Microsoft Project Training

Duration:

1-day course for new users.

Objectives:

The objective is to provide the user with advanced understanding of the capabilities of Microsoft Project and the knowledge necessary for them to begin using it most effectively. As the sessions is primarily hands on it will be restricted to one user per computer system.

Course Topics:

Overview of MS Project
The Project Screen
Mouse / Keyboard
Menus & Toolbars
Planning and Developing the Project
The Outline
Planning Tasks
Constraints & Resources
Baseline Plan / Refining the Plan
Glossary of Terms
Creating a Project
Entering Start Date
Summary Information / File Properties
Scheduling from Project Start/End
Assigning a Calendar / Milestones
Tasks & Task Durations
Linking Tasks / Breaking the Links
Setting Task Relationships
Task Dependancy
Finish to Start / Start to Start
Finish to Finish / Start to Finish
Tasks & Sub Tasks
Creating / Editing / Showing / Hiding
Observing the Critical Path
Inserting / Viewing / Editing Notes
Changing the Timescale
Working with Calendars
Creating / Editing a Calendar Changing the Working Times
Using Multiple Calendars
The Project Views
Calendars
Modifying Relationships
Changing Predecessors
Adding / Editing Constraints
Working with Resources
What are Resources and Groups?
The Resource Sheet
Entering the Resource Information
Linking to Excel
Assigning the Resources
Resource Calenders
Viewing the Statistics
Saving the File
File Names & Locations
Working with Baselines
Baselines / Interim Baselines
Restrictions
Resolving / Fixed Duration Scheduling
Lag Time vs Lead Time
Resourcing Conflicts
Using Levelling
Formatting the Gantt Chart
Fonts, Size, Colour etc
Formatting the Bars
Gridlines etc
Print Preview
Preview Options
Headers & Footers
Using the File Properties
Legend Pages
Exploring Views
Viewing Reports
Standard Reports
Customized Reports
Working with Multiple Projects
Creating a Resource Pool
Sharing Resources
Working with Master Files
Macros
Creating and Running a Macro
Visual Basic Code
Creating a Toolbar
Macro Buttons
Macro Menus
Questions & Answers

Venues and Delivery:

We offer this course on a regular basis at our training venue in Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, Scotland, as well as offering in-house or bespoke training for HR departments or companies.

Please visit our schedule page to find out when when our Project (Intro) training is running.

For corporate or business IT Training or for more info how Insight provide some of Scotland's and Europe's leading companies with inhouse IT training, please contact us.

Booking:

To book this course, please complete our online form or contact us on 01236 733898 or
email: bookings@uk-insight.org.uk

Microsoft Project