Project Introduction
Duration: 1 day
Location: on-site (we come to you)
Are you ready to take control of your projects and manage them like a pro? Our Microsoft Project Introduction Course is designed to equip you with the essential skills to effectively plan, execute, and track your projects.
In this course, we’ll guide you through the fundamentals of Microsoft Project, ensuring you gain confidence in using this powerful project management tool. You’ll learn how to:
- Navigate the Microsoft Project interface with ease.
- Add tasks, set dependencies, and allocate resources.
- Identify and view the critical path to ensure your project stays on track.
- Generate and print professional Project reports to share progress with stakeholders.
Whether you’re new to Microsoft Project or looking to refresh your skills, this course provides practical, hands-on training to help you manage tasks efficiently.
Course Outline:
Project Interface
- Project Ribbon
- Working with Existing Files
Creating and Scheduling a New Project
- Setting up the Project Information
- Modifying the Project Working Times
- Saving Projects
Working with Tasks
- Inserting Tasks
- Organising Tasks
- Creating a recurring task
- Inserting Task Durations
- Understanding the Task Information Box
- Manipulating Tasks & Constraints
- Editing Tasks
- Deleting Tasks
- Moving Tasks
Working with Task Dependencies
- What are Dependencies?
- Finish-to-Start (FS) Dependencies
- Start-to-Start (SS) Dependencies
- Finish-to-finish Dependencies (FF)
- Start-to-finish Dependencies (SF)
- Linking tasks to create dependencies
- Assigning Lead and Lag Times
Working with Resources
- Understanding the Resource Sheet View
- Entering Resource Information
Assigning Resources
- Task Types
- Assigning a Resource to a Task
Viewing the Critical Path
Understanding Overallocations
- Resource Usage View
- Resource Allocation View
- Resource Allocation Graph
Enhancing Your Project
- Changing the colour, shape, or pattern of Gantt bars
- Applying Gantt Chart Styles
- Adding labels to Gantt bars
- Adding a specific label to a Gantt bar
- Changing the height of Gantt bars
- Changing the appearance of link lines between Gantt bars
Printing Project Reports
- Adding header and footer information
- Printing a basic report