Introductory/Intermediate Microsoft Project 2007 Training Courses

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  • We come to you - your Introductory/Intermediate Project 2007 Training will be given on your site
  • You get to keep the manuals - Introductory/Intermediate Project 2007 training manuals are provided as PDFs
  • We can train using your own Microsoft Project plans
  • There will only be people from your company on your course
  • We offer a money-back guarantee if any delegates are not completely satisfied
  • The training date is around you, not us!
  • Our prices are astounding
  • We can assess all learners in advance for free
  • Our courses are never cancelled

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Course Type Cost per day
1 to 1 training £325
2 to 4 delegates £495
5 to 8 delegates £695

Prices are PER DAY, and NOT per-person! E.g. if there's 5 people on the course, you pay £650. All prices exclude VAT

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Aims of the Introductory/Intermediate Project 2007 course

This course aims to give delegates a practical understanding of the ways in which Microsoft Project 2007 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 2007, 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.

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 MS 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
  • Creating and Using Visual Reports

Resource Pooling

  • Consolidating Subprojects
  • Linking Tasks without Consolidating
  • Resource Sharing

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