Microsoft Project for Schedulers – Fundamentals

Course Times

• 9am to 4pm

Course Content

Project Scheduling Overview

• Project scheduling and MS Project’s role

MS Project

• Understanding the project interface (views, tables & fields)
• Working with base, resource and task calendars
• Setting and reviewing project options

Working with Tasks

• Creating the schedule and importing tasks
• Setting task durations
• Creating and managing task links
• Working with constraints and deadlines

Working with Resources

• Using a resource pool and assigning resources to tasks

Project Management

• Formatting text, bars and the timeframe
• Using grouping and filters
• Printing and outputting from project

Software Notes: This course is applicable to Project 2016/2019 and Project 365 (Plan 3 and Plan 5) desktop application versions of Microsoft Project. This course does not cover browser-based versions of Microsoft Project, such as Project for the Web, Project Plan 1, Project Online or Project Web App. If you’re attending ATI-Mirage’s venue, the course will be delivered on Microsoft Project Professional 2019.

• Understand MS Projects role in scheduling
• Create and import a schedule
• Modify a schedule
• Format a schedule
• Output data from a schedule

Some familiarity with MS Project and Excel is desirable.

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