Microsoft Project Introduction |  |  |
Two Day Course
Pre Requisites
No previous exposure to Microsoft Project is assumed, but familiarity with the keyboard and the Windows environment is assumed.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course delegates will have explored all the features and facilities of Microsoft Project, and learned how to use them on a case study.
Versions Available
98, 2000, XP, 2003
Further Learning
Project Intermediate
Course Content
- Introduction to Project Planning
- Modern Project Planning Concepts and Terminology
- Introduction to MS-Project 98 for Windows
- Navigating Project for Windows
- Menus & Toolbars
- Indicators
- Dialog Boxes
- Spin Controls
- Using Help
- File Commands
- New, Open, Close, Save As
- File Formats
- Database storage
- Project Information
- Templates
- Project and Task Entry
- Setting up Project 98 defaults
- Entering Project Information
- Entering Task Information
- Fixed Duration, Fixed Units, Fixed Work
- Effort Driven Tasks
- Splitting Tasks Task durations
- Outlining
- Linking tasks
- Dependencies
- PERT analysis
- Navigating Project Data
- Views, Tables, Filters, AutoFilters, Forms
- Combination Views
- Hyperlinks
- Linking Tasks to other documents
- Formatting Commands
- Gantt Chart Wizard, Fonts, Text Styles
- Bars and Bar Text
- Timescale and Gridlines
- Setting Up Calendars
- Project and Base Calendars
- Resource Working Time
- Resource Allocation
- Assigning Resources
- Resource Information
- Multiple Pay Rates
- Setting Resource Availability Resource Contouring
- Levelling Resource Usage View
- Resolving Resource Conflicts
- Shared Resource Pools
- Baselining & Tracking
- Setting the Baseline
- Interim Baselines
- Comparing Baseline with Current Status
- Tracking the Project
- Recording Actuals
- Progress Lines
- Reporting
- Printing Project Views
- Page Setup and Print Options
- Printing Project Reports
- Creating Reports
- Publishing on the Internet/Intranet
- Multiple Projects
- Inserted Projects
- Consolidating Projects
- Cross Project Linking
- Multiple Project Behaviour