Project Management with Microsoft Project

Course Overview

Project co-ordination is essential in today's office. Learn about project phases, the techniques and responsibilities in assuring projects are successfully completed. You will also acquire the skills to use Microsoft Project, the world's most popular tool for Project Management.

Duration: 3 weeks

General Project Management Concepts

• Scope, Work, Tasks, Resources, Cost, Time, Quality, Stakeholders
• Process Phases: Concept, Development, Implementation, Close-Out
• Work Breakdown Structure, Time line, Critical path

Creating a Project Plan with Microsoft Project

• Create tasks, recurring tasks, Split and modify a task
• Add human and material resources to a project, Enter costs on resources
• Use deadlines and constraints, Create a milestone task
• Insert a subproject into a master project

Tracking a Project

• Different views in Project
• Add a progress line to a Gantt chart for a given date
• Set reminders and send schedule note messages
• Record task status in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Central

Communicating Project Information

• Use the drawing tools, Modify a standard report
• Assign tasks using Microsoft Project Central
• Update server-based project information using Microsoft Project Central