Microsoft Project Training in United States of America

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