Microsoft Project Tasks - Day 1 Outline
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Duration:
One day (9.00 am – 4.30 pm)

Who should attend?
Designed for those who need to use Microsoft Project to develop a schedule of activities for a project.

Pre-requisites:
To gain maximum benefit from this course, students should have opened up the application and keyed in a number of tasks. Project management knowledge an advantage.

Course Objectives:
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
• Start and close Microsoft Project for Windows
• Demonstrate an understanding of some of the key concepts of project management, and project management using a computer tool
• Create project task lists, create relationships between those tasks and have the computer calculate schedules
• Format project sheet and graphical views
• Print data in Project

On day 1 a heavy focus is placed on developing correct task relationship models and building a work breakdown structure.

Project Basics
Starting Project
The screen
Views, tables & Gantt Charts
Shortcuts and toolbars
Using help

Creating a Project
Steps in creating a project
Changing options
Adjusting Project calendars
Summary information
Setting Project start date
Entering task information
Estimating duration
Use elapsed time in a schedule
Displaying critical tasks
Entering milestones
Creating Relationships
Outline the Project using summary bars
Showing WBS numbers

Formatting the Gantt
Format bar styles
Format text styles
Show gridlines
Format the timescale

Using Constraints
Types of constraints
Applying and removing constraints
Using deadlines

Participants will be required to build their own schedule on the morning of the second day. We will use this schedule to practice resourcing

Course Delivery

We run our Microsoft Project Tasks courses at customer designated locations offering heavily discounted rates compared to the costs for staff attendance at public courses. 

Maximum numbers for this course is 10 participants.

Our customers provide the venue, equipment (data projector, whiteboard and 10 networked computers all with Microsoft Project 2003, 2007 or 2010 installed) and choice of catering.  Project Advantage provides the instructor, a notebook computer for course presentation, course materials (workbooks, CDs, handout materials for activities) and Certificates of Achievement.

Course Costs

The costs for the 1 Day Microsoft Project Tasks course varies and is dependent on student numbers.

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For further enquiries on Day 1 of our Microsoft Project Fundamentals course, and to obtain a competitive quote for delivery into your workplace contact: 

Andrew Wright

PHONE:  1300 887 117 

EMAIL: info@projectadvantage.com.au

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