Microsoft Project Training - Provisional Course Outlines

Using a training room within your organisation, and your PCs, charges per day for IT Training would be:

1 to 1 training	£275
2 to 4 delegates	£375
5 to 8 delegates	£450

All outlines can be adapted to the needs of the individual or organisation

Microsoft Project - Introductory/Intermediate

 

Aims of the Course

 

This course aims to give delegates a practical understanding of the ways in which Microsoft Project can help them in project management tasks.

 

Course Objectives

 

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to create a project plan using Microsoft Project, and check the progress of a project. They will be able to:

·        Create a task schedule

·        Link the tasks in the schedule

·        Understand the critical path

·        Assign resources to tasks

·        Add costs to tasks and resources

·        Create and modify task and resource calendars

·        Analyse and manage overallocations of resources

·        Track progress

·        Use views, tables, filters and reports

·        Pool resources

 

The course is of two days’ duration.

 

How the course is run – This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

 

Pre-requisites - Familiarity with the Windows environment.

 

Course Outline

 

Introduction to Project

• Projects and Project Management

• What is Microsoft Project?

• The Stages of a Project

• Opening Microsoft Project

 

The Screen Layout and Basic Editing

• The Project Window

• The Toolbars

• The Entry Bar

• The Status Bar

• Shortcut Menus

• The Information Bar

• Getting Help

• Planning Templates and Wizards

• Organiser

• Views

 

Creating a Project

• The Project Information Dialog Box

• File Properties

• Calendars

• Saving a Project

• Existing a Project

 

Tasks

• Entering Tasks

• Task Duration

• Creating Recurring Tasks

• Inserting New Tasks into the Schedule

• Moving Tasks within the Schedule

• Deleting a Task from the Schedule

• Creating an Outline for the Schedule

• Using the Task Information Dialog Box

• Types of Task Relationships

• Specifying Leads and Lags

• Creating Task Relationships

• Adding Lag or Lead Time to a Relationship

• Removing Task Relationships

• Editing Task Relationships

• Task Constraints

 

The Critical Path

• Defining a Critical Path

• Slack

• Customising the Gantt Chart

 

Views, Tables and Filters

• Using Built In Views

• Applying Filters to Views

• Varying the Information in Sheet or Form View

 

Assigning Resources

• What are Resources?

• How Resources are used within Microsoft Project

• Creating a Resource List

• Assigning Resources to Tasks

• Removing Resources from Tasks

• Calculating Task Duration

• Reassigning Resources

• Adding New Resources

 

Adding Costs to Tasks and Resources

• Resource Rates

• Controlling Accrued

• Adding Fixed Costs

 

Calendars

• Changing the Working Time

• Task Calendars

• Resource Calendars

 

Resource Leveling

• Analysing and Managing Overallocations

• The Project Leveler

• Using Overtime

 

Tracking Progress

• Saving the Baseline

• The Tracking Toolbar

• Updating Tasks and Projects

• Analysing Change

 

Reports

• Print Preview

• Page Setup

• Report Gallery

 

Resource Pooling

• Consolidating Subprojects

• Linking Tasks without Consolidating

• Resource Sharing

 

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Microsoft Project Advanced

 

Aims of the course

 

This course aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of existing Microsoft Project users

 

Course Objectives

 

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Work with multiple projects

• Share resources across projects

• Customise the Project environment

• Export project information to other applications

The course is of one day's duration.

 

How the course is run – This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

 

Pre-requisites - Completion of the Project Introduction course or similar experience in the workplace.

Course Outline

Resource pools

• Creating a resource pool

• Analysing work across multiple projects

Levelling on multiple projects

• Reporting on multiple projects

• Working with multiple projects

• Consolidating projects

• Linking projects

Costs

• Creating custom formulas

• Utilising spare cost fields

• Reporting costs

Customising the project environment

• Creating templates

• Creating tables

• Creating filters

• Creating custom views

• Creating custom forms

Exporting to other Microsoft applications

• Exporting pictures to PowerPoint

• Exporting data to Excel

• Exporting data to Access

Customising buttons and command bars

Recording and running a macro

We provide computer training in Richmond, Twickenham, Kingston, Hounslow, Brentford, Putney, to London and the M25 corridor.

Please contact us for further details.