Microsoft Project IT Training

Anyone who has not used MS Project before and who are presently working in a Project Management role or hoping to instigate a Project Management system.

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.

By the end of the course you will be able to create a project plan, assign resources, perform basic tracking and adjust MS Project output. There will also be time to get comfortable creating projects you might typically create at work.

In particular you will be able to:

• Create a project in a Gantt chart view
• Schedule tasks based on their dependencies
• Create constraints and deadlines
• Create and assign resources
• View critical path and slack
• Track the project so that delayed tasks will be rescheduled
• Format the project and create templates
• Printing views and reports

You will have an opportunity to create your own project so are encouraged to bring in a typical project you might create, although this is not a requirement.

Anyone who has been using Microsoft Project and would like to extend their knowledge to use some of the advanced features to effectively plan and track a project.

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.

By the end of the course you will be able to use some of MS Projects advanced features to effectively plan, track and review a projects tasks, resources and costs.

In particular you will be able to:

• Create a Work Breakdown Structure
• Work with Resources
• Track work and costs
• Work with multiple projects

Anyone who has not used MS Project before and would like to create and track a project plan. This course covers key elements to Project at a fast pace. If you prefer to go into things more thoroughly, and have time to work on your own examples, you should consider our 2 day Project Essentials course.

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.

By the end of the course you will be able to use the basic features in MS Project to create a project plan and perform basic tracking.

In particular you will be able to:

• Create a project in a Gantt chart view
• Schedule tasks based on their dependencies
• Create constraints and deadlines
• Enter and assign resources
• Track the project so that delayed tasks will be rescheduled