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Project The Basics

Target Audience

This course is for new users of Project, or to give existing users a thorough understanding of how it works. It will enable the user to work with a project plan confidently and efficiently. You will learn how to add and link tasks, assign resources, add costs, save a baseline and track your project progress

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The Content

Project Basics

Overview of Microsoft Project
The Project environment
Toolbars and Menus

Starting a Project

Creating a new project
Adding project information
Changing Project defaults

Defining Tasks

Entering and editing tasks
Deleting and moving tasks
Adding task notes
Task durations
Viewing the timeline
Using the Task Inspector
Outlining the plan

Task Relationships

Linking tasks
Adding lag and lead time
Task constraints
Task deadlines
Task Drivers

Resources

Setting up resources
Resource information
Resources types
Assigning resources
Resource charts

Understanding Duration, Work & Effort

Task types
Effort Driven scheduling

Working with Calendars

Modifying the base calendar
Modifying resource calendars
Modifying work weeks
Detailed calendar options
Creating a new base calendar
Assigning a base calendar to a project

Costs

Resource costs
Material costs
Cost costs
Fixed costs

Formatting

Formatting Gantt charts
Formatting tables
Changing timescales
Adding gridlines

Tracking a Project

Moving a project
Saving a baseline plan
Entering actual progress
Comparing actuals with baseline

Creating Views and Filters

Filtering a project
Highlighting tasks
Customising Gantt charts

Printing Project Data

Printing Gantt charts
Using reports

Delegate Pre-Requisites

No prior knowledge of Project is required

Course Duration

This is a Two Day Course

Course Details

Courses commence at 9:30 a.m. through to 4:30 p.m.

A laptop computer is provided for each delegate attending on this packed programme to try out the tips and techniques demonstrated

All delegates will receive comprehensive Training Courseware to refer to during the course, together with a Course Attendance Certificate

Project Advanced

Target Audience

The course provides a refresher of the introductory course topics and further explores Project’s capabilities. You will learn how to work with multiple projects, use a resource pool and how to customise the project environment

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The Content

Review of Introductory Features

Project calendar and defaults
Relationships
Critical path

Subprojects and Multiple Projects

Setting up a master project containing sub-projects
Consolidation techniques

Resource Pools

Setting up a resource pool
Sharing resources between projects

Working with Templates

Creating templates
Using the Organiser to share project items

Customising the Microsoft Project Environment

Creating tables
Modifying tables
Creating custom fields
Custom filters
Working with views
Customising reports
Changing global settings

Customising Reports

Sharing Information

Visual Reports
Exchanging information with Excel
Working with import/export maps
Saving a project as a PDF

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