Project Introduction
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Course objectives
At the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Understand and use the basic features of MS Project
- Create a project plan
- Set up and use Project and Resource calendars
- Work with and create task relationships, constraints and deadlines
- Format the Gantt chart
- Allocate and manage resources
- Record, track and evaluate the projects progress
- Print Gantt charts and reports
Course topics
Introduction to Project
Starting a Project
- Scheduling a Project
- The Project Calendar
- Resource Calendars
Tasks and Durations
- Creating Tasks
- Creating Milestones
- Outlining a Project
- Task Durations
- Task Notes
Tasks Scheduling
- Task Relationships
- Relationship types
- Lead and Lag time
- Task Constraints
- Deadlines
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Formatting
- Text
- Bars
- Gantt Chart Wizard
Resources
- Creating Resources
- Task Types
- Assigning Resources
- Automatically Levelling Resources
- Manually Levelling Resources
Project Costs
- Variable Costs
- Fixed Costs
Tracking the Project
- Creating Project Baselines
- Tracking
- What can go wrong
Printing
- Printing the Gantt Chart
- Printing Reports
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Pre-requisites
No prerequisites but experience with the Windows operating environment and using a keyboard and mouse is desirable.
Course Duration
1 day