Project Planning and Scheduling with Microsoft Project

A schedule is only useful if it is realistic, well-structured and kept up to date. This course helps you use Microsoft Project effectively to plan and control your projects.

• Difficulty translating subject knowledge into practical workplace decisions.
• Inconsistent approaches to the activities covered in the course outline.
• Lack of a structured plan for applying and reviewing new skills.

The course is delivered through guided hands-on exercises on a realistic project, with demonstrations, practice tasks and a final scheduling assignment. Participants need access to Microsoft Project on their own laptop.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Set up a project file with calendars and settings
• Build a work breakdown structure and task list
• Define dependencies, constraints and the critical path
• Assign resources and costs and resolve over-allocation
• Set baselines and track progress
• Produce reports and dashboards for stakeholders

This course is suitable for:

• Project managers
• Planners and schedulers
• Project coordinators
• Engineers managing projects
• PMO staff

Participants will develop competencies in:

• Schedule development
• Critical path analysis
• Resource management
• Baseline and tracking
• Schedule reporting
• Scheduling best practice