Each workshop participant will mirror the project management planning and managing activities, performed during a project simulation, in Microsoft Project. This will be facilitated using the add-in software Process Bridge™ from Project Direct. Participants will receive their own copy of the Process Bridge software.

Description   Do you find working with the tool of Microsoft Project frustrating? Are you forever reworking your schedule and spending more time in the tool than is worth it?  Still frustrated with the inability to get the meaningful data and reports you want out of Microsoft Project?    Most Microsoft Project classes teach the features and functions of the tool, but lack the purpose and practice that makes it real and useful. This workshop is designed to teach the key 20% of the tool that gets used 80% of the time, by using the experience of a Fissure Project Management Simulation as a basis for planning and managing the project in Microsoft Project.

The workshop uses a Microsoft Project add-in, Process  Bridge™ from Project Direct. This tool guides the participant through the process of setting up the project, staffing it, estimating the effort and then tracking it through a real life project, the same life cycle experienced in the Fissure simulation.   The Fissure simulation is used as the class lab to provide a more realistic project environment. By comparing reports from Microsoft Project to those used in the simulation, the value of the tool and the key features become the foundation for exploring the intricacies of the tool independently and as needed. The add-in software works with Project 98 and Project 2000, Project Standard/Pro 2002 and 2003, and is yours to take home.

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