Who should attend: This course is intended for new Microsoft Project users.
Prerequisites: Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.
Duration: 12 Hours
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to accomplish the following:
- Understand the basic purpose and operation of the software, and work with windows, Ribbon tabs and buttons, and views.
- Create a new project and create, edit, and outline a task list, as well as establish dependencies by linking tasks.
- Add and assign resources to a project, work with project calendars, and enter project costs, such as standard, variable, and fixed costs.
- Apply page setup options, create headers and footers, insert page breaks, and preview and print project information.
- Apply task type settings, modify fixed tasks, set task constraints, and define and format the critical path.
- Apply preset and custom contours, edit resource assignments, identify and resolve resource overallocations, and set and modify a baseline.
- Track the progress of a project, update tasks and the schedule, and compare baseline and actual data.
- Sort, filter, and group views.
- Format views and format the Gantt Chart.
Course Content
Getting Started:
- Understanding Project Management Concepts
- Getting Started
- Application and Windows
- Ribbon and Tabs
- Creating and Saving Projects
- Opening and Closing Projects
- Changing the View
- Moving Within a View
Project Creation:
- Project Information
- Creating Task Lists
- Editing Task Lists
- Outlining Task Lists
- Task Dependencies
- Modifying Task Dependencies
- Task Information
Project Resources and Costs:
- Project Resources
- Resource Assignment Concepts
- Assigning Resources
- Working with Project Calendars
- Working with Resource Calendars
- Working with Task Calendars
- Entering Project Costs
Printing Schedule Information:
- Page Setup Options
- Previewing Views and Reports
- Printing Project Information
Changing Scheduling Methods:
- Resource Assignment Concepts
- Task Type Settings
- Changing Task Type Settings
- Task Constraints
- Identifying Factors Affecting Tasks
- Defining the Critical Path
- Formatting the Critical Path
Resolving Resource Conflicts:
- Preset Contours
- Applying Preset Contours
- Editing Resource Assignments
- Resource Overallocations
- Locating Resource Overallocations
- Resolving Resource Overallocations
- Saving the Baseline
Tracking Project Progress:
- Tracking Task Progress
- Updating Tasks
- Updating the Remaining Schedule
- Comparing Baseline and Actual Data
Sorting, Filtering and Grouping:
- Sorting Views
- Filtering Views
- Grouping Tasks and Resources
Formatting the Project Environment:
- Formatting Views
- Formatting the Gantt Chart