Managing Projects using Microsoft Project

Description

Microsoft Project is a powerful planning tool used by many project managers and project planners. It provides support for many of the key project control processes including the preparation of schedules, resource plans, cost forecasts and progress reports. However to get the best out of Microsoft Project can require some training. In this course you will learn elements of Microsoft how it can be used to plan and manage the delivery of projects. You will create and manage a project schedule using Microsoft® Project.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs Microsoft Project to manage and customize those plans through the implementation stage of a project.

What you will achieve

Save time getting up to speed with Microsoft project, so that you can start producing high quality plans quickly.
Learn how to use Microsoft Project to its full potential, including planning resources, cost and reporting
Give confidence to the organisation that you can plan projects in an effective way, using the recommend approaches

What you will learn

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

identify the basic features and components of the Microsoft Project environment.
create a new project plan file and enter project information.
manage tasks by organizing tasks and setting task relationships
manage resources for a project
exchange project plan data with other applications.
update a project plan.
manage project costs.
report project data visually.
reuse project plan information.
finalize a project plan