Description
Learn in a classroom environment with your peers, face to face or virtual with an instructor online or self-paced.
Course Length: 1 Day
Target Audience: General
Synopsis
This dynamic, interactive hands-on training gives you a great introduction to Microsoft® Project 2013/16. We provide tips on and trick for setting up your schedule navigating the Interface, developing a project schedule, using the built-in viewing and reporting capabilities using the built-in Views, Tables, Filters, Groups, and Reports, setting a baseline and updating the project schedule.
Learning Objectives
Through this creative course you will master how to:
- Define key scheduling concepts and terms
- Effectively navigate the user interface and interpret common views
- Configure essential elements of a new schedule
- Enter and modify a task list
- Set dependencies between tasks
- Create a resource list
- Assign Resources
- Switch views and communicate effectively with Key Stakeholders
- Set a baseline and maintain the schedule
Course Outline
Getting Started
- Introductions
- Course objectives
- Course outline
Navigating the User Interface and Views
- Navigate and use the Ribbon
- Navigate Gantt Chart, calendar, and network diagram views
Setting up a New Schedule
- Establish Schedule Options
- Configuring the Project Calendar
- Setting the Start Date
Create new schedules
- Create a new schedule using existing information
- Enter and modify the scheduled start date
- Entering, Modifying, and Outlining Task Data
- Enter, edit, correct, and clear information
- Enter Manual driven tasks
- Enter duration estimates for a single task or multiple tasks
- Add notes to tasks
Sequence Tasks
- Creating Dependencies by Setting Links
- Identify a critical path in a simple schedule
- Understand how scheduling software calculates a critical path
- Describe dynamic schedules and dependencies
- Display the critical path
Entering and Assigning Resources
- Create a list of available resources
- Assign resources
Reporting and Communicating your Schedule
- Using:
- Views
- Filter
- Groups
- Tables
- Reports
Updating the Schedule
- Setting the Baseline
- Updating Strategies and Situations
Supplement Material
A student manual is available for the learner to follow during the instructor’s presentation.
Benefits to the participants
The learners will look at the importance of using MS Project to create a project schedule and learn various functionalities..
Course Evaluation
A course evaluation will be completed by the learners once the course is finished.
Note: The course outline may be subject to change.
