Course Details:

Microsoft Project is a powerful application designed for the management of simple to complex projects. It will help you to successfully achieve your goals within financial constraints and a specified time period. Project will assist you in detailing and examining data with the application of tasks.

It will allow better planning and use calculated projections with the use of resources and tasks to achieve an outcome. The Planning Wizard will assist you when necessary with a “What If” scenario and gives you distinct options to achieve your goals. Project can also produce simple and complex reports (Intermediate Course) which will be beneficial for both you and your company.

Course Information:

Once completed, you should be able to understand and apply the following concepts:

• Guideline for Project Managers.
• The Project Screen and creating a new Project.
• Calendars and how they are used.
• Entering task information and editing task information.
• Defining Milestones.
• Outlining and WBS definitions.
• Create summary tasks.
• Understanding Dependency Links and Task relationships.
• Task Constraints explained.
• Create a Resource Pool and share it with other Projects.
• Assign Resources to tasks.
• Formatting Text Displays and Gridlines.
• Look at the Critical path and Slack time.
• How to apply a Baseline.
• Printing options.

Course Details:

This course is designed for the management of more complex projects within an organisation. The course is designed for you to navigate through the more complicated phases in a project and assist you on the critical path if any delays occur.

Project will allow control and further monitoring of information. In addition, complex reports will be covered. Macros are also included which will save you a lot of time.

Course Information:

Once completed, you should be able to understand and apply the following concepts:

• Resource Levelling and how to apply it.
• Project costs including Variable and Fixed.
• How to track a project using the Tracking options and the Tracking Gantt.
• Delaying tasks if resources are not available.
• Creating tables applicable to your work.
• Access the various Views within Project and create your own View.
• Create Lookup tables.
• Applying and highlighting filters.
• Using the Auto-filter.
• How to adjust the Timescale.
• Formatting techniques for the Timescale and Bars.
• Macros – How to apply a simple Macro to your project.