MS Project 1

One Day • Instructor Led



This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.   This course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.  

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to: 

  • Identify project management concepts and navigate the Project environment.  
  • Create and define a new project plan 
  • Create and organize tasks. 
  • Manage resources in a project plan.  
  • Finalize a project plan. 

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project  

  • Identify Project Management Concepts  
  • Navigate the Microsoft Project Environment  

Lesson 2: Defining a Project  

  • Create a New Project Plan  
  • Define a Project  
  • Assign a Project Calendar  

  Lesson 3: Creating and Organizing Tasks  

  • Add Tasks to a Project Plan  
  • Import Tasks From Other Programs  
  • Create a Work Breakdown Structure  
  • Define Task Relationships  
  • Schedule Tasks  

  Lesson 4: Managing Project Plan Resources  

  • Add Resources to a Project Plan  
  • Create a Resource Calendar  
  • Enter Costs for Resources  
  • Assign Resources to Tasks  
  • Resolve Resource Conflicts  

  Lesson 5: Finalizing a Project Plan  

  • Optimize a Project Plan  
  • Set a Baseline  
  • Share a Project Plan 

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