBeth Mosolgo-Clark has been a Project/Program Manager for over 20 years and has extensive experience using MS Project to manage projects of all scopes and sizes.Beth began her passionate relationship with computer science during a summer enrichment course in high school. She held technical intern positions with Westinghouse Defense Systems and Western Electric. After receiving her Computer Science degree from Virginia Tech, Beth ed her career with Hewlett-Packard, designing operating systems for then state-of-the-art minicomputers in Silicon Valley. Next, Beth moved to GE, first developing real-time operating systems for industrial PCs, then transitioning into embedded firmware project management. In this role, Beth led teams to award-winning successful project completions and instituted numerous project management process improvements. Beth’s projects were often selected for ISO 9000 audits, due to her reputation for quality and process excellence. Most recently, Beth brought her expertise to the operations department of Alere Informatics, improving data-driven insight into product installation project management.EpisodesBasic Project Management ConceptsCourse Introduction (1:35)Introduction (1:35)Why is Project Management important? (5:45)Key Components of a Project (3:11)Purpose of a Project (4:18)Project Resources (4:36)Project Constraints (3:40)Lab Exercise 1Summary (0:58)Unstated Objectives and Constraints in your Project (5:19)Creating Your Project in MS ProjectIntroduction (0:58)User Experience in MS Project (6:46)Creating a New Project (4:24)Summary (0:58)Lab Exercise 2Gantt Chart Basics (7:18)Creating and Managing Project TasksIntroduction (0:53)Project Tasks in MS Project (9:16)Relationships Between Tasks (7:02)Critical Path Basics (9:18)Summary (0:50)Lab Exercise 3The Critical Path and Other keys to scheduling project tasksIntroduction (0:59)Critical Path (8:12)Subdividing Tasks (5:25)Task’s Driving Predecessors (8:34)Task Float (6:29)Summary (0:54)Lab Exercise 3ACreating and managing project resourcesIntroduction (0:54)What are Project Resources? (5:07)Representing Project Resources in MS Project (6:55)Assigning Resources to a Task (8:17)Resource leveling in MS Project (3:58)Updating Task Progress (7:06)Managing Part-time Resources (2:04)Summary (1:05)Lab Exercise 4CalendarsIntroduction (0:42)Calendars in MS Project (5:23)Editing Your Projects Calendar (14:11)Calendar Information in the Gantt Chart (8:19)Summary (1:15)Lab Exercise 5View and ReportsIntroduction (1:02)Gantt Chart View (6:36)Resource Utilization (5:38)Milestones (4:56)Network Diagram View (4:16)Spreadsheet Views (2:49)Reports (9:07)Summary (1:09)Lab Exercise 6Tracking and Managing Project CostsIntroduction (0:50)Assigning a Labor Rate to Project Resources (9:00)Recording Non-lab Project Costs (11:24)View Project Cost Reports (8:17)Managing Project Costs (6:57)Summary (0:56)Lab Exercise 7Additional FeaturesIntroduction (1:07)Integrating MS Project with other Microsoft apps (9:02)MS Project Macros (5:51)Going Mobile and the Cloud (4:24)Scaling MS Project for your Organization (4:11)Alternatives to MS Project (8:34)Summary (0:55)Course Summary (1:59)Lab Exercise 8Lab Solutions