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This fundamental 2-day course provides you with the hands-on skills to plan and manage project activities using Microsoft Project. Each participant is situated in front of a computer. By leading participants through a series of progressive exercises, participants learn how to use MSP as it is used on real projects. Our unique instructional methodology ensures that those with slower typing skills are not left behind. By course completion, participants have fully defined a project from beginning to end, and will have performed project updates and reporting.
Hands-on Microsofst Project is part of the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) Gold Seal Certification program. In addition to receiving 14 PDUs, participants will also earn 2 SICs credits.
Who should attend
The Hands-On Microsoft Project course is appropriate for:
- Project Managers
- Project Schedulers
- Anyone who is required to understand the capabilities of Microsoft Project or is required to access data from within MS project
Materials
- Course binder including step-by-step course exercises complete with many actual screen captures and advanced project tips, exercises and answers
- A CD with all applicable Microsoft Project files used in the course
- Certificate of completion (framed for in-house clients)
Learning Objectives
Participants of this course will learn how to…
- Enter a project into MSP
- Effectively use Project Summary Information
- Set key-defaults in MSP to assist in more predictable performance
- Effectively use the different calendar types available, and understand how they interact
- Enter tasks in a properly structured WBS
- Add duration estimates and assign project resources (work, material, and cost)
- Establish multiple cost rate for a given resource
- Properly work with MSP task types (fixed work, fixed units, fixed duration)
- Understand how to properly work with MSP settings for effort-driven tasks
- Set task dependencies
- Set task constraints
- Analyze a project to identify conflicts prior to setting a baseline
- Use MSP filters to help isolate problem areas within the project
- Identify resource scheduling conflicts and solve them using a variety of techniques
- Analyze and solve task scheduling conflicts
- Set the project baseline – and understand the various options available when doing so
- Use Microsoft Project for tracking, updating, and reporting of project status
- Updating the schedules with actual duration, resource usage, and costs information
- Evaluating and adjusting the resulting updated schedule for problems
- Creating a variety of status reports
- Sharing pre-defined resources using a common resource pool
Prerequisites
3-day Project Management Essentials (or its equivalent)
Click here for the full PDF course description and outline.
To arrange for an in-house delivery of this course, or for information on the location and dates for public deliveries of this course, contact info@wcpconsulting.com or call 905-660-7184.
* Participants of the Hands-on Microsoft Project course will earn credit towards a University of Waterloo Certificate in Project Management.
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