Project Introduction
Two Day Course

Course Overview

The Course is a two-day course and includes both hands on practice and open discussion into Project Management concepts as well as software training.

Delegates Requirements

No prior knowledge of Microsoft Project is required but delegates must be familiar with the Windows operating system

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is responsible for managing projects using Microsoft Project  Software and requires a more in depth understanding of the software and project management concepts.

Course Outline

Project Management Concepts

Why Plan

Project Objectives

Goal Setting

Top Down, Bottom Up or Product Led

Overview of Project

Menus and Toolbars

Opening Files

Setting Your Project Calendar

Saving the Project

Changing system options

Creating a Project

Creating a template project

Entering Tasks

The Use of Milestones

Inserting and Deleting Tasks

Moving and Copying Tasks

Assigning Relationships (Linking)

Types of Relationships

Leads and Lags

Constraining Tasks

Views Tables and Filters

Exploring Gantt Charts

The Calendar View

Entry Tables

Filtering for Basic Information

Setting Outlines

Creating Summary Tasks and Subtasks

Using Outline Numbering

Expanding and Collapsing Outlines

Assigning Resources

Fixed Duration, Fixed Units or Fixed Work Task?

Using Effort Driven Scheduling

Adding Resources.

Managing Resources

Levelling the Project

Critical Path and Slack Time Analysis

Slack and Slipping Tasks

What If Scenarios

Tracking the Project

Saving the Base Line

Delays in the Project

Tracking a Project

Tracking Costs

Project Statistics

Multi-Project Management  

Customising Corporate Standards

Creating New Views

Introduction to Macros

Recording a Macro

Linking Milestones Between Two Plans

Copying and Printing

Copying Cost Information into Excel

Saving Data in Other Data Formats

Basic Printing

Reports

Customizing Reports

Creating Charts as GIF’s

Saving as a Web Page  

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