Course: Microsoft Project 2007 - Level 1 - 1 day

This one day course is an ideal starter covering similar material to the two day course.  It is aimed at those delegates with experience of Microsoft Project but no formal training, and those moving to a newer version.  It does not cover handling of multiple projects.

Who will the course benefit?
Anyone wishing to learn the essential skills to use Project 2007 to create effective Project plans and use the numerous business features available in this product. Anyone with responsibility to update and maintain project plans, but without using the complicated features, would find this course an ideal introduction to the subject.

Course Objectives
At the end of the course, delegates will be able to prepare schedules of work utilising calendars and options set up specifically for their organisation. Delegates will be able to create and assign resources to the activities, and create milestones and constraints. In addition, delegates will be able to monitor and control progress on plans and produce a wide variety of reports and data from a plan.

Skills Gained
This course will enable delegates to:

- Define MS Project Default Settings.
- Build and edit a project plan.
- Create and assign resources.
- Resolve overallocations.
- Track actual progress.
- Produce reports from project plans.

Pre-Requisites
Delegates must have some existing experience of the Microsoft Project, or be migrating from another project management application.

Define MS Project Default Settings
Understanding Default Settings.
Working with AutoSave.

Build and Edit a Project Plan
Building and Editing a Project.
Estimating Task Durations.
Using the Task Driver.
Structuring Projects.

Create and Assign Resources
Fundamentals of multi-project management.
Creating and Assigning Resources.

Track Actual Progress
Managing and updating actuals.
Overview of Filters, Views and Reports.
Printing.

Manage project costs
Managing Project Costs.
Defining Multiple Resource Rates and Assigning Fixed Costs to Tasks.

Resolve Over Allocations
Fundamentals of Resolving Over Allocations, including Resource Contouring and Splitting Tasks.