Course Objectives

This one day course will cover all the basic commands of this powerful application. The broad objectives are to make clients aware of the full possibilities of the program and to give clients confidence to operate the program themselves.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for computer users with little or no previous experience of Project, but who require a basic understanding of the product. Some knowledge of computer basics and working with Windows is expected. The topics covered on our "Introduction to Microsoft Windows" course are an adequate prerequisite for this course.

Course Contents

Project Management.

• Microsoft Project Terminology
• Starting MS Project MS Project - The Screen, Views and Tables
• The Menus
• The Toolbars
• Loading and Viewing a Project
• Change the View
• Change the Project Start Date
• Exit MS Project
• Project Management
• The Stages of Project Management An introduction to the product

Planning the Project.

• Defining the Project
• Complete the Project Definition
• Project Planning
• Complete the Project Plan
• Where to Begin with MS Project
• Create a new Calendar
• Create a new Project File
• Save the File

Task Entry and Linking

• Entering Tasks
• The Gantt View
• The Task Sheet
• Other Methods of Adding Tasks
• Add Tasks
• Linking Tasks
• Defining the Summary Tasks
• Create Summary Tasks and Link Tasks
• Insert Tasks
• Add New Tasks
• Change Duration
• Multiple Links
• Save a Baseline

Resource Entry.

• Resources
• Define the Resources
• Enter Resources
• View Resources
• Set Resource Calendars
• Allocate Resources
• Review Resource Usage
• Levelling Resources
• Planned Time Scale
• Lead Time and Lag Time

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