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MS Project Training

Secure your Project Management

Microsoft Project enables project managers and planning engineers to plan and control their projects, manage resources and budgets, and analyze and communicate data to project management.

Our MS Project training course is designed for anyone wishing to perfect their project planning and management skills.

In just 2 days, you’ll learn how to master  to successfully plan and manage your projects, whatever your field of activity.

 

OBJECTIVES OF MS PROJECT TRAINING

✅  Objectives of MS PROJECT Introduction and Context training are to learn the essential functions of the software package, develop project planning methods, master the techniques for monitoring progress and assist your teams on one of your projects.

MS Project training outcomes

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the training session, each participant will be able to plan and manage a project with the MS Project tool.

Audience

This MS PROJECT Introduction and Context training programme is for project managers and everyone implicated in one of the company projects.

Prerequisites​

The fundamentals of project management the validation of the prerequisites will take the form of a preliminary interview (by phone or email)

Teaching Methods Employed

This training will include discussions and simulations.

Educational Materials

Each trainee will be attributed with a PC with the Microsoft Project software installed

Assessment Methods

Assessments of achievements through simulation exercises, self-assessment, and a certificate of training completion.

MS Project training program

General Introduction

  • The Fundamental Principles of Project Management
  • Introduction to the tool

Structure of Projects under MS Project

  • Define the language to be displayed

Creating a Project

  • Create a project
  • Changing project information and settings
  • Detailed project information

Structure of the Project

  • Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project
  • Setting the WBS hierarchy levels

Calendars

  • Setting up and configuring calendars
  • The different types of calendars
  • Assigning calendars to tasks

Inserting Tasks

  • Create tasks
  • Task Details
  • Creating links between tasks
  • Copy – Paste tasks

Definition of the Network

  • Definition of logical networks – PERT planning
  • Definition of task constraints
  • Display total and free float of the schedule

Codes

  • Define and create task codes
  • Assigning a code to a task

Data Formatting

  • Group and sort your data
  • Filter tasks by batch
  • Filter your project’s critical tasks
  • Configuring Presentations
  • Using keyboard shortcuts to optimize data entry

Resource Management

  • Definition of project resources
  • Resource Details
  • Resource allocation
  • Define resource curves
  • Setting up the resource histogram and load control

Assigning Costs to Tasks

  • Assigning Expenditures to Tasks
  • Breakdown of the project budget

Planning Optimization

  • Analysis of the critical paths of the project
  • Analysis of resources and histograms by batch and as a whole
  • Resource Allocation Profile

User Preferences

  • Planning unit of time
  • Date and unit settings

Assigning a Reference Schedule

  • Create a reference schedule (Baseline)
  • View the reference bars in the schedule

Project Implementation and Monitoring

  • Schedule progress procedure
  • Planning your project with MS Project
  • Analyzing Variances with MS Project
  • View progress resources

Layout and Printing

  • Edit and print your planning reports
  • Print a resource histogram

Importing and Exporting Data

  • Export your schedule to Excel
  • Export your schedule to XML and MPP Format
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