Outline ms-project-fundamentals-1-day
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This one-day course teaches participants how to use Microsoft Project to develop project schedules. The course covers creating task lists, defining relationships between tasks, assigning resources, setting baselines, and tracking project progress. Key topics include starting a new project, entering tasks and durations, establishing task dependencies, scheduling tasks, assigning resources, creating baselines, and tracking actual performance against the baseline. The goal is for participants to learn the basic functions of Microsoft Project and be able to create their own project schedule by the end of the course.
Outline ms-project-fundamentals-1-day
- 1. Course Outline Microsoft Project Fundamentals Page 1 of 1 One-day course format Duration: One day (9.00 am – 4.30 pm) Who should attend: Designed for those who need to use Microsoft Project to develop a schedule of activities for a project. Pre-requisites: To gain maximum benefit from this course, students should have opened up the application and keyed in a number of tasks. Project management knowledge is an advantage. Course Objectives: On completion of this course participants will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of project management, and project management using a computer tool Create project task lists, create relationships between those tasks and have MS Project calculate schedules Create a resource pool and perform basic resource assignments Save a baseline and track actual data Interrogate the MS Project database Review day one by creating your own schedule. Phase 1 – Starting the project Starting a new project file Setting up Options and Calendars Scheduling from the Start Date vs. Finish Date Setting the start date Entering summary information Phase 2 – Task Entry Phase Creating tasks Setting task durations Identifying milestones Creating summary and sub tasks Viewing task level details Phase 3 - Scheduling Why we need task relationships Predecessors and successors The four relationship types Creating task relationships Modifying task relationships Applying lead and lag Interlinking sub tasks Concurrent phases Hanging tasks Identifying the critical path Entering constraints and deadlines Phase 4 – Resources What is a resource? Types of resources Basic resource assignments Phase 5 – Baselines and Tracking What is a baseline? Creating a baseline Tracking the project Identifying variance Creating & displaying multiple baselines Removing the baseline Refreshing partial baselines