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Microsoft Project Introduction – 1 Day

Course Cost £175 +VAT
Duration 1 DAY
Online
  • Course designed for project team members & managers to understand basic project management principles, planning, resourcing, printing, and reporting projects. Basic Windows knowledge required, familiarity with Microsoft Office 2016 beneficial. Course covers project management basics, task planning, resource management, calendars, and project views. No prior project management knowledge necessary.

Overview

This one-day virtual Microsoft Project training course is designed for project team members or managers to understand basic project management principles, planning, resource management, and reporting. Participants should have basic Windows knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications. The course covers project management basics, task planning, resource management, calendars, project views, and delivering project plans. Key objectives include starting a project, adding tasks and dependencies, working with resources, and reporting project progress.

Who should attend

Project Team Members, Project Managers

Course Content

 

Course Description: 

This course is designed for people who will be part of a project team or a Project Manager to enable an understanding of basic Project Management, how to plan, resource, print, and report your Project.

Prerequisites: 

Delegates attending this course should have a basic knowledge within a Windows environment and preferably have used another Microsoft Office 2016 application i.e. Word or Excel.  A basic knowledge of Project Management would be advantageous but not essential.

 

Course Objectives

  • Basics of Project Management
  • Start a Project with planning
  • Adding Tasks and Dependencies to the Plan
  • Work with Calendars and resources
  • Report and Print the Plan

Course Content

Starting a Project 

Project Management basics

Navigate the Project Interface

Working with Project Tasks 

Add Tasks to a Project using Manual or Auto Scheduling

Using Lag and Lead time

Splitting Tasks

Creating Milestones

Show Slack Time (Float)

Creating Task Dependencies

Using Constraints and Deadlines on tasks

The Critical Path

Save a Project

 

Working with Project Resources 

Adding Work, Material and Cost Project Resources

Assign Resources to Tasks

Understanding Effort Driven Tasks

Working with Project Calendars 

Types of Calendars in Project 2016

Create New Resource Calendars and Assign to Resources

Edit Working Time

Add Calendars to the Organizer

Overview of Project Views

Task Views and Resource Views

Sheet, Graph and Form Views

Filter your Data

Group your Data

 

Delivering a Project Plan 

Print Project Views

Reporting in Project

Duration:1 Day

Cost: £175 + Vat

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Who Should Attend

Project Team Members, Project Managers

Location

This course supports online training.
Course Cost £175 +VAT
Online
Duration 1 DAY

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