Course description
Project: Essentials
By the end of the course you will have a good working knowledge and the ability to work confidently and efficiently to generate a plan, assign resources to tasks, track progress, manage budgets and analyse workloads.
Upon completion, all delegates will receive a certificate of attendance and extensive manual.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who should attend?
Perfect for Project managers or those looking to streamline project plans, our one day Level 1 course, designed by industry leading trainers, will teach you all of the essentials of Microsoft Project so that you can create and manage project schedules
Prerequisites
Delegates 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.
Training Course Content
Getting Started with Project
- The Role of Microsoft Project
- The Microsoft Project Environment
- Display an Existing Project Plan
- The Gantt Chart View
- The Network Diagram/PERT Chart View
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
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
Finishing a Project Plan
- Shorten a Project Using the Critical Path
- Set a Baseline
- Print a Project Summary Report
Why choose SquareOne Training
25 years' experience of delivering quality IT Training Services
All trainers Certified Microsoft Office Trainer (MOS) or higher
Public and in-house training throughout the UK
Reviews
Average rating 4.9
Learning how to format the programme by linking the tasks together. Trainer was very helpful and did well on breaking aspects down into examples/simple terms
All the content on course was helpful to me
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This course can also be delivered in-house and tailored to meet the particular requirements of your organisation.
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