Microsoft Project (project management) training provides practical advice and guidance on how projects of any size or type can be effectively managed. It is equally suitable for small team-based projects and large-scale multi-task and multi-team projects.

The course gives a broad grounding in the nature and scope of project management practices and provides an understanding of techniques and methods.

It shows how successful project management can improve individual efficiency and effectiveness.

Who should attend?

Anyone who has not been involved in a project before and who will be using MS Project to track project tasks. There will also be an overview of what else Project can do.

What you will learn:

By the end of the course you will understand the principles of project management and be able to use the basic features in MS Project to read a project plan and perform basic tracking of a project.

In particular you will be able to:

• Identify the phases of a project
• Identify the roles people play in project management
• Create a project using a Gantt chart
• Schedule tasks based on their dependencies
• Create constraints and deadlines
• View the critical path and slack
• Track the project so that delayed tasks can be rescheduled

Course Duration:

Courses have a duration of 1 or 2 days.

Prerequisites:

Delegates must be confident in using a keyboard, Windows and a mouse.