MICROSOFT TRAINING

Introduction –

What is scheduling?

Introduction of MS Project

About the course

Getting Started with MS Project –

Interface tour

Navigating the backstage view

Menu bars

Starting MS Project

Set up a Project –

Create a new project

Define your project

Configure options

Set up the project calendar

Using templates for productivity

Creating project task –

Create a new task

Create a milestone

Create summary task

Creating recurring task for meetings etc.

Organising tasks, linking tasks

Choosing between manual and automatic scheduling

Entering resources –

Using the resource views

Creating a work resource

Creating a material resource, entering resource costs

Creating resource calendars

Organising resources

Assigning Tasks to resources –

Know what are tasks types

Using views to assign resources

Assigning resources to tasks

Review resource usages

Using team planner view to review resources

Working with MS Project Views and other objects –

Understanding MS Project objects

Switching between views and tables

Using columns in a table, using sorting, grouping and filtering

Using the timeline view

Refining and tuning the project schedule –

Analyse using the critical path

Resolve resources over- allocations

Inspect scope time cost

Presenting the schedule –

Summarise the project

Ways to present schedule to stake holders

Understanding how baseline works –

Base lining the schedule

Tracking and Reporting projects –

Updating the schedule

Updating the cost

How to change the baseline

Viewing project status

Producing reports

Using project views for progress reporting

Getting better at using MS Project –

Using a global templates

Exporting and importing objects

Sharing knowledge and information 

Exploring Project & Learning

Getting Started with Microsoft Project

Modifying and Organizing a Task List

Shaping a Schedule

Modifying Task dependencies