Microsoft Project Essentials
Presentation Style: | Tutor-led Classroom Training Course |
Duration: | 2 Day |
Course Time: | 09:30 - 16:30hrs |
Course Location: | Northampton |
Cost: | Public Courses: £550 + VAT per delegate, £525 each + VAT for two delegates on the same day (call for group discounts) Closed Courses: please enquire |
Click a date to book: | Call 01604 655900 for available dates |
What you will learn on this Microsoft Project Training Course
By the end of this course delegates will have gained skills in setting up a project plan; working with task dependencies, resources, updating actuals and printing a project plan. The course can also be taken as a 1 day course without the practical exercise sessions.
Course Content
Module One – Overview
Project Management Fundamentals, Microsoft Project Environment, Views, Tables.
Module Two – Creating a Project Plan
Create a New Plan, Setting Project Working Time, Project Information, Base Calendar, Summary Stages, Task Lists, Work Breakdown Structure, Automatic v Manual Scheduling, Constraints, Deadlines, Recurring Activities, Critical Path.
Module Three – Tasks, Milestones and Notes
Entering tasks, Subtasks, Summary Tasks, Milestones, Project Summary Task, Durations, Dependencies; Finish-to-start (fs), Startto-start (ss), Start-to-finish (sf), Leads, Lags, Task Table Types, Notes.
Module Four – Managing Resources in a Project Plan
Types, Calendars, Resource Tables, Availability, Costs, Assigning, Effort Driven Scheduling, Overallocations, Splitting Tasks.
Module Five – Using Views
Changing views, Gantt chart, Calendar, Network diagram, Task usage, Resource graph, Resource sheet, Resource usage, Split Views
Module Six – Project Tracking
Setting a Project Baseline, Updating Baseline, Entering Actuals, Viewing Progress in a Project Plan
Module Seven – Viewing and Reporting Project Information
Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information, Viewing Standard Reports in Microsoft Project.
Module Eight – Formatting and Printing
Formatting Text, Text Styles, Gantt Chart, Printing the Gantt Chart, Printing Views.
Who should take this course?
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of Project Management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans.
Additional Information
- Buffet lunch included and free parking (only for courses held at Paradise Training Centre, Northampton)
- Joining instructions will be sent prior to attending the course
Course Dates
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