1. MS Project 2013 Day 1 of 3 Dan McAllister
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2. 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

3. 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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Microsoft Project 2010 – Step by Step ~= $22
Microsoft Project 2013 – Step by Step ~= $23
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Microsoft Project 2010 – Inside Out ~= $36
Microsoft Project 2013 – Inside Out is currently unavailable at Amazon.com as of 1/4/15