Using MS Project on PRINCE2 projects

Target Audience


Anyone who has not used MS Project before or who has not had training in using the product and who needs to produce or understand a project plan or a project report. This might include Team Leaders, Project Leaders, Project Managers or Managers.

Learning Objectives


At the end of the workshop you will :
  • Use MS Project to produce a plan of their project; creating tasks, identifying dependencies, assigning resources and scheduling
  • Have experience of using many of the menu options within MS Project
  • Be aware of the many report options available with MS Project

Pre-Requisites


No previous knowledge of MS Project is required, but a general understanding of MS Windows would be advantageous.

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Course Summary

MS Project is a powerful graphical program to assist the team leader, project leader or project manager to manage projects. This workshop provides the delegates with the detail of the MS Project menus and enables them to use the basic functionality of MS Project to plan their own projects.

This is a practical hands-on workshop and delegates will use MS Project to undertake many exercise projects.

PRINCE2™ terminology is used throughout the workshop and the exercises reflect the PRINCE2™ processes

What's included ?

The workshop duration is 1 day and includes the following:
  • Instructor-led Tuition
  • Study Pack
  • Exercise Files CD
  • Electronic Student Guide
  • Post Workshop Support (optional)

Training Workshop Outline

MS Project Overview
  • Project life cycle
  • Using MS Project in a project life cycle
  • Using the menus
  • Understanding the Views
Creating a Project Outline
  • Defining tasks
  • Editing and moving tasks
  • Creating a Product driven outline
  • Adding Task Notes
Creating a Project Schedule
  • Estimating effort
  • Concept of dependencies
  • Use calendar to set working days
  • Milestones
  • Understanding the Critical Path
Adding and Assigning Resources
  • Defining resources and resource calendars
  • Assigning resources
  • Working with project costs
Saving the Project
  • Save options
  • Using the baseline
Produce Status Reports
  • Using different layouts
  • Report formats
  • Filtering Project Data

Examinations


None

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