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55288: Introduction to Microsoft Project: Getting Started Training

Introduction to Microsoft Project: Getting started Training ensures that scholars get comfortable with the Microsoft Project and Project 365 user interface, including the ribbon and project views.

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Course Overview

Introduction to Microsoft Project: Getting started Training ensures that scholars get comfortable with the Microsoft Project and Project 365 user interface, including the ribbon and project views.

An in-depth training plan also allows you to learn, organize, and even line tasks for preparing projects independently. With the course's structural learning program, you can develop a basic skill set for project preparation.

Course training intends to enhance the technical capabilities of new Microsoft Project users.

Coming to the learning you can derive from this course; all essentials of a project are efficiently covered, including creation and management of simple projects, entering and managing tasks, working with the project calendar and information on adding and managing the project resources, and working with the resource sheet to generate basic reports for the project.

Everything is available in this compact course. The overall format of the course closely relates to the course objectives from 55288A.

This training is designed based on the objectives of the course variant 55288A.

 

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Mode of Training

🏫 Classroom 💻 Live Online 🧪 Blended 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Private Group

What you will learn

  • Managing and entering tasks.
  • Managing and creating simple projects.
  • Working with project calendar.
  • Managing and adding project resources which functions with resource sheet.
  • Managing and adding project resources to work out with resource sheet accordingly.

Who Should Attend This Course?

The target audience for this course are entire individuals who have deep interest to grab advanced fundamentals of Microsoft Project.

However, new users who keen to gain knowledge about Project can enroll in this training.

 

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📘 55288: Introduction to Microsoft Project: Getting Started Outline

This module explains the components of a project.

Lessons

  • Project Components
  • Demo and Exercise Projects Use in This Course

Lab 1: Mapping a Project

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Understand the components of a project.
  • Understand the demo and exercise case studies used in this course.

This module explains how to get around the Microsoft Project 2019 interface.

Lessons

  • Starting Project
  • The Ribbon
  • The Backstage View
  • Tour of the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Basic Formatting

Lab 1: Exercises in This Lesson

  • Understanding the Ribbon
  • Open and Save a Project
  • Enter Project Information
  • Add and Delete Commands from the Quick Access Toolbar

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Navigate the Microsoft Project interface

This module explains how to use calendars.

Lessons

  • Project Calendar Start Date
  • Creating a Project Calendar

Lab 1: Exercises in This Lesson

  • Set the Start Date
  • Create and Link a Project Calendar

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • work with calendars

This module explains how to work with tasks in Microsoft Projects.

Lessons

  • Creating a Task
  • Entering Durations
  • Scheduling Tasks
  • Milestone Tasks
  • Linking Tasks
  • Adding Notes to Tasks

Lab 1: Exercises in This Lesson

  • Set the Start Date
  • Create and Link a Project Calendar

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • work with tasks.

This module explains how to create and work with resources.

Lessons

  • The Resource Sheet
  • Assigning Resources to Tasks

Lab 1: Exercises in This Lesson

  • Enter Work, Material, and Cost Resources
  • Assign Resources to Tasks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Create and work with resources.

This module explains how to manage a project.

Lessons

  • Viewing a Project
  • Reviewing and Making Adjustments to a Project
  • Setting a Baseline
  • Viewing the Baseline
  • Recording Progress
  • Reporting on Projects
  • Sending Data to Excel

Lab 1: Exercises in This Lesson

  • Review the Project
  • Set and view a baseline
  • Record Progress
  • Create a Report
  • Send Data to Excel

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • manage a project with Microsoft Project

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