Microsoft Project Masterclass

The course covers the following topics:

Module 1 – Getting Started with Microsoft Project

• Introduction to Microsoft Project 
• Explore the Microsoft Project Environment
• Display an Existing Project Plan in different Views

Module 2 – Creating a Project Plan

• Create a New Microsoft Project Plan
• Setting Project Working Time
• Project Information
• Create Summary Stages or Phases
• Editing the Task List
• Defining the Activity List
• Creating and Applying Task Calendars
• Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

Module 3 – Creating the Project Schedule

• Task Durations
• Defining Milestones
• Manual Scheduling and Finish to Start Relationships
• Automatic Scheduling
• Task Relationships
• Adding Stages to the Timeline
• Identifying the Critical Path
• Working with Constraints and Deadlines
• Recurring Activities
• Add Notes to a Task
• Referencing Other Files in Tasks

Module 4 – Managing Resources in a Project Plan

• Resource Types
• Working with Resource Calendars and Availability
• Adding Resource Costs
• Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Effort Driven Scheduling
• Resolve Resource Over allocation
• Splitting Activities

Module 5 – Introduction to Project Tracking

• Setting a Project Baseline
• Entering Actuals
• Viewing Progress in a Project Plan

Module 6 – Viewing and Reporting Project Detail

• Filter, Group and Highlight Project Information
• Printing Views
• Using Standard Reports in Microsoft Project

Module 7: Introducing Constraints and Deadlines

• What is a constraint?
• Explain Deadline
• How to add a constraint?
• How to create a deadline?
• How to schedule tasks?

Module 8 - Cost management

• What is Project cost?
• How to enter variable cost?
• Daily Cost and Per Usage Cost Assignment
• Assignment of Fixed and Material Cost
• View Project Cost

Module 9 – An Overview of Reporting

• What are Graphical Reports?
• Report Data Manipulation and Filtration
• Close a project
• Creating and removing reports