Management and Business Training - Project Management with Microsoft Project

Project Management

Objective

A project is a one time set of activities that ends with a specific accomplishment. It originates when something out of the ordinary has to be accomplished. A project has three main characteristics:

A set of non-routine tasks performed in a certain sequence
leading to a goal
A distinct start and finish date
A limited set of resources which may be used on more
than one project

When you use project management software the most tedious job, calculation of the schedule, is performed by the computer. In our course we use Microsoft Project. It is up to you to define the project goals, plan the tasks and resources and implement and manage the project.

Our course covers the basics of the subject working with a simple project. This is followed by a more complex exercise involving allocation of resources, resource conflicts, multiple projects, shared resources, and master projects.

Course topics

What Is Project Management?	Creating A Plan
Tasks	Milestones
Sequence of Tasks	Task Durations
Defining Resources	Task Depenencies
Managing A Plan	Communicating A Plan
The Opening Screen	The Tool Bar
Changing Screen Views	Marking And Grouping Tasks
Adding Tasks To A Project	Re-Ordering (Moving) Tasks
Moving Tasks Between Projects	Copying Tasks Between Projects
Change Working Time	Linking Tasks
Creating Sequential Links	Creating Group Links
Link Types	Costs
Adding Notes To A Project	Resources
Allocating Resources	Creating A Resource Pool
Setting Levelling Priorities	Resource Calendars
Changing Resource Allocations	Procedures
Project Information	Resource Conflicts
Slack/ Float	Outlining Tasks
Linking Projects	Lag Time/ Lead Time
Creating A Custom Entry Table	Task Types
Baseline	Managing The Project
Custom Filters	Understanding a Pert Chart
Gantt Chart Wizard	Work Contour
Project Updating Techniques	Reporting The Projects Progress
Printing The Gantt Chart	Collaborating with other users
Critical Path	Multiple Critical Paths
Preferences Settings	Linking to other applications
Consolodating Projects
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Duration 2 days	Cost £495.00 per delegate + VAT