Microsoft Project - Beginner

Course subjects

Getting to Know Project

• How Project Works

• Starting Project

• Understanding the Project Start Screen

• The Project Screen

• Project Operations

• Using the Ribbon

• Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon

• Understanding the Backstage

• The Project Work Area

• Working with Views

• Working with Split Screens

• Understanding Sheet Views

• Working with Tables

• Gantt Chart View

• Working with Gantt Charts

• Understanding the QAT

• Working with the QAT

• Working with Project Files

Project Management

• Tasks and Resources

• The Importance of Planning

• Understanding the Gantt Chart

• Computers and Project Management

Creating a New Project

• Steps in Creating a Project

• Understanding Your Project

• Creating a New Project File

• Calendar Options

• Changing Calendar Options

• Working with Calendar

• Modifying the Standard Calendar

• Entering Public Holidays

• Creating a New Resource Calendar

• Creating a New Task Calendar

• Setting Up Project Information

• Entering File Properties

Creating Tasks

• Understanding Tasks

• Understanding Scheduling Icons

• Our Case Study Tasks

• Reviewing the Project

• Entering Tasks

• Creating Summary Tasks

• Assignment - Creating Summary Tasks

• Working in a Sheet View

• Working with Summary Tasks

• Working with Task Views

• Examining Task Information

• Understanding Task Durations

• Entering Task Durations

• Checking Progress

• Entering Milestones

• Assigning a Calendar to a Task

Scheduling

• Understanding Task Dependencies

• Creating Dependencies Automatically

• Creating Dependencies in Task Entry

• Creating Dependencies in Task Information

• Creating Dependencies in a Sheet View

• Fine-Tuning a Schedule Using Dependencies

• Auto Scheduling Tasks

• Critical Path and Project Slack

• Viewing the Critical Path

• Examining Task Slack

• Understanding Lag Time

• Entering Lag Time

• Understanding Lead Time

• Entering Lead Time

• Inactivating a Task

Resourcing a Project

• Understanding Resources

• Entering Work Resources

• Entering Material Resources

• Entering Cost Resources

• Assigning Calendars to Resources

• Understanding Resource Availability

• Adjusting Resource Availability

• Changing the Unit Display

Resourcing Concepts

• Resource Assignment Calculations

• Task Types and Work Effort

• Creating a Simple Assignment

• Working with Fixed Unit Tasks

• Working with Fixed Duration Tasks

• Making Multiple Assignments

• Adding Additional Resources

• Adding More of the Same Resource

• More Resources in Multiple Assignments

• Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling

• Working with Non Effort Driven Tasks

• Working with Effort Driven Tasks

• Resource Assignment Summary

Assigning Resources

• Simple Resource Assignments

• Assigning Part Time Resources

• Understanding Work Contouring

• Specifying Resource Usage

• Contouring Work Hours

• Assigning Specific Work Times

• Work Times for Multiple Assignments

• Problem Assignments

• Assigning Resources in Task Information

• Assigning Resources in a Sheet

• Assigning Resources You Do Not Have

• The Case Study Resources

Printing and Reporting

• Printing a Gantt Chart

• Printing Sheet Views

• Printing Tasks for Resources

• Printing Resources for Tasks