ProChain Applications
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Helpful Links | Map Constructing the Project Network
Day One (8:30-3:00)
Objective: Students will be able to understand the basic elements of a good critical chain project network, how to enter the project information, and how to utilize Microsoft Project functions to customize data.
Topics:
- Network Design Considerations
- Defining Project Information
- Entering Project Information
- Defining Task Relationships
- PERT and Gantt Autoarrange
- Using Summary and Detail Tasks
- Viewing Project Data
- Adding Lead and Lag Time
- Creating Custom Calendars
- Entering and Assigning Resources
- Changing Task Types
- Sorting and Filtering Project Data
- Changing the Gantt Chart Appearance
ProChain Project Management Concepts
Day One (3:00-4:30)
Objective: Students should have an overview understanding of critical chain concepts and how the ProChain software supports the concepts. This section is not designed to be a substitute for an entire course on critical chain.
Topics:
- Traditional Project Problems
- Impact of Multitasking
- Estimating Task Durations
- Project Cycle Time Reduction
- Buffer Sizing and Placement
- Updating Tasks
- Using Buffers to Manage the Project
- Stable Work Priorities
ProChain — Single Project Scheduling
Day Two (8:30-4:30)
Objective: Students should be able to create a ProChain schedule, use ProChain tools to analyze the schedule, update task status, create reports, and analyze causes of buffer consumption.
Topics:
- Network Data
- Leveling the Load
- Identifying the Critical Chain
- Creating Buffers
- Inserting Buffers
- ProChain Filters
- Analyzing the Project
- Low-Risk Durations
- Scheduling to Meet a Due Date
- Sum of Squares Calculation
- Resource Hierarchies
- Updating Task Status
- ProChain Gantt View
- Tracking Actual Start and Finish
- ProChain Reports
- Graphical Indicators
- Fever Charts
- Making Changes to the Schedule
- Standard and Advanced Options
- Microsoft Project Variables
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