Clear Canyon Technologies Software Training

Microsoft® Office Project® 2003: Level 2

Course Description
Microsoft Project 2003: Level 2 is the second course in the Microsoft Project 2003 series. In Microsoft Project 2003: Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. This course will build upon that knowledge, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase. This is a one day course.

   Download .pdf version of this class description...

Target Student
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans. It is also intended for a person who has a basic understanding of Microsoft Project 2003.

Prerequisites
Students enrolling in this class should have the following:

• An understanding of project management concepts.
• Knowledge of Windows XP
• Microsoft Project 2003: Level 1 course completion.
• The Project Management: Fundamentals one day course.
• A basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel (not required but helpful)

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Exchange project plan data with other applications.
• Update a project plan.
• Create custom reports.
• Re-use existing project plan information.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Exchanging Project Plan Data with Other Applications
Topic 1A: Import a Task List from an Excel File into a New Project Plan
Topic 1B: Create a Custom Import Map
Topic 1C: Export Project Plan Cost Data into Excel
Topic 1D: Copy a Picture into a Word Document
Topic 1E: Save Project Plan Information as a Web Page

Lesson 2: Updating a Project Plan
Topic 2A: Enter Task Progress Information
Topic 2B: View Task Progress
Topic 2C: Split a Task
Topic 2D: Reschedule a Task
Topic 2E: Filter Tasks in a Project Plan
Topic 2F: Save an Interim Project Plan
Topic 2G: Create a Custom Table
Topic 2H: Add Custom Columns to a Table
Topic 2I: Hyperlink Documents to Tasks

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Reports
Topic 3A: Create a Custom Report
Topic 3B: Modify a Custom Report's Header and Footer
Topic 3C: Add a Picture to a Report
Topic 3D: Modify a Custom Report's Margins
Topic 3E: Print a Custom Report

Lesson 4: Re-using Project Plan Information
Topic 4A: Create a Project Plan Template
Topic 4B: Create a Custom Combination View
Topic 4C: Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
Topic 4D: Share Resources
Topic 4E: Create a Master Project Plan