Course Microsoft Project Essentials
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  • Latest Reviews21
    "I can now use Project to generate reports for weekly meetings, presentations etc. More generally confident in my use of Project."

    C.S. Seymour Civil Engineering, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "The ability to have questions answered during the course. Cost allocation process very useful as most people don't know this is possible"

    A.F. DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Very useful training for the role out of our project cost control and resource planning initiatives."

    S.H. DeepOcean, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "It was all new skills for me, so I found the whole course valuable."

    D.W. Deepocean, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Are there any aspects of the course which you feel require improvement? "No, I feel that the pace was good and the way that the training was setup with a "lecture" period followed by a "practical" period is a good way of learning."

    D.W. Deepocean, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "The whole thing was an excellent introduction to scheduling"

    M.H. DeepOcean, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Please select the words that best describe your learning experience? "Good to learn the right way to do things and also what project is capable of doing."

    L.P. Aesica Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Following this training what are you going to do differently? "This course has given me the skills needed to use microsoft projects in my workplace from having no knowledge of how to use it"

    J.S. High Force Research, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Understanding the capabilities and structures of a project "

    M.H. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Following this training what are you going to do differently? "Use software more efficiently "

    P.M. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Allocating resources to tasks. Linking tasks and balancing workload "

    P.M. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

    What other courses would you like to attend? "would strongly recommend this to fellow colleagues in my current company"

    J.C. Tekmar, Microsoft Project Essentials

    Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Learning how to set up various working calendars to interlink with a project and creating visuals for reporting on the project."

    F.W. Nissan, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Excellent training course!"

    F.W. Nissan, Microsoft Project Essentials

    What were the most useful aspects of the course? "Set up and reporting "

    C.W. Sunderland City Council, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Really enjoyed the training and the session "

    S.T. Innogy Business Services, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Thank you very much - very helpful training. Great environment and lovely lunch."

    S. DTV CRC, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Its a good overview of the whole programme"

    G.V. Direct Rail Services, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Good use of time, well paced delivery"

    C.F. Stockton on Tees Borough Council, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Clear, easy to follow and was delivered at the right pace. Excellent overall - would book through this company again"

    C.F. Barnardo's, Microsoft Project Essentials

    "Went away with a good understanding of the software as I have never used it before"

    T.O. Cyclife Groupe EDF, Microsoft Project Essentials

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Overview
This two day course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Project as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments.
Prerequisites
    • Delegates should have a working knowledge of Windows or they should have completed the Introduction to Windows course. Delegates should feel at ease performing tasks such as arranging, sizing, switching between windows. Previous use of a mouse is assumed on this course.

