Course description
Project: Essentials
The perfect course for those who are self taught or have little to no experience with Microsoft Project. This is a comprehensive beginners guide to using Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project can be used by anyone who has sufficient computer skills.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Participants should have a good level of PC and windows skills, and a basic knowledge of MS Office. No existing knowledge of MS Project is required.
Who’s it for?
This course is suitable for people who are self taught or have little to no experience of using Microsoft Project who wish to get more confident within the package.
Objectives:
This course is designed to teach you the essentials of Microsoft Project so that you can plan and manage project schedules. By the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of the Microsoft Project basics, so that you can work confidently and efficiently to generate a plan, assign resources to tasks, track progress, manage budgets and analyse workloads.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Informal assessment will take place through group discussion, class room activities, and questions and answers sessions as guided by your tutor.
- Course Completion Certificate will be awarded on successful completion of the course.
Training Course Content
The following topics will be covered:
Creating the Project Schedule
- Understand Task Durations
- Define Milestones
- Understand and Create Task Relationships
- Link Dependent Tasks
- Add Tasks to the Timeline
- Identify the Critical Path
- Set Task Constraints and Deadlines
- Add Recurring Tasks
- Add Notes to a Task
Managing Resources in a Project Plan
- Understand Resource/Types
- Work with Resource Calendars and Availability
- Add Resource Costs
- Assign Resources to Tasks
- Resolve Resource Conflicts
Creating a Project Plan
- How to Create a New Project Plan
- Assign a Project Calendar
- Add Tasks to a Project Plan
- Edit the Task List
- Define the Activity List
- Create the Work Breakdown Structure
- Create Summary Stages
Finishing a Project Plan
- Shorten a Project Using the Critical Path
- Set a Baseline
- Print a Project Summary Report
Managing Resources in a Project Plan
- Understand Resource/Types
- Work with Resource Calendars and Availability
- Add Resource Costs
- Assign Resources to Tasks
- Resolve Resource Conflicts
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