BACK TO MICROSOFT PROJECT TRAINING COURSES

 

Microsoft Project 2003 | Level 1 | Course Info...

Course Duration: 2 Days | Class Time: 9am - 4:30pm | Class Size: 6 Students Max

Training Room Location: Level 1, Opposite Reg. Hosp Nastech Sunyani B/A R.

Course Materials: As part of the course you will receive many useful resources and learning links to compliment your training and help you stay on track after your course.

Certificates: All students receive a certificate of achievement on completion of their course.

After Course Support: On completion of your course you will be eligible for free email and phone support*, to aid you in the development of your new skills.

FREE Course Resit: We offer you the chance to come back in the future and resit your course for FREE*, so if you want to polish your skills further or just recap on a few things this is a great option.

What you need to bring: Nothing. We supply a PC computer for you to use with all software already installed and have note pads, pens etc in the training room. If you think it would be beneficial to bring some samples of your work that would be great but not essential.

 

Cost: GH¢ ???+GST

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Our Microsoft Project 2003 Level 1 Course

Aims of the course

This course aims to give people a practical understanding of the ways in which Microsoft Project can help them in project management tasks.

Course Objectives

On completion of the course, delegates will be able to create a project plan using Microsoft Project 2010, and check the progress of a project. They will be able to:

• Create a task schedule

• Link the tasks in the schedule

• Understand the critical path

• Assign resources to tasks

• Add costs to tasks and resources

• Create and modify task and resource calendars

• Analyse and manage overallocations of resources

• Track progress

• Use views, tables, filters and reports

• Pool resources

How the course is run

This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.

Pre-requisites

Familiarity with the Windows environment.

 

 

 

COURSE DATES - SYD	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT
Project 2010 / 2007 Level 1	call	call	call	call	call	call
Project 2003 Level 1	call	call	call	call	call	call

 

 

Course Outline

Introduction to Project

• Projects and Project Management

• What is Microsoft Project?

• The Stages of a Project

• Opening Microsoft Project

The Screen Layout and Basic Editing

• The MS Project 2010 Window

• The Ribbons

• The Entry Bar

• The Status Bar

• Shortcut Menus

• The Information Bar

• Getting Help

• Planning Templates and Wizards

• Organiser

• Task Views

• Resource Views

Creating a Project

• The Project Information Dialog Box

• File Properties

• Calendars

• Saving a Project

• Existing a Project

Tasks

• Entering Tasks

• Task Duration

• Creating Recurring Tasks

• Inserting New Tasks into the Schedule

• Moving Tasks within the Schedule

• Deleting a Task from the Schedule

• Creating an Outline for the Schedule

• Using the Task Information Dialog Box

• Types of Task Relationships

• Specifying Leads and Lags

• Creating Task Relationships

• Adding Lag or Lead Time to a Relationship

• Removing Task Relationships

• Editing Task Relationships

• Task Constraints

The Critical Path

• Defining a Critical Path

• Slack

• Customising the Gantt Chart

Views, Tables and Filters

• Using Built In Views

• Applying Filters to Views

• Varying the Information in Sheet or Form View

Assigning Resources

• What are Resources?

• How Resources are used within Microsoft Project

• Creating a Resource List

• Assigning Resources to Tasks

• Removing Resources from Tasks

• Calculating Task Duration

• Reassigning Resources

• Adding New Resources

Adding Costs to Tasks and Resources

• Resource Rates

• Controlling Accrued

• Adding Fixed Costs

Calendars

• Changing the Working Time

• Task Calendars

• Resource Calendars

Resource Leveling

• Analysing and Managing Over all locations

• The Project Leveler

• Using Overtime

Tracking Progress

• Saving the Baseline

• The Tracking Toolbar

• Updating Tasks and Projects

• Analysing Change

Reports

• Print Preview

• Page Setup

• Report Gallery

• Creating and Using Visual Reports

Resource Pooling

• Consolidating Subprojects

• Linking Tasks without Consolidating

• Resource Sharing