Townsville Microsoft Project Training
2-Day Course

Microsoft Project is a popular application for project management.

One-on-One Personal Computer Training provides a comprehensive introduction to Project 2003 and will enable your students to become productive with the product.

Learning Outcomes:

This course is designed for people who are new to project management software. It covers the essential features people need in day-to-day use of Project.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Start Project and leave it
• Create, edit, format and print a project
• Open, save and close project files
• Take advantage of features such as in-cell
  editing, entry bar, view bar, undo, help and the Planning Wizard
• Work with sub-tasks, outlines, views, tables
  and reports
• Assign Resources and Costs
• Specify the type of task, constraints and dependencies
• Apply filters and sort data
• Specify working time calendars
• Identify the critical path, shorten the schedule and resolve over-allocation of resources
• Set a Baseline, enter actual data and track the progress of the project.

Structure

The course is organised in a series of lessons, each of which addresses a particular functional area of the product. Basic concepts are introduced first. Later materials build on these basics until the student has a sound grasp of the principles involved.

Each lesson starts with a list of learning outcomes for the lesson. Subject matter in the lesson is interspersed with practical exercises to illustrate the material covered. At the end of each lesson there is a:

• Summary of the lesson, including a list of the skills learned and important terms
• Questionnaire to test the student's understanding of the lesson
• Case study for revision or for fast students.
• The manual includes a table of contents, an index, a glossary of important terms, tips and review exercises.

Training Options:

1. One-on-One Training is available  in Townsville for just $495 per day.

2. Small Group Training is available for just $550 for the two day course

3. On-Site Training for Small Groups is available for Businesses or Community Groups. We provide all computers etc for the training. The Costs start from $2,750 per day for upto 15 people.

For more information on your training options simply call the One-on-One Learning Centre on 1800 66 00 00

• Introduction to project management and terminology
• Starting and leaving project
• Components of the Project screen
• Help, Office Assistant and Planning Wizard
• Moving around the screen and selecting tasks
• Entering project information, tasks, duration’s, dates and dependencies
• Opening, saving and closing projects
• Working with outlines
• Moving, copying, editing, deleting and undo
• Assigning and editing resources
• Resource calendars and calendar options
• Entering and viewing costs
• Page setup, page breaks and printing

Level 2 (Day 2 Course)

• Project management principles
• Task types, recurring tasks, task notes and constraints
• Overlaps, delays and types of dependencies
• Splitting tasks
• Formatting and the Gantt Chart Wizard
• Tables, views, sorting and filters
• Network Diagrams and Calendar View
• Working time calendars
• Solving resource over-allocation problems
• Identifying and shortening the critical path
• Setting a baseline, entering actual data and tracking progress
• Standard reports and custom reports

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with PCs and Windows but no Project experience is necessary.

Downloadable Brochure:

Microsoft Project 2003 Core

Other Related Courses:

>> Microsoft Project Advanced 2-Day Course

>> Project Management 3-Day Course

Other Products of Interest:

>> Microsoft Project Cheat Sheet