Running Projects with MS Project. 1-Day, Private 1-1, Live Online Classroom

MS Project Introduction Course, 1 Day, Customised 1-1

Course Details

• Duration: Onw days
• Times: 10am – 4pm
• Location: Online or In Classroom
• Instructor-led: No training-bots in our classroom yet
• Joining Instructions: Full joining instructions will be sent ahead of the course.
• Certificate: PCWorkshops certificate is issued on completion
• Notes: Includes notes, exercises, code samples, some videos.

Laptops, software and datasets:

• Laptops: Bring your own device
• Software: You need to have your MS Project available on your device

Practical

• This course is hands-on and very practical. You will be given many examples and challenges to try out on your own

Key learning outcomes

• At the end of this course, you will be able to: Easily setup and create a project using MS Project

Who should come?

• Some basic experience working on projects, Management or admin
• The course does not require any prior knowledge of MS Project.

COURSE SUMMARY

At the end if this one day course, you will be able to enter a project schedule in MS Project, and manage it. You will be able to manage and track tasks and resources, and get useful management information from the project. The concepts and terminology used in Microsoft Project will be clearly explained.

COURSE OUTLINE:

• OVERVIEW OF MICROSOFT PROJECT
• TERMINOLOGY

CREATING A NEW PROJECT:

• PROJECT SCHEDULING,
• ENTERING TASKS,
• DURATION,
• RELATIONSHIPS,
• MILESTONES AND DEADLINES
• PHASES.

RESOURCES:

• CREATING COST AND MATERIAL RESOURCES,
• ALLOCATIONS,
• DEALING WITH OVER-ALLOCATIONS.

BASELINING: setting 1 or multiple baselines

TRACKING PROGRESS: KEEPING YOUR PROJECT ON TRACK, update tasks and the project

VIEWS AND REPORTS:

• TABLE VIEWS, INSERTING ADDITIONAL COLUMNS
• PROJECT STATISTICS
• VIEWING AND MODIFYING THE GANTT CHART
• NETWORK, CALENDAR AND OTHER VIEWS
• REPORTS: GENERAL OVERVIEW REPORTS, COST REPORTS, RESOURCE REPORTS, ASSIGNMENT REPORTS

Your trainer:

• Sarah Barnard has been a software and database developer for 20+ years.
• The project managed the startup and sale 3 software training companies during this time.
• Project managed training events, promotional events, exhibitions, graduation seremonies, etc.
• She has published 5000+ educational programming scripts, 49 training manuals, manages a Udemy channel and a Programming Languages Meetup group