Microsoft Project Course
A hands-on online course in planning, resourcing and tracking projects with Microsoft Project.
Instructor
Philip Russell
- Description
- Curriculum
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You learn to build a project schedule in Microsoft Project and to manage it once it’s running. You’ll set up a project, create its tasks and the links between them, assign resources and costs and set a baseline, then track progress and produce clear reports.
You work in your own copy of Microsoft Project throughout, with an exercise after each topic.
Who should attend
Project managers, planners and team members who are new to Microsoft Project, or self-taught and want to use it properly.
How it runs
The instructor teaches live on Zoom. You’ll need Microsoft Project installed on your own computer.
Module 1: Plan before you schedule
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Why projects slip, and what a schedule gives youBy the end you can explain what a schedule gives you and name the usual reasons projects run late. -
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The work breakdown structureBy the end you can draw a WBS organised by phase or by deliverable.
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Exercise 1: a WBS for the port workshopBy the end you can set objectives, agree the scope and draw a WBS from a client brief.
Module 2: Build the schedule
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Exercise 2A: from WBS to scheduleBy the end you can set up a new project and turn a WBS into summary tasks and activities.
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Exercise 2B: durations, links and the critical pathBy the end you can enter durations and links, show the critical path and set up a timeline.
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Exercise 3: the stadium, with calendars and lagsBy the end you can add non-working time and use start-to-start links with lags.
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Exercise 4: the aluminium plant, from network to GanttBy the end you can turn a network diagram into a linked Gantt chart.
Module 3: Add costs and resources
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Time, cost and quality: planning and controlBy the end you can describe the yardsticks for control and the 3 steps of monitoring, analysis and corrective action.
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Exercise 5: costs and resourcesBy the end you can add fixed costs and resources, assign them and produce a monthly cash flow report.
Module 4: Track progress and costs
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How to track progressBy the end you can follow the tracking procedure and choose between % complete and Mark on Track.
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Exercise 6: tracking the workshopBy the end you can set a baseline and status date, track progress and costs from site minutes and plan corrective action.
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Exercise 8: tracking drillBy the end you can track completed tasks, tasks in progress and tasks that suit Mark on Track.
Module 5: Practice projects
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Exercise 7: opening a restaurantBy the end you can plan, cost, resource, track and report on a complete project.
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Exercise 9: advanced trackingBy the end you can track actual starts and finishes, revised durations and cost savings.
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Exercise 10: the company functionBy the end you can plan and track a project with material resources, end accrual and a contingency.
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Exercise 11: the construction contractBy the end you can plan and track a contract with a year-end shutdown, a constraint and material quantities.
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