Presentation Style:  Tutor-led Classroom Training Course
Duration: 2 Day
Course Time: 09:30 - 16:30hrs
Course Location: Northampton
Cost: Public Courses: £550 + VAT per delegate, £525 each + VAT for two delegates on the same day (call for group discounts)
Closed Courses: please enquire
Click a date to book: Call 01604 655900 for available dates

What you will learn on this Microsoft Project Essentials Training Course? Delivered in our Northampton Training Suite or at Your Premises.

By the end of this course delegates will have gained skills in setting up a project plan; working with task dependencies, resources, updating actuals and printing a project plan. The course can also be taken as a 1 day course without the practical exercise sessions.

Microsoft Project Essentials Course Content

Module One – Overview

Project Management Fundamentals, Microsoft Project Environment, Views, Tables.

Module Two – Creating a Project Plan

Create a New Plan, Setting Project Working Time, Project Information, Base Calendar, Summary Stages, Task Lists, Work Breakdown Structure, Automatic v Manual Scheduling, Constraints, Deadlines, Recurring Activities, Critical Path.

Module Three – Tasks, Milestones and Notes

Entering tasks, Subtasks, Summary Tasks, Milestones, Project Summary Task, Durations, Dependencies; Finish-to-start (fs), Startto-start (ss), Start-to-finish (sf), Leads, Lags, Task Table Types, Notes.

Module Four – Managing Resources in a Project Plan

Types, Calendars, Resource Tables, Availability, Costs, Assigning, Effort Driven Scheduling, Overallocations, Splitting Tasks.

Module Five – Using Views

Changing views, Gantt chart, Calendar, Network diagram, Task usage, Resource graph, Resource sheet, Resource usage, Split Views

Module Six – Project Tracking

Setting a Project Baseline, Updating Baseline, Entering Actuals, Viewing Progress in a Project Plan

Module Seven – Viewing and Reporting Project Information

Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information, Viewing Standard Reports in Microsoft Project.

Module Eight – Formatting and Printing

Formatting Text, Text Styles, Gantt Chart, Printing the Gantt Chart, Printing Views.

Who should take this Microsoft Project Essentials course?

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of Project Management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans.

Additional Information

  • Buffet lunch included and free parking (only for courses held at Paradise Training Centre, Northampton)
  • Joining instructions will be sent prior to attending the course