Microsoft Project Foundation

Learn Microsoft Project and utilise its basic features - the interface, setting up using best-practice and managing your project.

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Programme Overview

This training is designed to help participants learn and utilise the basic features of Microsoft Project. This includes updating and customising the Project interface, creating a basic project and updating and polishing your project.

Course Benefits

Microsoft Project gives you powerful new ways to effectively manage work projects. You will learn to easily plan and manage your projects using intuitive controls and flexible team tools to help your business deliver the intended value.

You will learn how to make changes to the Project interface, how to create a basic project and how to update and polish our project for that professional feel.

Skills Taught

The training is ‘hands on’ and covers the basic operation of Microsoft Project, including:

  • project introduction
  • managing files
  • creating a project and tasks
  • familiarisation with quick access toolbar, tabs and groups, and customising the ribbon
  • understanding the different areas of a project – tasks, resources, projects, view and contextual
  • creating a project
  • working with tasks
  • adding advanced task information
  • creating milestones, constraints, and deadlines
  • updating the project.

Course Presenter

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Designed for

Learn the basics of Microsoft Project to help you stay organised. Easily plan and manage your projects effectively. For project managers, project teams and decision makers.

What to Expect

This workshop is delivered over 2 sessions to small groups, not exceeding 5, with each person having their own computer to work with and a manual to support the learning. This training can be tailored to meet organisational training needs.

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