MS Project 4.0

Course Length/Prerequisites

This two-day course requires Windows Introduction or the equivalent. A working knowledge of the terms used in project management is assumed.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for personnel who are involved in managing projects. Students will be Project Managers, Assistants, or Data Entry staff involved in the building or modification of project plans of moderate complexity.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this hands-on workshop, students will be able to:
enter and link tasks
view the project as a Gantt chart or a PERT chart
create and use subprojects
add resources and costs to a project
track a project
print reports

Course Content

The MS Project 4.0 Interface

Starting MS Project

MS Project Screen Elements

What is Project Management?

Project Views

Setting Project Defaults

Entering Task Information

Modifying the Task List

Navigating a Project

Improving the Looks of a Project

Setting up a Complex Task Structure

Resources

Resource Entry

Resource and Base Calendars

Assigning Resources to Tasks

Analyzing Resource Data

Resource Over allocation

Working with Several Projects

Scheduling Stage Summary

Tracking a Project

Creating a Workspace

Reporting

Print Preview Reports Summary

The Report Gallery

The exercise files for this course are available here: