MS Project Level 1 Training

Duration: One Day

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    Target Audience & Purpose

    Microsoft Project Intro/Intermediate course is for people who are looking to customise information and reporting in Project, and handle resources across large or multiple projects.

    Objectives

    At the completion of this course participants will be able to:

    • Create a new project file
    • Create tasks in a project
    • Create relationships between tasks
    • Create a pool of resources for a project
    • Assign resources to tasks
    • Level over allocated resources
    • Enter and determine project costs
    • Monitor actual progress in a project
    • Report the progress of a Project

    Course Inclusions

    • Comprehensive learning materials incl. exercise files
    • Post course telephone support
    • ‘Certificate of Attendance’ on completion of course

    Course Prerequisites

    This course is designed for new users of Microsoft Project. General computing skills and an understanding of Windows is desirable.

    MS Project Level1 Training – Course Content

    Microsoft Project Basics
    Starting Microsoft Project, The Microsoft Project Screen, How Microsoft Project Works, Using The Ribbon, Understanding The Backstage View, The Project Work Area, Working With Views, & Split Screens, Understanding Sheet Views, Working With Tables, Working The Gantt Chart View, Working With The QAT, Working With Files, Exiting From Microsoft Project

    Project Management
    Tasks And Resources, The Importance Of Planning, Project Management Tools, Using A Computer For Project Management

    Creating a New Project
    Steps In Creating A Project, Understanding Your Project, Creating A New Project File, Understanding The Calendar Options, Changing The Calendar Options, Working With Calendars, Modifying The Standard Calendar, Entering Public Holidays, Creating A New Calendar, Setting Up Project Information, Entering File Properties

    Creating Tasks
    Understanding Tasks, Understanding Scheduling Icons, The Rostadium Case Study Tasks, Reviewing The Project, Entering Tasks, Creating Summary Tasks, Working In A Sheet View, Working With Summary Tasks, Working With Task Views, Examining Task Information, Understanding Task Durations, Entering Task Durations, Checking Progress, Entering Milestones

    Scheduling
    Understanding Task Dependencies, Creating Dependencies Automatically, Creating Dependencies In Task Entry, Creating Dependencies In Task Information, Creating Dependencies In A Sheet View, Fine Tuning A Schedule Using Dependencies, Auto Scheduling Tasks, Critical Path And Project Slack, Viewing The Critical Path, Examining Task Slack, Understanding Lag Time, Entering Lag Time, Understanding Lead Time, Entering Lead Time

    Resourcing A Project
    Understanding Resources, Entering Work & Material Resources, Entering Cost Resources, Assigning Calendars To Resources, Understanding & Adjusting Resource Availability, Changing Unit Display

    Resourcing Concepts
    Resource Assignment Calculations, Task Types And Work Effort, Creating A Simple Assignment, Working With Fixed Unit & Fixed Duration Tasks, Making Multiple Assignments, Adding Additional Resources, Adding More Of The Same Resource, More Resources In Multiple Assignments, Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling, Working With Non Effort Driven Tasks & With Effort Driven Tasks

    Assigning Resources
    Simple Resource Assignments, Assigning Part Time Resources, Understanding Work Contouring, Specifying Resource Usage, Contouring Work Hours, Assigning Specific Work Times, Work Times For Multiple Assignments, Problem Assignments, Assigning Resources In Task Information, Assigning Resources In A Sheet, Assigning Resources You Don’t Have, The Case Study Resources

    Resources Levelling
    Understanding Resource Levelling, Creating Resource Chaos, Tracking Down Over Allocations, Checking Resource Usage, Creating An Over Allocation Report, Changing Work Effort, Understanding Overtime, Assigning Overtime, Hiring Contract Labour, Switching Work Assignments, Rescheduling Tasks

    Assigning Materials
    Assigning Fixed Material Consumption, Contouring Materials Usage, Adding More Material Assignments, Assigning Variable Usage Material, Adding To A Material Assignment, Checking Work For Materials

    Costs
    Understanding Project Costs, Reviewing Current Costs, Entering Variable Costs, Case Study Variable Costs, Assigning Daily Costs, Assigning Per Usage Costs, Assigning Fixed Costs, Assigning Material Costs, Using Another Cost Table, Applying A Different Cost Table, Changing Rates During A Project, Assigning Cost Resources, Viewing Project Costs

    Constraints and Deadlines
    Understanding Constraints And Deadlines, Reviewing Our Project, Adding A Constraint, Using Elapsed Time, Rescheduling Tasks, Creating A Deadline

    Project Tracking
    Creating A Baseline, Updating The Project Actuals, Manually Updating Tasks, Entering Delayed Tasks, Tracking Actuals On A Gantt Chart, Using The Tracking Box, Viewing Task Slippage

    Printing
    Printing A Gantt Chart, Printing Sheet Views, Printing Tasks For Resources, Printing Resources For Tasks