This 3-day, instructor-led course is intended for individuals who are interested in expanding their knowledge base and technical skills about Microsoft Project. The course begins with the basic concepts and leads students through all the functions they’ll need to plan and manage a small to medium-size project, including how to level resources and capture both cost and schedule progress.
Professional Development Units (PDUs) 21
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Understand the discipline of project management as it applies to using Microsoft Project 2016
Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Identify Task Types & Relationships
Define Resources within Project
Make Work Package Estimates
Create an Initial Schedule
Create a Resource Levelled Schedule
Create Projects from templates, Excel files
Create Global templates
Create formulas and graphical indicators
The steps to record a macro
Format Output and Print Reports
Integrate Multiple Projects
Set up a Project with a Calendar, Start date, and scheduling method
Understand Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule
Manage multiple projects
Be able to create a master project list with shared resources
This course is intended for both novice and experienced project managers, managers, schedulers, and other project stake holders who need to incorporate the discipline of project management with Microsoft Project 2016.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course. However, it is helpful to have taken an introductory project management course, such as PM Foundation to Intermediate Level.
Microsoft Project is not part of the Microsoft Office suite, in order to attend the course you will need MS Project to be installed on your workstation.
Topics
Session 1: Introduction to Microsoft Project
Session 2: A Quick and Easy Overview of Managing with Project
Session 3: Setting Up a Project
Session 4: Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule
Session 5: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Session 6: Identifying Task Relationships
Session 7: Defining Resources within Project
Session 8: Making Work Package Estimates
Session 9: Creating an Initial Schedule
Session 10: Create a Resource Levelled Schedule
Session 11: Managing the Project
Session 12: Formatting Output and Printing Reports
Session 13: Managing Multiple Projects
Session 14: Advanced Topics
Session 15: Summary
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