Microsoft Project Course Outline
Course Duration options:
Face-to-face training – 6 weeks (2 days a week @ 2 hours per session)
5 day training (Mon – Friday)
Cost: £300 UK and US$300 for international
To understand project management; you need to learn PRINCE2 first; nothing else. Microsoft
Project focuses on how to manage and control the resource pool need on a project (people,
equipment, materials etc.).
A project has quite a number of resources, hence it is impossible to manually manage them. This is
where Microsoft Project computer software program comes in. To be able to meet project
deadlines, budgets and resources; Microsoft Project is used:
Create plans (schedule)
Create and control tasks
Manage tasks, resources and costs
Measure progress (compare plans to actual) to find if there are deviations
Our Microsoft Project training is divided into 3 levels and each level is 5 days or 6 weeks for online
training:
Introduction to Microsoft Project (Level 1)
Intermediate Microsoft Project (Level 2)
Advanced Microsoft Project (Level 3)
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Introduction to MS Project (Level 1) Assigning Resources
MS Project Basics Creating simple resource assignments
Starting Project Work contour types
Understanding two main tables used Specifying resources usage
by Project Different ways of assigning resources
Project screen and key areas Assigning unavailable resources
View basics (split, sheet and Gantt
chart views) Printing
Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) Print preview
Printing Gantt chart and Sheet views
Project Management Printing Tasks for Resources and
What is project management? Resources for Tasks
Tasks and resources
Project plan Intermediate MS Project (Level 2)
Resource Levelling
Creating a Project Resolving over-allocations
Steps in creating a project Creating over-allocation reports
Project Calendar options Assigning overtime to resources
Task/Resource calendars Adding new resource to cover over-
allocations
Tasks Switching work assignments
Understanding tasks Rescheduling over-allocated tasks
Project hierarchy
Scheduling modes Assigning Material Resources
Creating tasks, summary tasks and Assigning fixed and variable material
milestones consumption
Task Information command Contouring material usage
Task duration How to enter same resource twice
Assigning calendar to a task Viewing tasks that have material
resources applied
Project Scheduling
Task dependencies and different ways Costs
of creating each Understanding variable, fixed and
Critical Path Method cost-per-use costs
Slack, lag and lead times Assigning variable costs
Examining critical path and slack Assigning per-usage costs
Inactivating a task Assigning fixed costs
Assigning material costs and costs
Understanding Resources resources
Resource types and units Applying different cost tables
Creating resources and assigning Dealing with rates that change during
calendars to resources Project
Scheduling triangle
Formulas for calculating work, Constraints and Deadlines
duration and units Different constraint types
Task types and resource work Adding a constraint
Assigning resources to tasks Specifying elapsed time
Effort and work driven scheduling Rescheduling tasks
Differences between deadline and
constraint
Registered Office: 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE
Office:+44 207 998 5850 Whatsapp + 44 7476 824 280
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[email protected] Website: www.londoncomputercollege.co.uk
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Moving a project start date Exporting to PDF
Project Tracking Advanced MS Project (Level 3)
Activities that needs to be monitored Understanding custom fields
Updating tasks automatically and Creating and inserting custom fields
manually into appropriate table
Entering actual and delayed tasks Using formulas to calculate values
Updating actuals using Tracking Box Using functions and learning
Viewing tasks that slipped statement components
Custom fields graphical indicators
Project Views Entering Lookup Table values
Purpose of Views
Understanding Project Views Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Creating split and custom Views mapping and codes
Placing Views on the Menu WBS hierarchy and codes
Deleting unwanted Views Creating and editing custom WBS
Hiding an open file codes
Tables Working with custom Views
Creating a custom table Creating a custom filter
Different ways of adding fields Creating a custom group
Text, flag, lookup and hyperlink Creating a custom table
custom fields Creating a custom view
Using a custom table Deleting a custom view and its
components
Controlling Displayed Data
Understanding highlight, filter and MS Project Graphical reports
grouping tools View Report commands
Applying highlight filter Running a built-in graphical report
Highlighting a range of tasks Formatting chart report object
Differences between highlight and Manipulating data in a report object
standard filters Filtering data in a report object
Creating and using custom filters Cloning a report
Editing/deleting filters Creating a new graphical report
Grouping tasks and using autofilters Enhancing appearance of a graphical
report
Formatting Projects Making a custom report available
Understanding the timescale globally
Changing timescale time periods Deleting unwanted reports
Formatting non-working time
Gridlines and progress lines Understanding Visual Reports
Changing text and Gantt chart styles Visual report categories
Creating a visual report from a
Advanced Printing template
Placing print commands on Ribbon Displaying fields in an Excel visual
Inserting page breaks, headers and report
footers Changing the X-axis categories
Working with the Legend Filtering a visual report
Fitting a report to specific pages Formatting a visual report
Saving and using custom template
Registered Office: 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE
Office:+44 207 998 5850 Whatsapp + 44 7476 824 280
Email:
[email protected] Website: www.londoncomputercollege.co.uk
Registered No: 3267009 (England)
MS Project Templates
Examining available Templates
Saving a Project as a template
Creating a new Project from a custom
template
Setting and using personal templates
folder
Project Global Template
Applying a table from the Global
template
Techniques in linking and combining
Projects
Tools for linking Projects
Combing Projects into a Master
Project
Outlining; collapsing/expanding tasks
Changing data in combined Projects
Working with a subproject file
Inserting subprojects into an existing
Project
Breaking subproject links
Creating a task link in a project
Understanding Resource Sharing
Creating a common resource pool file
Linking Project to a resource pool
Assigning resources from a pool file
Managing shared resources
Creating and working with a resource
master file
Downsizing larger Projects
What is downsizing a Project?
Creating a resource file for
downsizing
Creating downsized mater file
Setting task links in a master project
How data from a Project can be used in
other applications
Ways of getting data out of Project
Copying Gantt chart and table data
Linking and exporting data to Excel
Registered Office: 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE
Office:+44 207 998 5850 Whatsapp + 44 7476 824 280
Email:
[email protected] Website: www.londoncomputercollege.co.uk
Registered No: 3267009 (England)
