Microsoft Project Introduction Training Course

Create A Project

Course length – 1 day

This course is often taken in conjunction with the Microsoft Project Intermediate, Manage a Project course.

Pre-requisites:

No previous knowledge of Microsoft Project required.

Course Objectives:

• Create a project
• Working with tasks
• Managing resources
• Entering & viewing costs
• Utilising views and tables
• Setting up a project to print
• Sort, filter and group information

Topics:

Introducing Project The Project screen Using the ribbons, toolbar & backstage view Create A Project Enter the start/finish date Set up the project working time Navigate around a project Save Tasks Entering, editing, inserting, deleting Task durations Manual vs auto scheduling Outlining / sequencing tasks Summary, Sub tasks & Milestones Linking / unlinking tasks Creating leads and lags Date constraints and deadlines Adding notes Resources Enter resource information Resource types Resource costs Assign resources to tasks View conflicts

Costs Resource costs Fixed costs Viewing task / project costs Views & Tables Use & move between the most common views Change the table on display Printing Print preview Set up a project to print Print as a pdf Sorting, Grouping & Filtering Sort the fields in a table Group tasks & resources Use the filter features Baseline Save and view a baseline

Click here to view the Microsoft Project Intermediate outline

The Intermediate course covers updating a project and working with multiple projects, it is often done in conjunction with Introduction as a two day course.

Topics not what you require? Contact us to discuss.