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Microsoft® Project | Introduction (1 Day)

£299.00

This course is for anyone who needs to use Microsoft Project to plan, manage or control a project. Familiarity with project management terminology such as tasks, resources and critical path is helpful.

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Project managers must work within tight schedules, manage resources across the organisation and deliver results on time and within budget. Microsoft® Project is a powerful tool to help you break a project down into manageable parts, identify potential bottlenecks and keep your project on track. In this course, you learn how to solve typical project and business problems using the planning, controlling and reporting features of Microsoft® Project.


Course Objectives

This course will give delegates the skills to be able to create, modify and track a project schedule using the internationally acclaimed MS Project platform.

By the end of the course delegates will be able to define project dates, enter project tasks, create and manipulate summary tasks, create relationships between tasks, set task priorities, print reports and track progress.


What Does The MS Project Introduction Course Cover?

The key elements of the Microsoft® Project Introduction course are:

    Working With Tasks

  • Insert Tasks and their Durations
  • Delete Tasks
  • Create Outline Structures for Tasks
  • View Summary Tasks and Subtasks

    Adjusting & Tracking Your Project

  • Enter Actual Work
  • Reschedule Uncompleted Work
  • Track Percent Complete
  • Enter Remaining Durations
  • Compare Actual Progress with Baselines

    Using Task Relationships

  • Create Links
  • Create Finish-to-Finish Relationships
  • Create Start-to-Start Relationships
  • Create Milestones

    Viewing Project Information

  • Display Critical Paths & Tasks
  • Understand & View Slack
  • View & Modify Standard Reports

    Fine-Tuning Timelines

  • Create Lag Time
  • Set Deadlines
  • Create Constraints

    Updating Progress in Your Project

  • Change the Current Date
  • Set Project Status Dates
  • Display Progress With Progress Lines

    Getting to the Baseline

  • Save Baselines for Projects
  • Save Baselines for Selected Tasks

Delegates may wish to proceed on to the 1 day MS Project Intermediate course or alternatively take both courses

What are the entry requirements?

There are no formal entry requirements for this course, however delegates should have knowledge of Windows and be able to use a mouse and keyboard.

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SPOCE delivers accredited training courses across the country. The following is a list of SPOCE's training venues. Residential accommodation (A) can be arranged at our Bournemouth venue. Refreshments (R) are provided at all venues. Lunch (L) is also provided at all venues except London.

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Birmingham (L,R) - Hallmark Hotel - Strathallan, 225 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 9RY

Bournemouth - West Cliff (A,L,R) - Hallmark Hotel - West Cliff, Durley Chine Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5JS

Bournemouth - East Cliff (A,L,R) - Hallmark Hotel Bournemouth East Cliff, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth BH1 3AN

Bournemouth - Best Western Royale (A,L,R) - The Best Western Hotel Royale, 16 Gervis Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3EQ

Bournemouth - The Cumberland(A,L,R) - The Cumberland, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3AF

Bournemouth - The Suncliff (A,L,R) - The Suncliff Hotel, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3AG

Bournemouth - The Trouville Hotel (A,L,R) - The Trouville Hotel, 5-7 Priory Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5DH

Brighton (L,R) - Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront, 137 King’s Road, Brighton, B1 2JF

Bristol (L,R) - Arnos Manor Hotel, 470 Bath Road, Avon, Bristol, BS4 3HQ

Cardiff (L,R) - Jurys Inn Cardiff, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3DN

Cambridge (L,R) - Hallmark Hotel Cambridge, Bar Hill, Cambridge CB23 8EU

Canterbury (L,R) - Best Western Abbots Barton Hotel, 36 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3DU

Coventry (L,R) - The Welcome Centre, 47 Parkside, Coventry CV1 2HG

Exeter (L,R) - Gipsy Hill Hotel, Gipsy Hill Lane, Exeter EX1 3RN

Fleet (L,R) - GBS Corporate, Ancells Business Park, Oakmere, Barley Way, Fleet, Hampshire GU51 2UT

Leeds (L,R) - Mercure Leeds, Otley Road, Leeds LS16 8AG

Leicester (L,R) - Devonshire Place, 78 London Rd, Leicester LE2 0RA

Liverpool (L,R) - Jurys Inn, 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool, L3 4FN

London (R) - SPOCE, 2nd Floor, New London House, 6 London Street, London, EC3R 7LP

London (R) - ITIL - SPOCE, 9 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YF

Manchester (L,R) - Trafford Hall Hotel, 23 Talbot Rd, Stretford, Manchester M16 0PE

Milton Keynes (L,R) - Hotel Novotel Milton Keynes, Saxon St, Heelands, Milton Keynes MK13 7RA

Newcastle (L,R) - Ramada Encore Newcastle-Gateshead, Hawks Road, Gateshead Quays, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE8 3AD

Nottingham (L,R) - Eastwood Hall, Mansfield Road, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3SS

Norwich (L,R) - Mercure Norwich Hotel, 121-131 Boundary Road, Norwich, NR3 2BA

Oxford (L,R) - Oxford Milton Hill House, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 6AF

Portsmouth (L,R) - Best Western Royal Beach Hotel, St Helens Parade, Portsmouth, PO4 0RN

Plymouth (L,R) - Future Inn Plymouth, 1 William Prance Road, Plymouth International Business Park, PL6 5ZD

Reading (L,R) - Best Western Reading Calcot Hotel, Bath Rd, Calcot, Reading RG31 7QN

Sheffield (L,R) - Sheffield Metropolitan Hotel, Blonk Street, Sheffield, S1 2AU

Southampton (L,R) - Lancaster Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Fareham, Hampshire. PO15 5TU

Southampton (L,R) - The Learning Centre, 14 Annealing Close, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 9PX

Stoke-on-Trent (L,R) - Quality Hotel Stoke, 66 Trinity Street, Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent, ST1 5NB

Swansea (L,R) - Mercure Swansea, Phoenix Way, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA7 9EG

York (L,R) - Hotel 53, 53 Piccadilly, York YO1 9PL