MS Project Levels 1 and 2

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Course Details

Microsoft Project assists in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets, and analyzing workloads. This course teaches the basic commands and features of Microsoft Project. Participants will learn how to create and modify task lists, establish a project schedule, create calendars, assign resources to tasks, track costs, and work with different views and tables. Learners will also apply filters and groups, and sort task and resource data. Finally, they will learn how to resolve resource conflicts. 

MS Project Software is required to attend and participate.

Prerequisites: The course requires that you are familiar with using personal computers and should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer.

Contents: 

Getting Started 

Project Management Concepts 

• The Project window 
• Project files 
• The Help window 

Tasks 

• Creating a task list 
• Modifying a task list 
• The Work Breakdown Structure 

Task Scheduling 

• Task links 
• Task relationships 
• Task options 

Resource Management 

• The base calendar 
• Resources and calendars 
• Project costs 

Views and Tables 

• Working with views 
• Working with tables 

Filters, Groups, and Sorting 

• Filters 
• Groups 
• Sorting tasks and resources 

Finalizing the Task Plan 

• Finalizing schedules 
• Handling resource conflicts 

Using Templates and Importing Data 

• Working with templates 
• Creating projects from other programs 

Managing a Project 

• Setting baselines 
• Updating an active project 
• Monitoring progress 

Analyzing and Adjusting the Plan 

• Analyzing the plan 
• Delays and conflicts 
• Team Planner view 

Working with Reports 

• Standard reports 
• Visual reports 

Customizing Project 

• Custom views 
• Macros 
• Gantt chart formatting 
• Custom fields 

Managing Multiple Projects 

• Consolidating and sharing projects 
• Sharing resources among projects 

Exchanging Project Information 

• Collaboration 
• Hyperlinks 
• Exporting to Office applications 

Note: This course will be taught using the windows operating system environment utilizing MS Project Software, which is required software to attend and participate.

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