Blanchet Consultation

Who is this training course suitable for?

Our Microsoft Project 2007 Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Project.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Microsoft Windows Introduction course. No experience of MS Project is required.

Benefits

At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of MS Project basics. You will feel confident using Project and be able to define, schedule and monitor tasks using a variety of tools and views.

After completing this course you will be prepared to attend the Project Intermediate training course.

Course Syllabus

Introduction to MS Project
Basic project management concepts
Project environment overview
Navigation
Getting Help

Task creation and scheduling
Creating a task list
Modifying a task list
Change Highlighting
Multi-Level undo
Structuring tasks to create an outline
Create the Work Breakdown Structure
Customising WBS codes

Scheduling Tasks
Working with base calendars
Named calendar exceptions
Defining recurring exceptions and work weeks
Creating task relationships
Types of task relationship
Using lag and lead times
Recurring tasks
Setting constraints
Setting deadlines
Using the critical path
Task Drivers

Using task views
Using calendar view
Using network diagram view
Modifying views

Formatting and Sharing information
Project Properties
Adding notes & hyperlinks
Copy / paste Picture
Copy / paste tasks and rows
Formatting Bars and the Gantt area
Formatting for printing
Troubleshooting printing Gantt charts
Using Background highlighting
Working with built-in reports
Using, modifying and creating visual reports