Microsoft Project Professional Introduction (Including Plan 3 & 5)

This course is suitable for you if you need to create projects in which estimated durations, task dependencies and the possible levelling of resource conflict is involved.

Create a Project Plan: Gain the ability to initiate and develop a comprehensive project plan, encompassing project objectives, tasks, timelines, and resources.
Explore Resources: Learn how to identify, allocate, and manage project resources effectively, ensuring that tasks have the necessary personnel and materials.
Link Tasks Together: Understand how to establish logical connections and dependencies between project tasks, ensuring that they are executed in the correct sequence.
Track a Project Plan to Completion: Acquire the skills needed to monitor and track the project plan throughout its lifecycle, making necessary adjustments to keep the project on course and ensure successful completion.

Creating the Project Plan: Learn how to initiate and create a comprehensive project plan, defining project objectives, scope, and initial tasks.
Task Sequences: Understand how to organise project tasks into logical sequences to ensure smooth workflow and successful project completion.
Task Dependencies: Explore the concept of task dependencies, which define the relationships and order in which tasks must be executed.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Learn how to create a structured breakdown of the project into smaller, more manageable components, making it easier to plan and execute.
Gantt Charts: Master the use of Gantt charts to visualise project schedules, task durations, and dependencies, providing a clear overview of project timelines.
Network Diagrams: Understand how to create and use network diagrams, which represent task sequences and dependencies graphically.
Working with Resources: Learn how to assign and manage project resources effectively to ensure tasks are adequately staffed and resourced.
Resource Leveling: Explore resource leveling techniques to optimise resource allocation and avoid overloading team members.
Working with Calendars: Understand the importance of project calendars and how to customise them to reflect specific working hours and holidays.
Constraints: Learn how to apply constraints to tasks, such as start dates, finish dates, or fixed durations, to control project scheduling.
Tracking Progress: Explore methods for tracking project progress and how to adjust the plan as necessary to stay on track.
Viewing Costs: Gain insights into project cost management by tracking and analysing project expenses.
Printing: Learn how to create and print project reports, schedules, and other project-related documents.

With project Plan 5, delegates will have access to the ‘Project Online desktop client’ we recommend using the desktop client for the training as this gives the users maximum functionality of the software and hence get the most from the training. So will need to make sure the delegates have desktop client installed for the session.