--- title: Integrated Master Scheduling Using Microsoft Project description: Build a Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that conforms to federal contracting regulations and industry best-practices with Pinnacle's course. --- ## Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. 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This course introduces students to building an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in Microsoft Project that conforms to federal contract reporting standards and industry best-practices. Who Will Benefit? Project Managers or Schedulers building and maintaining Microsoft Project schedules to manage federal government contracts or to interface with Earned Value Management (EVM) software (such as Deltek Cobra, EVMS forProject or similar software). 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