Course Description

Five Hours of Lectures and Offline Review Material

Now finally... Complete training on Microsoft Project in one place. This tutorial is designed for the very novice to the expert to teach you all there is within Microsoft Project.

Newly Updated with information on Microsoft Project 2016

Experience learning Microsoft Project at your own pace, picking the lessons you want to emphasize and learning the easiest way through guided lessons.

All the resources you need are here. If you have your own copy of Microsoft Project, that's great, as we will be sharing the Microsoft Project samples from the lectures and you will be able to try out the lessons on your own.

In this course, we will cover everything on Microsoft Project for you to be an expert
including:

  • Creating your project plan
  • Scheduling tasks and milestones
  • Adding and working with resources
  • Working with views and reports
  • Tracking progress and updating your project plan
  • Developing customized features and reports
  • Linking with Microsoft Excel

And More…

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Also, complete this course and receive 5 PDU's applicable to PMI Certification.

Through completing this course, Microsoft Project: The Full Course - Become an Expert Today, you can receive 5 PDU's applicable to Certification from the Project Management Institute. A typical course offered by PMI for 5 PDU's costs $243 for non-members. This course then is great value to earn those needed PDU's.

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Project Management Professional, Consultant, and Instructor

Tony Agront

I am a Senior Project Management Professional with over 20 years of professional experience leading teams in private industry and government and the Principal Consultant and CEO of Salvantra Associates. My expertise includes working with many organizations in helping establish schedule practices and in getting a better hold of their schedules. I am an expert in Microsoft Project having used the product for nearly 15 years in all different types of applications and industries.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started with Microsoft Project

  • 2

    Building Your Your Project Plan

    • Steps to Building Your Project Plan

    • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

    • Creating Tasks in Microsoft Project

    • Adding resources to Your Project (Part 1)

    • Adding Resources to Your Project (Part 2)

    • Linking Tasks (Part 1)

    • Linking Tasks (Part 2)

    • Adding Project Milestones

    • Adding and Deleting Tasks within the Schedule
  • 3

    Viewing Your Project Plan

    • MSP-Full-3-Intro

    • Introduction - Project Views

    • MSP-Full-3-3

    • The Critical Path

    • Additional Gantt Type Views

    • The Network Diagram

    • Customizing the Network Diagram

    • Using Split Views

    • Views Focused on Resources
  • 4

    Working with Project Resources

    • MSP-Full-4-1

    • Project resources Introduction

    • Removing Resources

    • Replacing Resources

    • Resource Special Schedules

    • Resolving Resource Overallocations

    • Using Automatic Levelling
  • 5

    Working with Costs and Budgets

    • Introduction - Project Budgeting

    • Adding Costs to Resources

    • Determining the Project's Cost

    • Determining the Project's Budget
  • 6

    Statusing Your Schedule

    • Project Statusing Introduction

    • Fields in Microsoft Project for Status

    • Proper Method for Updating Status

    • Fixing Issues with Status Updates
  • 7

    Working with Project Reports

    • Defining the Reports and Print-Outs

    • Printable Reports and Project Comparisons

    • Visual Reports and Data Exports
  • 8

    Earned Value Management in Microsoft Project

    • What is Earned Value Management

    • How to Perform Earned Value Management in Microsoft Project

    • Reports for Earned Value Management
  • 9

    Linking Microsoft Project with Other Applications

    • Linking Microsoft Project

    • How to Show My Schedule in a Presentation

    • Linking with Microsoft Excel
  • 10

    Bonus Material

    • Bonus Lecture: Microsoft Project 2016 Lesson and Lecture
  • 11

    Conclusion: Final Thoughts - Best Practices

    • MSP-Full-End