Presentation Style:  Tutor-led Classroom Training Course
Duration: 2 Day
Course Time: 09:30 - 16:30hrs
Course Location: Northampton
Cost:

Public Courses: £525 + VAT per delegate (call for group discounts)

Closed Courses: please enquire

Click a date to book: Call 01604 655900 for available dates

Who should take this Microsoft Project Training Course

This course is designed for anyone 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.

Course Content

Day 1

Day 2

Introduction                                                         

Starting Project                                                   

Setting up a new Project                                   

Creating a Company (Base Calendar)

Entering New Tasks

Creating Summary Tasks

Creating Links

Entering Durations                                                             

Entering the Remaining Task

Entering Resources

Lags & Leads

Task Splitting

Setting Milestones

The Critical Path

Analysing Slack

Defining Variable & Fixed Costs

Max Units

Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling

Adjusting Individual Resource Calendars                                       

Using Resource Notes

Defining Fixed Costs

Dealing with Overallocation of Resources

Setting a Baseline

Tracking the progress of your Project

Entering details of actual work completed

Adding Tasks to the Timeline

Slippage

Exporting your Project to Excel

Exporting the Timeline View to PowerPoint

The Network Diagram & Calendar Views

Display the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Entering Costs

Using Microsoft Project with other applications

Assigning resources, Costs & Overtime

Specifying pay rates for different dates

Creating Recurring Tasks

Task Notes & Hyperlinks

Grouping information

Contouring resource usage

Combining projects (linking to other projects & Sharing Resources)

Updating inserted projects

Sharing Resources among Projects (Resource Pool)    

Setting a Baseline & Tracking your Project

Entering details of actual work completed

Analysing progress

Analysing costs for the entire project

Creating reports to view your project

Adding fields to the Gantt Chart View & Filtered Views

Filtered Views

Adding Tasks to the Timeline

Exporting the Timeline View to PowerPoint

Team Planner View

Inactivate a Task

Saving your project as an Adobe PDF

 

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