Microsoft Project Introduction – for Construction Contracts/Project – 1 Day
- Designed for construction project team members or managers to learn MS Project basics and plan construction projects.
- Prerequisites include basic Windows knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications.
- Course objectives cover starting a project, task management, scheduling, base calendars, project views, and printing.
- Content includes project management basics, task insertion, scheduling methods, milestones, dependencies, constraints, and critical path analysis.
- Also covers project calendars, public holidays, project views, data filtering, grouping, highlighting, and printing project plans.
Overview
The Online MS Project Training Course is designed for construction project team members or Project Managers to learn Microsoft Project basics. Participants will gain skills in planning, scheduling, using views, filtering, and printing construction projects. Prerequisites include basic Windows knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications. Course objectives cover project planning, task management, scheduling, calendar usage, views, and printing. The course duration is one day.
Who should attend
Project Manager, Construction Project Team
Course Content
The Microsoft Project Introduction – for Construction Contracts/Project is designed for people who will be part of a construction project team or a Project Manager to enable an understanding the basics of Microsoft Project and demonstrate how to plan, schedule, use views, filter and print your Construction Project.
Please note you are required to have MS Project on your device to attend this course.
You can view all of our Microsoft Project Courses here.
Who Should Attend
Location
Course Syllabus
Day 1
Starting a Project
Project Management basics
Navigate the Project Interface
Working with Project Tasks
Inserting Tasks to a Project to generate the Construction Phase programme of works.
Manual Vs Auto Scheduling
Recurring Tasks
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 (highlighting essential Construction and Construction Phase processes, trades and materials requred to progress the contract).
Save a Project
Overview of Project Calendars
Types of Calendars in Project 2016
Add Public Holidays
Add Calendars to the Organizer
Overview of Project Views
Task Views and Resource Views
Sheet, Graph and Form Views (tooling essential for tracking Construction related key performance indicators)
Filter your Data
Group your Data
Highlight your Data
Printing a Project Plan
Print Project Views
Adding Headers and Footers
Additional Information
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.
