6 Microsoft Project courses

FourSquare Training specialise in private, corporate Microsoft Project courses delivered at your premises and tailored to your needs.

Price £750 inc VAT Finance options In Company training - £750 for groups of up to 8 delegates. Discounts for Nonprofits/Charities...  Study method On-site Duration 2 days, Full-time Qualification No formal qualification Certificates Certificate of completion - Free Additional info Tutor is available to students -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: * Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment * Create a new project plan * Create the project schedule * Use different views to analyse the project plan * Create, allocate and manage resources in a project plan * Finalise a project plan * Track progress * View and report project plan information ' 1 year email support service Customer Feedback * Very good course. Learnt a lot. Looking forward to the next level. * Alexandra - CIAL 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. * Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Introduction to Microsoft Project * Recap on project management concepts * Project environment overview * The 3 databases: Tasks, Resources and Assignments * Different ways of displaying the Project Plan * Access Help Creating a Project Plan * Create a New Project Plan * Project Information * Create and apply the project calendar * Defining recurring exceptions to the calendar * Defining the calendar's work weeks * Create the Summary tasks * Create the Work Breakdown Structure Task creation and scheduling * Exploring the Entry Table and its fields * Task editing and the Task Information window * Task Durations * Defining Milestones * Manual Scheduling vs Automatic Scheduling * Changing the Task's Calendar * Create a split in a Task * Create Task Relationships * Adding Lag or Lead to a Relationship * Identifying the Critical Path * Adding Constraints and Deadlines to Tasks * Create Recurring Activities * Adding Notes and links to Tasks Managing Resources * Exploring the Entry Table and its fields * Resource editing and the Resource Information window * Resource Types * Fixed Costs vs Variable Costs * Adding Resource Costs * Defining when costs accrue * Changing the Resource Calendar and Availability * Project calendar vs Resource and Task Calendar * Assigning Resources to Tasks * Effort Driven Scheduling * Resolving Resource Overallocation Tracking the Project Progress * Setting a Project Baseline * Entering Actuals * Different ways of viewing the Progress * Checking if the Project is on track Viewing and Reporting Project Detail * Adding Tasks to the Timeline and sharing it * Modifying the Timescale and Zoom level * Formatting the Gantt View * Filtering and Grouping Tasks * Print and Troubleshoot the Gantt View * Using built-in Reports in Microsoft Project WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUIREMENTS General knowledge of the Windows OS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAREER PATH Microsoft Office know-how can instantly increase your job prospects as well as your salary. 80 percent of job openings require spreadsheet and word-processing software skills

Use the features in project to report effectively on your plans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 4 hours Our Project – Reporting course is aimed at experienced users of Project who need to create reports in their project plans. It looks at using the different types of report in Project, exporting data to other packages, building new reports and sharing reports between projects. Experience of using Project to create and resource plans is required. OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Print and PDF data from your project * Use timelines * Setup filters and groups * Import and export data * Create and share dashboard reports CONTENT Printing and reporting   * Setup and Printing * Creating PDFs * Visual reports * Using the Timeline FILTERING AND GROUPING   * Applying filters * Applying grouping * Creating your own filters and groups IMPORTING AND EXPORTING DATA   * Importing data into Project * Exporting data * Creating and saving data maps DASHBOARD REPORTS   * Using dashboard reports * Creating dashboard reports * Adding widgets * Customising data shown

Learn how to use Microsoft Project to create and resource robust project plans and how to maintain and track throughout the project lifecycle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) Our Project Planning and Control course gives you the essential skills to use Microsoft Project to build, resource and monitor project schedules. It looks at initial setup, building plans, using a work breakdown structure and managing resources through to baselining and progressing your schedule. This course is designed for new or existing users of Microsoft Project, and no previous experience of Project is required. Knowledge of planning techniques would be an advantage. OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Create project schedules * Build a Work Breakdown Structure * Create relationships * Set baselines * Manage resources * Set deadlines and task properties * Print and report on your project * Update and track project schedules CONTENT CREATING A NEW PROJECT   * Project defaults * Project start date * Setting default hours per day/week * Setting daily working times * Project timeline BUILDING A PROJECT   * Creating a work breakdown structure * Adding tasks and durations * Estimated durations * Setting milestones * Recurring tasks LINKING, BASELINING AND RESOURCING   * Setting start dates and dependencies * Task Inspector * Resourcing * Assigning resources * Filtering available resources * Baseline * Setting a baseline * Removing a baseline MANAGING RESOURCES * Resource properties * Dealing with over allocations TASKING INFORMATION   * Constraint dates * Setting deadline * Assigning task specific calendars * Task types UPDATING YOUR PROJECT   * Completing work * Completing work per resource * Updating tasks * Updating the project * Rescheduling work * Change highlighting PRINTING AND REPORTING   * Setup and Printing * Visual reports * Using the Timeline * Creating Dashboard reports

Learn how to use Master Projects and Resource Pools to create better visibility across projects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 4 hours This course shows you how to create Master Projects allowing you to roll several sub projects into a master view.  It also shows techniques to create resource pools to share resources between projects to enable you to better manage your resource teams and check resource loading. This half day course looks at how to practically do this and setup both elements. This is aimed at existing users of Microsoft Project who need to create master schedules and share resources and loadings. OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Create master projects * Insert and update sub projects * Create a resource pool * Share resources between projects * Check resource loadings between projects CONTENT WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PROJECTS   * Consolidating projects * Linking to sub projects * Setting the master project as read only * Saving consolidated projects * Working on consolidated projects * Setting task links between projects * Getting source project information * Removing projects from the consolidation SHARING RESOURCES   * Creating a resource pool * Sharing resources * Opening projects that share resources * Updating the resource pool * Refreshing the resource pool * Opening a resource pool * Removing resource sharing

Look at some of the more advanced planning features available in Project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OVERVIEW Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours) Our Project – Advanced Planning and Control course looks at advanced planning and resourcing techniques in Microsoft Project and how to customise your schedule to give better visibility and flexibility. The course is designed for experienced users of Project who have attended our Project Planning and Control introduction course or have equivalent knowledge.  You must be confident using Project to build and resource schedules and create task dependencies. OBJECTIVES  By the end of the course you will be able to: * Work with different types of task * Amend resource load on a task * Work with multiple resource rates * Create custom tables * Add custom fields * Create calculated fields * Add drop down lists in fields * Filter and extract information * Create new views * Export information CONTENT Advanced planning techniques   * Splitting tasks * Task types * Spreading work across activities ADVANCED RESOURCING TECHNIQUES   * Resource types * Assignment views * Effective dates * Work contours * Overtime work * Using multiple resource rates CREATING CUSTOM TABLES   * Customising tables * Adding fields CREATING CUSTOM FIELDS * Adding text, number, date and time fields * Using flag fields * Defining pick lists * Renaming custom fields CREATING CALCULATED FIELDS   * Creating formulas * Using graphical indicators UPLOADING AND TRACKING PROGRESS   * Completing work * Completing work per resource * Updating tasks * Updating the project * Working with the status date * Rescheduling work * Viewing baseline against schedule * Project overview statistics WORKING WITH FILTERS   * Building standard filters * Building interactive filters * Task and resource filters * Using highlight filters CREATING CUSTOM VIEWS   * Creating customised views * Customising text styles * Using grouping techniques EXPORTING INFORMATION   * Exporting to Excel