Microsoft Project Essentials

Course overview

Our Microsoft Project workshop will provide your delegates with the basic skills required to create a project plan, manage resources and perform basic tracking.

Topics covered

Fundamentals

  • Introducing Project
  • The GANTT chart view
  • Creating a new project
  • Entering holidays
  • Entering tasks and durations
  • Milestones
  • Outlining and creating summary tasks
  • Saving a project

Scheduling

  • Linking tasks
  • Navigating tasks
  • Zooming
  • Lag and lead
  • Constraints
  • Deadlines
  • Recurring tasks
  • Creating and editing the Project calendar

Enter and assign resources

  • Creating resources a
  • Resources working times
  • Allocating resources to tasks
  • Applying filters

Tracking projects

  • Baselines
  • Tracking the project
  • Updating the project
  • Project statistics
  • Milestones
  • Working with Reports

Delivery methodology

(Face-to-face or virtual delivery available)

Small groups

Ideally 6-8 delegates to maximise engagement and interaction levels.

One-to-one

We also provide one-to-one 90 minute support workshops to provide targeted individual support (specific topics to be selected).

Tailored sessions

Talk to us about designing bespoke workshops for your team