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Module 1: Overview and Introduction Tour MS Project Starting a Plan New from Excel Workbook (discussion) New from SharePoint List (discussion) New From Scratch Setting File Options Building a Project Plan Schedule Start/Finish Date Create a Project Calendar Add Tasks Manually-Scheduled vs Automatically Scheduled Tasks and Data Fields Adding Milestones to the Plan Outline the Project Tasks Setting Task Types  Enter Task Durations/Work Viewing the Project Summary Task Links and Lag

Module 2: Building a Project Plan Pre-Resource Milestones, Constraints and Deadlines  Creating Work Resources Create a Resource Calendar/Modify Resource Working Time Creating Resource Notes Exploring the Costing Tables in Work Resources Overview of Generic Resources Overview of Cost Resources Overview Using Cost Resources with Budget Resources Assign Work Resources to Tasks Work Resources and Task Types  Assign Material Resources to Tasks as Tools Assign Material Resources to Tasks as Consumables. Determining Overallocated Resources Resolve Resource Conflicts by Using the Resource Planner View Resolve Resource Conflicts by Leveling Resources Manually Resolve Resource Conflicts by Leveling Resources Automatically Post-Resource Milestones, Constraints and Deadlines View Critical Tasks  Saving/Publishing a Plan Locally Saving the File Saving the File in Other Formats (PDF) Synching with SharePoint (Introduction)

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Books (not free) Book$ from Micro$oft Pre$$ Microsoft Project 2010 – Step by Step ~= $22 Microsoft Project 2013 – Step by Step ~= $23 Lessons, with practice files you download from the web Microsoft Project 2010 – Inside Out ~= $36 Microsoft Project 2013 – Inside Out is currently unavailable at Amazon.com as of 1/4/15