Course Outline

Pre-requisites

It is advisable that delegates are regular users of one or more Microsoft packages, ideally Excel and/or Word.

Objectives

Attendance on this workshop will enable delegates to:

Understand the basics of Project Management methodology
Create realistic plans quickly and easily
Understand the Microsoft Project tools, i.e. Charts, Sheets & Views
Use Microsoft Project to identify project tasks & resources, determine task dependencies & constraints, and identify costs involved in the project
Output the information using the variety of reports available in Microsoft Project

Format

The course will be delivered using demonstration and exercises.

Content

What is Project Management?
Developing your Plan
What is Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project Tools
Project Screen
Start a Project
o Working with Calendars, Working Time
o Project Scheduling
Saving the Project Information
Working with the Schedule
o Entering & Editing Tasks
o Outlining the Project
o Task Dependencies,
o Date constraints
o Recurring Tasks, Splitting Tasks
o Critical Path
Printing The Project
Working with Reports
Creating a Web Page
Working with Views
Designing Tables
Working with Filters
Resources
o Defining, Resources
o Assigning Resources
o Resource Scheduling
Working with Costs
Handling Resource Conflicts
Resource Leveling
Baseline the Project
Tracking the Project
Resource Pools
Project Consolidation