Advanced Techniques in Microsoft Project Public

December 15, 2016

RefineM Training

Advanced Techniques in Microsoft Project

Please contact us if you would like to set up a customized training course in your city or at your corporate site.

Duration: 1 day in person or two half-days online

Description: RefineM’s Advanced Techniques In Microsoft Project course is designed to introduce you to advanced tools and techniques available in Microsoft Project. This course will provide an overview of several advanced project tasks, including creating and monitoring the project plan, working with reports, customizing Microsoft Project, managing multiple projects, and exchanging project information.

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Microsoft Project 2016

December 15, 2016

RefineM Training

Microsoft Project 2016

Please contact us if you would like to set up a customized training course in your city or at your corporate site.

Duration: 1 day in person or two half-days online

Description: RefineM’s Microsoft Project 2016 course is designed to introduce you to basic and advanced tools and techniques available in Microsoft Project 2016, the latest version of Microsoft's popular project management tool. This course will provide an overview of several advanced project tasks, including creating and monitoring the project plan, working with reports, customizing Project, managing multiple projects, and exchanging project information. It will also include discussion of what is new in Microsoft Project 2016. You will benefit from a stress-free small-group environment with meals and parking provided, and will receive hands-on training in Microsoft Project from an experienced instructor. You will leave the course ready to use Microsoft Project on your projects right away.

Course Objectives: After completing the course, you will be able to
  • Create a project plan in Microsoft Project, analyze it, and make adjustments.
  • Create, modify, and view reports, including new customizable reports.
  • Customize Microsoft Project to your project needs through macros, custom fields, adjustable views, and Gantt chart formats.
  • Manage multiple projects and consolidate and share resources among them.
  • Create summary tasks, project calendars, and resource calendars and utilize collaboration tools.

Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for project/program managers, portfolio managers, PMO leaders, project team members, business/systems analysts and other project stakeholders. This course is very useful for project managers who have some experience with Microsoft Project and need to learn more advanced tools and techniques.

PDUs: 7 PDUs (Strategic: 0, Leadership: 0, Technical: 7) (8 PDUs for two half-days over the Web)

Course Delivery: Variable

Course Material: RefineM will prepare and provide the necessary training course material for all attendees.

About RefineM's Instructors: RefineM's instructors are experienced and certified in project management and Agile and bring real-world experience to their instruction. Our instructors not only teach concepts, we also provide insights and hands-on experience. And we don’t waste time. Our training is focused and hard-hitting. We offer practical targeted training in just the key topics that will make the most impact.

Contact us about future dates or to arrange for this training to be delivered in your organization or city.

Microsoft Project 2013

December 15, 2016

RefineM Training

Microsoft Project 2013

Please contact us if you would like to set up a customized training course in your city or at your corporate site.

Duration: 1 day in person or two half-days online

Description: RefineM’s Microsoft Project 2013 course is designed to introduce you to basic elements of Microsoft Project 2013, the latest version of Microsoft's popular project management tool. This course will provide an overview of the navigation tool bar, working with different views supported by Microsoft Project, creating and updating tasks, performing resource management, and finalizing the project schedule. It will also include discussion of updates from Project 2010, including new customizable report options (including burndown charts) and task path tracing.

Course Objectives: After completing the course, you will be able to
  • Develop project schedules for small- to medium-size projects.
  • Navigate through MS Project 2013 menu bars.
  • Create, modify, rearrange, and format tasks.
  • Work with different views and switching between different views.
  • Create summary tasks.
  • Create project and resource calendars.
  • Manage resources for the project.
  • Develop a project schedule and optimize by refining the critical path.

Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for project/program managers, portfolio managers, PMO leaders, project team members, business/systems analysts and other project stakeholders. This course is very useful for project managers who are new to MS Project and need help getting started with the tool.

PDUs: 7 PDUs (Strategic: 0, Leadership: 0, Technical: 7) (8 PDUs for two half-days over the Web)

Course Delivery: Variable

Course Material: RefineM will prepare and provide the necessary training course material for all attendees.

About RefineM's Instructors: RefineM's instructors are experienced and certified in project management and Agile and bring real-world experience to their instruction. Our instructors not only teach concepts, we also provide insights and hands-on experience. And we don’t waste time. Our training is focused and hard-hitting. We offer practical targeted training in just the key topics that will make the most impact.

Contact us about future dates or to arrange for this training to be delivered in your organization or city.

Advanced Techniques in Microsoft Project

December 9, 2016

RefineM Training

Advanced Techniques in Microsoft Project

Please contact us if you would like to set up a customized training course in your city or at your corporate site.

Duration: 1 day in person or two half-days online

Description: RefineM’s Advanced Techniques In Microsoft Project course is designed to introduce you to advanced tools and techniques available in Microsoft Project. This course will provide an overview of several advanced project tasks, including creating and monitoring the project plan, working with reports, customizing Microsoft Project, managing multiple projects, and exchanging project information.

Course Objectives: After completing the course, you will be able to
  • Create a project plan in Microsoft Project, analyze it, and make adjustments.
  • Create, modify, and view reports, including new customizable reports.
  • Customize Microsoft Project to your project needs through macros, custom fields, adjustable views, and Gantt chart formats.
  • Manage multiple projects and consolidate and share resources among them.
  • Create summary tasks, project calendars, and resource calendars and utilize collaboration tools.

Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for project/program managers, portfolio managers, PMO leaders, project team members, business/systems analysts and other project stakeholders. This course is very useful for project managers who have some experience with Microsoft Project and need to learn more advanced tools and techniques.

PDUs: 7 PDUs (Strategic: 0, Leadership: 0, Technical: 7) (8 PDUs for two half-days over the Web)

Course Delivery: Variable

Course Material: RefineM will prepare and provide the necessary training course material for all attendees.

About RefineM's Instructors: RefineM's instructors are experienced and certified in project management and Agile and bring real-world experience to their instruction. Our instructors not only teach concepts, we also provide insights and hands-on experience. And we don’t waste time. Our training is focused and hard-hitting. We offer practical targeted training in just the key topics that will make the most impact.

Contact us about future dates or to arrange for this training to be delivered in your organization or city.

4 Project Management Software Tools to Consider for Your Teams

Team members at a meeting with their computers
July 18, 2016

Project management processes can be implemented with only simple tools that project managers and team members are likely to have, such as templates for Microsoft Office programs or Google Docs. For some project managers and teams who have grown out of Microsoft Office, a software tool for the sake of automating part of the workflow, such as JetPack Workflow, may be useful. Many tools are available on the market for teams or companies of various sizes, and some are also cloud-based for ease of access by everyone on the team.

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