Microsoft Project Foundation

Microsoft Project Foundation Course Outline

Microsoft Project Basics

• Microsoft Project concepts
• Using help

Creating a Project Plan

• Create a Project calendar
• Enter Project information
• Exploring the Project window

Creating Tasks

• Creating task lists
• Recurring tasks
• Inserting milestones
• Moving, copying and deleting tasks
• Grouping tasks
• Entering task notes
• Creating and editing task relationships
• Displaying the Critical Path
• Setting lead and lag times

Managing Date Constraints

• Date constraint types
• Creating date constraints
• Adding deadlines
• Using the constraints table

Managing Resources

• Creating resources
• Managing resource calendars
• Assign resources to tasks
• Use the resource graph to identify availability
• View and manage resource costs
• Managing effort driven tasks

Finalising the Project Plan

• Finalising schedules
• Saving a baseline
• Using Project views

Filtering and Sorting

• Working with standard and auto filters to view data
• Sorting tasks and resources

Tracking Project Progress

• Adding percent complete against tasks
• Inserting progress lines