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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 Project 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.

This course is suitable for anyone using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 or 2019 Standard or Professional editions and Microsoft Project Online Desktop Client. If you’re attending at a QA location, the course will be delivered on Microsoft Project Professional 2016.

Note, this course does not cover browser based versions of Microsoft Project, such as Project for the Web, Project Online or Project Web App.

See QAPRWEB for our new Project for the Web course content.

Attendees do not need to have any experience of using Microsoft Project
An understanding of project management concepts would be beneficial
Attendees must be comfortable opening, closing and saving files, and be able to navigate through files and folders in a Windows environment

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

Module 1: Get Started with Microsoft Project

Introduction to Microsoft Project
Exploring the Microsoft Project Environment
Displaying an Existing Project Plan in Different Views

Module 2: Creating a Project Plan

Creating a New Microsoft Project Plan
Setting Project Working Time
Project Information
Creating Summary Stages or Phases
Editing the Task List
Defining the Activity List
Creating and Applying Task Calendars
Referencing a Work Breakdown Structure

Module 3: Creating the Project Schedule

Task Durations
Defining Milestones
Manual Scheduling and Finish to Start Relationships
Automatic Scheduling
Task Relationships
Adding Stages to the Timeline
Identifying the Critical Path
Working with Constraints and Deadlines
Recurring Activities
Adding Notes to a Task
Referencing Other Files in Tasks

Module 4: Manage Resources in a Project Plan

Resource Types
Working with Resource Calendars and Availability
Adding Resource Costs
Assigning Resources to Tasks
Effort-Driven Scheduling
Resolving Resource Overallocation
Splitting Activities

Module 5: Introduction to Project Tracking

Setting a Project Baseline
Entering Actuals
Viewing Progress in a Project Plan

Module 6: Viewing and Reporting Project Detail

Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information
Printing Views
Using Standard Reports in Microsoft Project

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08 June 2024