Microsoft Project® - A Tool for All Managers
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Many practicing managers admit very little understanding of exactly what is expected when asked to lead a project of any magnitude. Project management involves defining, planning, managing, and closing a project. In order to achieve a successful outcome, it is critical that you complete all four phases in a methodic manner. This process can be grouped into the following:
• Initiating processes establish the beginning of the project and define the project's objectives and scope.
• Planning processes devise and maintain a workable scheme to meet the objectives and business needs of the project. They identify the tasks and their resource requirements.
• Implementation processes monitor progress and coordinate people and other resources to carry out the plan.
• Controlling and communication processes ensure that the objectives are met by monitoring and tracking the project's progress, and by reporting. Monitoring involves reviewing the progress of the project against the plan and leads to control measures being taken. Control means taking corrective measures to ensure the success of the project.
• Closing processes formalize the acceptance of the project, ensure an orderly end, and evaluate personnel and the project itself for lessons learned.
A project is considered to be successful when it is delivered on time, within budget, and meets requirements. Microsoft Project® is a complete project management software package for the Windows environment. You can use it to organize a plan, schedule tasks, assign resources and costs to tasks, adjust the plan to satisfy constraints, monitor actual performance, revise the plan to meet contingencies, and prepare reports to communicate the plan and keep everyone informed regarding its current status.
We offer two eight-hour hands-on classes to learn the entire MS Project process. Please contact Cindy Prindle if you have any questions or Sarah Loeffelholz if you would like to register for this class. You can contact us by e-mail at cprindle@habco.com, or sloeffelholz@habco.com, or by phone at (608) 784-7737. You can also check our calendar and register for any of our in-house and on-line classes on our website at www.habco.com, (point to The Training Center on the menu bar). We welcome the opportunity to provide you, our client the competitive edge by helping the employees of your organization become more efficient with your software. |
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Office 2007:
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Word 2007: A new spell check tool is alive and active in Word 2007. Contextual spelling enables Word to suggest alternatives to words that my be inappropriately spelled for their context. For example, if the words their, there, they're, and to, two, too are inappropriately spelled, Word will apply a wavy blue underline on the word.
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