Schedule with MS Project like a Pro

Do you want to know how the professional project managers use MS project for scheduling?

Are you a beginner and want to learn to schedule with MS Project the way professionals do it without going through the soporific details of functions that are never used?

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• Course Introduction 21:25

  • 1: Course Introduction Preview 04:00
  • 2: Quick intro to MS Project 1/2 00:32
  • 3: Quick intro to MS Project 2/2 Preview 04:43
  • 4: Intro: Step 0: MS project overview of front end and functionality 00:50
  • 5: MS project overview of front end and functionality: Part 1 04:14
  • 6: MS project overview of front end and functionality - part 2 01:52
  • 7: MS project overview of front end and functionality - part 3 04:04
  • 8: MS project overview of front end and functionality - Summary 01:10

• Part 1: 6 Steps to a Schedule 1:03:28

  • 9: 6 Steps introduction and Step 1 00:51
  • 10: Step 1: Preparing your workspace 02:16
  • 11: Practice activity Step 1: Preparing your work space 01:00
  • 12: Practice activity solution - Step 1 Preparing your work space 01:24
  • 13: Step 2 intro: Creating standalone tasks 00:32
  • 14: Step 2 part 1: Standalone tasks without grouping 04:29
  • 15: Step 2 part 2: Milestones 01:39
  • 16: Step 2 part 3: Task summaries 02:20
  • 17: Practice Activity - Step 2 01:00
  • 18: Practice activity solution: Step 2 02:31
  • 19: Practice activity solution: Step 2 (continued) 01:35
  • 20: Step 3 intro 00:39
  • 21: Step 3: Linking tasks 04:31
  • 22: Practice Activity Step 3 01:00
  • 23: Practice activity solution: Step 3 03:47
  • 24: Step 4 Intro 01:58
  • 25: Step 4: Adding Contraints 04:01
  • 26: Practice Activity Step 4 01:00
  • 27: Practice activity solution: Step 4 02:01
  • 28: Step 5 Intro 00:08
  • 29: Step 5: Updating the schedule 05:11
  • 30: Practice Activity Step 5 01:00
  • 31: Practice activity step 5 solution 01:51
  • 32: Step 6 Intro 01:09
  • 33: Step 6 part 1 Format tasks 04:06
  • 34: Step 6 part 2 Format bars 02:38
  • 35: Step 6 part 3 Export Schedule 02:35
  • 36: Practice Activity Step 6 01:00
  • 37: Practice activity solution: step 6 05:16

• Part 2: Advanced Functions 31:08

  • 38: Part 2: Intro 00:52
  • 39: Dependencies type 05:04
  • 40: Lags 01:23
  • 41: Resource allocation 03:58
  • 42: Calendar 02:20
  • 43: Timelines 03:26
  • 44: Resource levelling 04:26
  • 45: Practice activity for Part 2 - intro 01:04
  • 46: Practice activity for Part 2 - intro 05:45
  • 47: Practice activity for Part 2 - continued 01:50
  • 48: Practice Activity for Part 2 01:00

• Additional Lectures 10:56

  • 49: End to End Example on how to build a Schedule 01:00
  • 50: MS project - latest versions: Is there a difference? 03:37
  • 51: MS project and WBS Function 04:00
  • 52: What is a WBS (Extract from other course) 02:19

• Conclusion and next Steps 04:00

  • 53: Conclusion: Do I need to know more? 04:00

Overview

This course will show you how to create a schedule in Microsoft Project like pros do.

The course focuses on the most importantfunctionality that is used in real life, on real projects. In my 20+ years as Project Manager I have only used the functions outlined in this course.

Project Managers simply do not have time to build complex projects schedules. Schedules need to be

• easy to maintain / fast to update

• easy to share / easy to understand

For this reason Project Managers only use a few (but powerful) components of the Microsoft Project / MS Project functionality.

This course focuses on what knowledge is required to build a solid and usable schedule. The type of schedule project managers needs, for him/her but also to present a clear timeline to peers and Management.

There are 3 main chapters to this course:

In the introduction, I walk you through the software.

• First very briefly then

• In more detail where I show you the main functionalities.

Part 1 will show you

• The main functionality

• How to build a schedule in 6 steps

• Practice activity for each concept.

In Part 2 we will

• Review some more advanced concepts.

• Do a practice activity for this Part.

Finally in the conclusion I will explain some other functionalities that are never used.

Have fun!

Beginner and Intermediates who struggle to make it to the Expert level

There are some optional exercises that would require you to have MS Project available.

If you just want to understand how MS Project work of course it's fine not to have the product.

MS project knowledge is an indispensable skill if you want to go into Project Management (or for Project Administrator or Schedulers)

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