Project Foundation
Delivered Face to Face or Virtually
Who should attend?
Perfect for Project managers or those looking to streamline project plans, our one day Level 1 course, designed by industry leading trainers, will teach you all of the essentials of Microsoft Project so that you can create and manage project schedules.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have a good level of PC and windows skills, and a basic knowledge of MS Office. No existing knowledge of MS Project is required.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course you will have a good working knowledge and the ability to work confidently and efficiently to generate a plan, assign resources to tasks, track progress, manage budgets and analyse workloads.
This course can be customised to incorporate other features of Office 365.
To find out more about our training options or to find out whether this course is right for you, please speak to our team today.
Course Duration
1 Day Classroom Training or Online.
Our course timings are 09:30 - 16:30, however timings can be customised to meet your needs.
Getting Started with Project
The Role of Microsoft Project
The Microsoft Project Environment
Display an Existing Project Plan
The Gantt Chart View
The Network Diagram/PERT Chart View
Creating a Project Plan
How to Create a New Project Plan
Assign a Project Calendar
Add Tasks to a Project Plan
Edit the Task List
Define the Activity List
Create the Work Breakdown Structure
Create Summary Stages
Creating the Project Schedule
Understand Task Durations
Define Milestones
Understand and Create Task Relationships
Link Dependent Tasks
Add Tasks to the Timeline
Identify the Critical Path
Set Task Constraints and Deadlines
Add Recurring Tasks
Add Notes to a Task
Managing Resources in a Project Plan
Understand Resource/Types
Work with Resource Calendars and Availability
Add Resource Costs
Assign Resources to Tasks
Resolve Resource Conflicts
Finishing a Project Plan
Shorten a Project Using the Critical Path
Set a Baseline
Print a Project Summary Report
