Microsoft Project Training in New Zealand

  • Learn via: Classroom
  • Duration: 2 Days
  • Price: Please contact for booking options
We can host this training at your preferred location. Contact us!

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft Office Project Professional 2013 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan. Once the plan is created, you will set a baseline, track project actuals and report against the plan using Microsoft Project.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage these project plans. 

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the components of the Microsoft Project environment
  • Use views to work with a project plan
  • Create a new project plan
  • Create the project schedule
  • Manage resources in a project plan
  • Finalise a project plan
  • Track progress
  • View and report project plan information

1 - Getting Started with Microsoft Project

  • A - Introduction to Microsoft Project 2013 
  • B - Explore the Microsoft Project 2013 Environment
  • C - Display an Existing Project Plan in different Views

2 - Creating a Project Plan

  • A - Create a New Microsoft Project Plan
  • B - Setting Project Working Time
  • C - Project Information
  • D - Create Summary Stages or Phases
  • E - Editing the Task List
  • F - Defining the Activity List
  • G - Creating and Applying Task Calendars
  • H - Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

3 - Creating the Project Schedule

  • A - Task Durations
  • B - Defining Milestones
  • C - Manual Scheduling and Finish to Start Relationships
  • D - Automatic Scheduling
  • E - Task Relationships
  • F - Adding Stages to the Timeline
  • G - Identifying the Critical Path
  • H - Working with Constraints and Deadlines
  • I - Recurring Activities
  • J - Add Notes to a Task
  • K - Referencing Other Files in Tasks

4 - Managing Resources in a Project Plan

  • A - Resource Types
  • B - Working with Resource Calendars and Availability
  • C - Adding Resource Costs
  • D - Assigning Resources to Tasks
  • E - Effort Driven Scheduling
  • F - Resolve Resource Overallocation
  • G - Splitting Activities

5 - Introduction to Project Tracking

  • A - Setting a Project Baseline
  • B - Entering Actuals
  • C - Viewing Progress in a Project Plan

6 - Viewing and Reporting Project Detail

  • A - Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information
  • B - Printing Views
  • C - Using Standard Reports in Microsoft Project


Contact us for more detail about our trainings and for all other enquiries!

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our New Zealand facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom
26 November 2024
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
26 November 2024
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
16 January 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
08 February 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
16 January 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
08 February 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
10 March 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
10 March 2025
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
2 Days
Microsoft Project Training Course in New Zealand

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