Our Microsoft Project training comprises two courses.

• the introductory course is a one day session for delegates who are new to Microsoft Project or new to project management;
• the advanced course is a two day session for experienced project managers, enabling them to produce more detailed plans and allow fine control over the time and costs associated with the Project. to show by means of examples and exercises how these additional skills give the user greater control and flexibility in managing Projects.

All delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.

Click here for a printable version of Project Introduction Course Outlines

Click here for a printable version of Project Advanced Course Outlines

Project introductory course contents are as follows.

Introduction to Project Management

• What is a Project?
• What is Project Management?
• Project Objectives
• Why Plan?
• The Project Lifecycle

Getting Started

• Starting MS Project; Getting Help

Creating a Project

• Starting a new Project
• Menus
• Opening an existing Project File
• Inserting a Task
• Inserting a Group of Tasks
• Cutting and Pasting
• Editing Text
• Task Notes
• Using and Accessing a Project's supporting documentation
• Saving the Project

Project Constraints

• Entering date Constraints
• Lead and Lag times

Task Relationships/Dependencies

• Entering Task Relationships
• Considering different relationships
• Editing and deleting relationships
• Monitoring relationships
• Outlining
• Milestones
• Recurring tasks

Networks

• Gantt Charts
• Precedence Networks (PERT charts)
• Critical Path Analysis

Managing the Project

• The Project Information Dialogue Box
• The File Properties Dialogue Box

Defining and Assigning Resources

• Resource Allocation
• Using a Resource Pool
• Using Resources and Assigning Tasks via Outlook/GroupWise
• Resource costs
• Using Resource Information
• Resource Scheduling and Leveling

Amending the Working Day

• Changing the working hours
• Base Calendars
• Resource Calendars

Printing Charts

• Controlling Multiple Pages
• Page Height and Width
• Formatting Headers
• Footers and Legends
• The Print Dialogue Box
• The Reports Gallery
• Milestone Reports
• Task Reports
• Printing Task Notes
• Printing Task Notes on Reports

Timescales

• Using the zoom button options
• Using the zoom options within View
• Formatting timescales for specific needs
• Formatting the gridlines

An Introduction to Tracking the Project

• Saving with a Baseline
• Task Completion
• The Tracking Gantt Chart

An Introduction to Multiple Projects

• Join together two or more phases or projects

Personal Development

• Create a project involving your workplace
• Get it started under supervision
• Develop it before returning for the Intermediate/Advanced course

Project advanced course contents are as follows.

Personal Development

• Review the project that was created in the interval since the last course; review of Introduction Course

More about Tasks

• Task types (Fixed Units, Fixed Duration, Fixed Work)
• Priorities
• Project settings affecting tasks and resources

Resources

• Creating and Managing a Resource Pool
• Updating and Refreshing Resource Pools
• Closing Files with Shared Resources
• Resource Cost bands; Overtime
• Assigning Resource Contours
• More on Calendars and other Project time-frame issues

Reporting

• A further look at Reporting
• Custom Reports

Tracking the Project

• Saving with a Baseline
• Task Completion
• Notifying Task Status
• Using Outlook to notify Task Status
• Splitting
• Tracking
• The Tracking Gantt Chart
• Adding more constraints (flexible and inflexible)
• Interim Plans; Variance Tables

Templates

• Using a Built-in-Template
• Creating a Template
• Swapping ready-built calendars, reports, etc from file to file within Project

Customising Project

• Custom Views
• Custom Filters
• Custom Gantt Chart bars
• Custom Tables
• The Table Definition Screen
• Customising Tables on Screen
• Custom Fields
• Adding Custom Notes to charts
• Linking Custom Notes to tasks
• The Organiser

Multiple Project Management

• Linking between Projects
• Resources in Linked Projects
• Consolidated Projects

Working with Excel

• Output Project data to Excel
• Import Excel data to project
• Creating updateable links and charts from Excel