Objectives
    • Set up a new project using Microsoft Project
    • Enter tasks including the different durations involved
    • Build a schedule containing tasks and linked tasks
    • Add constraints and deadlines to a project
    • Manage lag and lead times
    • Add and assign resources and deal with resource over-allocation
    • Set up and assign calendars to resources and tasks
    • Use scheduling to control and manipulate multiple task types
    • Use resource / cost / time management, including manual contouring
    • Handle master projects, insert sub projects, linked or detached
    • Use Project Tracking methods
    • Customise The Project Environment. Customise project views, sheets, tables, forms and fields
    • Print standard reports and customise reports
    • Export reports to Excel and Visio
What's included
    • Laptops are available for training delivered at client's premises
    • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
    • Telephone and Email Support
Course Content
    • Overview of Microsoft Project
      Exploring views in Microsoft Project
      Tables, forms and charts
      Menus and toolbars
      Gantt chart and task entry views
    • Creating a New Plan
      How to start a project from scratch
      Setting a project finish date or a start date, which is best?
      Setting the default working times for the project
      Entering properties for the project
    • Adding Tasks to your plan
      Entering tasks into your project
      Using the change highlighting feature
      Adding task notes
      Editing, deleting and rearranging tasks
      Using outlining to create summary tasks
      When to use estimated durations for tasks
    • Linking Tasks
      Linking tasks using various different methods
      Understanding different link types and which one to use
      How to alter links between tasks
      Recurring tasks
      Splitting tasks
    • Sorting and filtering
      Sorting and filtering tasks into a specified order
      Using highlights to find specific tasks easily
    • Using Constraints Efficiently
      Lag and lead to control tasks
      Adding deadlines and constraints
      Understanding constraint types such as flexible (soft) and Inflexible (Hard) types
      Problems with placing constraints on tasks
      How to view tasks with constraints and what the symbols mean
    • Project Resources
      Adding resources to your project
      Using the correct resource type
      Assigning resources to tasks
      Assigning resources to work part time on tasks
      Dealing with a resource over-allocation
      Viewing Resource usage
    • Calendars and Time
      Setting up the standard calendar
      Changing the default working time and adding holidays
      Using calendars to control different working patterns
      Controlling tasks by assigning a task calendar
      Sharing your calendars with other projects
    • Costs
      Entering costs for resources
      Entering costs for tasks independent of resources
      Costs and summary tasks
    • Custom Tables
      Understanding custom fields
      Naming a custom field
      Creating a formula to calculate field values
      Calculating formula values for summary tasks
      Displaying field values graphically
      Formatting task bars based on custom field values
    • Formatting Gantt Charts
      Adding notes and lines to the gantt chart
      Alter how the working and non-working time is displayed
      Display a project summary bar
    • Tracking your Project
      Setting the baseline
      When or if you should clear the baseline
      The concepts involved when tracking a project
      Updating the tasks that went to plan
      Rescheduling tasks that are running late
      Entering actual task information
      Current date feature
      Viewing statistics for your project
      Comparing you project against what was planned
      Viewing how much tasks have slipped
      Tips on tracking a project
    • Planning Techniques
      Network Diagrams
      New shapes and outline symbols
      Viewing and understanding the critical path
      How to view slack time (float)
      Should tasks be dependent on resources or should they have the duration fixed?
    • Printing Charts and the Calendar
      Create headers and footers using the project properties
      Add project-level fields to headers, footers or legends
      The options for printing legends
      Print setting for the different views
    • Reports
      How to use the standard reports
      How to print a report of the costs over time
      Exporting your reports to Excel or Visio
    • Master or Consolidated Projects
      Master projects (Consolidating)
      Creating master projects
      Master / sub project properties
      Mixing master / sub project tasks

 

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  • Tue 23 March - Wed 24 March More Info Day 1: Tue 23 March, 9:30 - 16:30Day 2: Wed 24 March, 9:30 - 16:30
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Latest Course Reviews
"I can now use Project to generate reports for weekly meetings, presentations etc. More generally confident in my use of Project."

C.S. Seymour Civil Engineering, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "The ability to have questions answered during the course. Cost allocation process very useful as most people don't know this is possible"

A.F. DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Very useful training for the role out of our project cost control and resource planning initiatives."

S.H. DeepOcean, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "It was all new skills for me, so I found the whole course valuable."

D.W. Deepocean, Microsoft Project Essentials

Are there any aspects of the course which you feel require improvement? "No, I feel that the pace was good and the way that the training was setup with a "lecture" period followed by a "practical" period is a good way of learning."

D.W. Deepocean, Microsoft Project Essentials

"The whole thing was an excellent introduction to scheduling"

M.H. DeepOcean, Microsoft Project Essentials

Please select the words that best describe your learning experience? "Good to learn the right way to do things and also what project is capable of doing."

L.P. Aesica Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Microsoft Project Essentials

Following this training what are you going to do differently? "This course has given me the skills needed to use microsoft projects in my workplace from having no knowledge of how to use it"

J.S. High Force Research, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Understanding the capabilities and structures of a project "

M.H. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

Following this training what are you going to do differently? "Use software more efficiently "

P.M. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Allocating resources to tasks. Linking tasks and balancing workload "

P.M. Teesside Gas and Liquids, Microsoft Project Essentials

What other courses would you like to attend? "would strongly recommend this to fellow colleagues in my current company"

J.C. Tekmar, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable? "Learning how to set up various working calendars to interlink with a project and creating visuals for reporting on the project."

F.W. Nissan, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Excellent training course!"

F.W. Nissan, Microsoft Project Essentials

What were the most useful aspects of the course? "Set up and reporting "

C.W. Sunderland City Council, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Really enjoyed the training and the session "

S.T. Innogy Business Services, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Thank you very much - very helpful training. Great environment and lovely lunch."

S. DTV CRC, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Its a good overview of the whole programme"

G.V. Direct Rail Services, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Good use of time, well paced delivery"

C.F. Stockton on Tees Borough Council, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Clear, easy to follow and was delivered at the right pace. Excellent overall - would book through this company again"

C.F. Barnardo's, Microsoft Project Essentials

"Went away with a good understanding of the software as I have never used it before"

T.O. Cyclife Groupe EDF, Microsoft Project Essentials

 

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