Microsoft Project Essentials

This course is available for onsite or custom training. Please contact us if you are interested in scheduling this class for your group.

Course Number: 
PM 121
Duration: 
2 days
Professional Development Credits: 
16 Contact Hours/PDUs
Continuing Education Units: 
1.6 CEUs

Course Description:

Most Microsoft Project courses focus on just the mechanics of the software. After class is over, many project managers struggle to make the software work with their projects and for their teams in their environments. Our Microsoft Project training is different. We teach you the fundamentals of how to use the software in conjunction with best practices, project management processes, and techniques. Our instructors use Microsoft Project to manage real projects in real organizations like yours. They will give you practical techniques to make the tool an asset in helping you achieve project success, not a hindrance or headache.

This course introduces the learner to Microsoft Project 2007 to help manage a range of projects, from small to large scale. It covers the important aspects of creating and managing tasks and resources and producing key reports for the project sponsor, project manager and the project team.

The course is a combination of lecture and computer-based exercises using Microsoft Project 2007, but we can teach to Microsoft Project 2003 if requested.

What You Get: 
  • Understanding the benefits of using a project management scheduling tool
  • Developing a basic Microsoft Project workplan
  • Modifying template work plans to develop a workplan specific to your environment
  • Tracking actual progress on tasks and assignments
  • Creating reports to communicate project status
  • Modifying Microsoft Project workplans

 

Who Should Attend?: 
  • Project and Program managers
  • Project Management Office (PMO) members
  • Project coordinators and administrators
Materials Provided: 

Course Binder

Prerequisites: 

None, but completion of Project Management Essentials (PM100) and/or Project Planning & Scheduling (PM131) is recommended