Microsoft Project Introductory
Outline
Aims of the One-Day Course
This course has been designed to give recent or self-taught users, with
no formal training, the skills they need to use Microsoft Project. This
course is 100% hands-on, with exercises to help the trainees practice
the new skills they learn.
Course Content
- Introduction to Project Management
- What is Project Management
- The Microsoft Project environment
- The MS Project screen
- Finding your way around MS Project
- Creating a new project
- Entering project start dates
- Entering working hours
- Changing the base calendar
- Entering Tasks using the Gantt Chart View
- Entering Tasks and Durations
- Recurring Tasks
- Customising the Gantt Chart View
- Formatting bar styles and text styles
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- Printing and Reporting
- Adjusting the Project Plan
- Task relationships
- Lead and lag time
- Task constraints
- Project milestones
- Using Outlining to organise a project
- Creating summary tasks
- Project summary task
- Resources
- Entering Resource Information
- Resource Calendars
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Creating a Baseline Plan
- Managing the Project
- Tracking Gantt Chart
- Levelling over-allocated resources
- Tracking progress
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Prerequisites
Trainees must have experience of using Windows software. Mouse and keyboard
experience is essential. Some fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Project
is needed - for completely new Microsoft Project users we recommend our
Level One course.
Course Duration
Six hours (9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm).
Next Course
Microsoft Project Advanced
Prices
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