Microsoft Project

Introduction to Project

• Projects and Project Management
• What is Microsoft Project?
• The Stages of a Project
• Opening Microsoft Project

The Screen Layout and Basic Editing

• The Project Window
• The Toolbars
• The Entry Bar
• The Status Bar
• Shortcut Menus
• The Information Bar
• Getting Help
• Planning Templates and Wizards
• Organiser
• Views

 Creating a Project

• The Project Information Dialog Box
• File Properties
• Calendars
• Saving a Project
• Existing a Project

Tasks

• Entering Tasks
• Task Duration
• Creating Recurring Tasks
• Inserting New Tasks into the Schedule
• Moving Tasks within the Schedule
• Deleting a Task from the Schedule
• Creating an Outline for the Schedule
• Using the Task Information Dialog Box
• Types of Task Relationships
• Specifying Leads and Lags
• Creating Task Relationships
• Adding Lag or Lead Time to a Relationship
• Removing Task Relationships
• Editing Task Relationships
• Task Constraints

The Critical Path

• Defining a Critical Path
• Slack
• Customising the Gantt Chart

Views, Tables and Filters

• Using Built In Views
• Applying Filters to Views
• Varying the Information in Sheet or Form View

Assigning Resources

• What are Resources?
• How Resources are used within Microsoft Project
• Creating a Resource List
• Assigning Resources to Tasks
• Removing Resources from Tasks
• Calculating Task Duration
• Reassigning Resources
• Adding New Resources

Adding Costs to Tasks and Resources

• Resource Rates
• Controlling Accrued
• Adding Fixed Costs

Calendars

• Changing the Working Time
• Task Calendars
• Resource Calendars

Resource Leveling

• Analysing and Managing Overallocations
• The Project Leveler
• Using Overtime

Tracking Progress

• Saving the Baseline
• The Tracking Toolbar
• Updating Tasks and Projects
• Analysing Change

Reports

• Print Preview
• Page Setup
• Report Gallery

Resource Pooling

• Consolidating Subprojects
• Linking Tasks without Consolidating
• Resource Sharing