Project 2010/2013/2016 Introduction

By the end of the session you will feel comfortable within the Project management environment and be able to create and manage simple projects. You will be able to produce more complicated projects and feel comfortable tracking and resolving conflicts. You will be able to publish projects, share information, create, manage and track projects plus provide status information.

This course is designed for newcomers to Microsoft Project and Project Management and assumes no previous experience.

The Project Interface

The Backstage View (2010)

Review of terms e.g. Gantt Chart, task, critical path, and resource.

Setting the Base Calendar/Working Hours

Outlining Tasks (indent and outdent)

Collapsing and Expanding the Outline

Creating Individual Resource Calendars

Assigning a New Base Calendar

Task Mode (2010 only)

Entering Tasks/Milestones and Recurring Tasks

Entering Durations

Task Linking and Unlinking

Task Relationships

Lag and Lead-Time

Constraints and Deadlines

Viewing the Critical Path

Viewing Slack Time

Shortening the Critical Path

Changing Views and View Scale

Formatting Bars, Text and Gridlines

Printing a View

Creating a Resource List

Assigning Work Resources

Assigning Material Resources

Changing Task Types

Resolving Over Allocation

Levelling Resources

Setting Task Priorities

Entering Standard, Overtime and Cost per use rates

Create a Resource Rate Table

Assign Fixed Task and Fixed Material Costs

Viewing Costs

Creating a Baseline

Viewing the Tracking Gantt

Recording Actual work performed

Standard Reports

Visual Reports (2007 & 2010)