The new Getting Started with Microsoft Project software course is a one-to-one remote training course with a duration of 3 hours in total. Training sessions are arranged on the days and times to suit the business and can be completed in 2 or 3 sessions as required. The course content is as follows:
Getting started
- Fundamentals of project management.
- Examining the structure of a project file and looking at the various views available.
- Outline structure of project ribbon tabs.
Creating a project plan file
- Setting project information and file properties.
- Decide the type of task scheduling required.
- Add tasks and task durations to the task sheet.
- Add a project summary task.
- Save the project file.
Creating a work breakdown structure
- Create main tasks and sub tasks.
- Set milestones at selected points.
- Link all tasks within the project.
- Examine the timescale of the project.
- Change task relationships.
- Set constraints on tasks.
- Set a deadline date on a task.
- Add note indicators to tasks.
- Review the updated timescale on the project.
Creating a company calendar
- Examine standard project calendars.
- Create a new company calendar.
- Change working times option.
- Set non-working dates and times.
- Assign the company calendar to the project.
- Review the effect on the project timescale.
Creating and assigning resources
- Create resources on the resource sheet.
- Set resource types, costs and properties.
- Assign the company calendar to resources.
- Assign resources to tasks on the task sheet.
- View and make adjustments to a resource calendar.
- Add resource notes to the task sheet.
- Examine effort driven or fixed duration options.
- Display non-working time on the task sheet.
- Examine and adjust over allocation of resources.
Finalise the project plan
- View the critical path.
- Set a baseline plan.
- Display project summary information.
- Examine project reports.
For more information please email Stuart Ford
Full course outline available on our website www.software-skills.co.uk
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