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Microsoft Project Introduction - Online classroom

Microsoft Project Introduction - Online classroom

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  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

Highlights

  • Delivered In-Person

  • Delivered at organisers' location

  • London

  • Two days

  • All levels

Description

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

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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.

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? 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 Requirements

General knowledge of the Windows OS

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