Advanced Microsoft Project Training (Instructor-led)

Microsoft Project Advanced Training

This course is designed for those who are familiar with the basics of Microsoft Project and are looking to further enhance their skills in project management. The training will provide attendees with a deeper understanding of the advanced features and capabilities of Microsoft Project, allowing them to create and manage complex project plans more efficiently.

Outcome:

Upon completing this training, attendees will have an advanced understanding of Microsoft Project and will be able to use its advanced features to manage and deliver complex projects more effectively. They will have the skills to create and manage project plans with multiple baselines, advanced task dependencies, and critical paths, as well as generate custom reports and communicate project progress to stakeholders.

This one day course provides practical training on how to plan and schedule projects using Microsoft Project. On completion of the course participants will have acquired the skills needed to create a new project. This will include -entering tasks, resources and cost information; analysing and adjusting schedules with date, dependency and resource constraints; customising and printing Gantt chart views and reports; recording and reviewing task progress against the baseline.

Training Course Content

Project Management Concepts

• Project management
• The project lifecycle
• Outlining

Scheduling with Dates

• Quick scheduling
• Entering task duration
• Entering “Date Constraints”

Scheduling with Dependencies

• Entering dependencies
• Critical path review
• Recurring tasks and split tasks

Printing Charts and Reports

• Printing Gantt Charts
• Reports Gallery
• Printing task notes

Customising views

• Working with Global. mpt
• Designing a table
• Designing views and filters

Resources

• Resource management concepts
• Resource allocation and aggregation
• Optimisation of resources
• Defining resources
• Resource scheduling
• Finding resource conflicts
• Resolving conflicts
• Resource workload reports

Planning

• Costing
• Updating the Plan
• Concepts of progress reporting
• Baselining
• “What If” changes
• Recording progress

The course is intended for existing users of Microsoft Project who want to use the more advanced features of the software in order to increase their knowledge, productivity and effectiveness in managing projects.

• Completion of the Microsoft Project Introduction course or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Familiarity with basic project management concepts and terminology
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Windows operating system
• Access to a computer with Microsoft Project software installed for practice during and after the course.

This course is ideal for those with prior knowledge of Microsoft Project who want to expand their skills and take their project management to the next level. It's perfect for project managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for managing and executing projects using MS Project.

Certificate of completion

Hard copy certificate - Included