Microsoft Office Project

Increasingly, small and medium sized companies are handling their own project management, be it an internal project that only affects the staff within the organisation, or an external project with wider implications. Microsoft Office Project is a very useful tool for simplifying project management with a small overhead, rapid learning process and familiar and intuitive interface.

Our popular Project courses cover all the basics in the Introduction course and expand on this foundation in the Intermediate course. However, due to the complexity of the subject, both these courses are two days in duration.

Popular 2000, XP and 2003 versions are available.

Introduction - Course content

Project Basics

Basic Project management concepts
Explore the project window
Use Help
Use a project file
How to close a project file and exit project

Work with Tasks

Making a task list
Changing a task list
Dictating the work breakdown structure
Customizing WBS code

Task Scheduling

Set up a task link
Acknowledging constraints
Critical paths

Using Task Views

Work in the network diagram view
Work with calendar view
Customize other views

Filtering and Sorting

Work with filters
Sort data

Resource Management

Create a base calendar
Work with resources and calendars
Using resource costs
Resource assignment

Intermediate - Course content

Finalizing the task plan

Finalising the schedule
Resolving resource conflicts

Analysing and adjusting schedules

Analysing schedules
Rescheduling the project
Adjusting resource schedules

Tracking project work

Project management concepts
Saving a baseline plan
Updating the progress of tasks
Viewing task progress

Formatting and printing

Formatting a project file
Printing views and reports
Customizing reports
Managing multiple projects
Consolidating and sharing projects
Sharing resources across projects

Exchanging project data

Importing data
Importing data from a Microsoft Access database
Exporting data
Copying data
Working with hyperlinks

Customizing project environment

Creating macros
Creating a toolbar and a menu
Creating a custom table