Microsoft Project 2010 - Level 1 (M101)

In this clinic with hands-on labs, you will learn the introductory and intermediate features and functionality of Microsoft Project 2010.

Course Outline

In this clinic with hands-on labs, you will learn the introductory and intermediate features and functionality of Microsoft Project 2010.

What You'll Learn

• Basic purpose and operation of the software
• Work with windows, Ribbon tabs and buttons, and views
• Create a new project and create, edit, and outline a task list, as well as establish dependencies by linking tasks.
• Add and assign resources to a project, work with project calendars, and enter project costs, such as standard, variable, and fixed costs
• Apply page setup options, create headers and footers, insert page breaks, and preview and print project information
• Apply task type settings, modify fixed tasks, set task constraints, and define and format the critical path
• Apply preset and custom contours, edit resource assignments, identify and resolve resource overallocations, and set and modify a baseline
• Track the progress of a project, update tasks and the schedule, and compare baseline and actual data
• Sort, filter, and group views
• Format views and format the Gantt Chart

Who Needs to Attend

New Microsoft Project 2010 users

Course Outline

1. The Basics

• Project Management Concepts
• Getting Started
• Application and Project Windows
• Ribbon and Tabs
• Saving Projects
• Changing the View
• Moving Within a View

2. Project Creation

• Project Information
• Creating Task Lists
• Editing Task Lists
• Outlining Task Lists
• Task Dependencies
• Modifying Task Dependencies
• Task Information

3. Project Resources and Costs

• Project Resources
• Resource Assignment Concepts
• Assigning Resources
• Working with Project Calendars
• Working with Resource Calendars
• Working with Task Calendars
• Entering Project Costs

4. Printing Schedule Information

• Page Setup Options
• Previewing Views and Reports
• Printing Project Information

5. Changing Scheduling Methods

• Resource Assignment Concepts
• Task Type Settings
• Changing Task Types
• Task Constraints
• Identifying Factors Affecting Tasks
• Defining the Critical Path
• Formatting the Critical Path

6. Resolving Resource Conflicts

• Preset Contours
• Applying Preset Contours
• Editing Resource Assignments
• Resource Overallocations
• Locating Resource Overallocations
• Resolving Resource Overallocations
• Saving the Baseline

7. Tracking Project Progress

• Tracking Task Progress
• Updating Tasks
• Updating the Remaining Schedule
• Comparing Baseline and Actual Data

8. Sorting, Filtering, and Grouping

• Sorting Views
• Filtering Views
• Grouping Tasks and Resources

9. Formatting the Project Environment

• Formatting Views
• Formatting the Gantt Chart

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Experience with Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7

Certificates offered

Certificate of Completion

Cancellation Policy

We require 16 calendar days notice to reschedule or cancel any registration. Failure to provide the required notification will result in 100% charge of the course. If a student does not attend a scheduled course without prior notification it will result in full forfeiture of the funds and no reschedule will be allowed. Within the required notification period, only student substitutions will be permitted.

Reschedules are permitted at anytime with 16 or more calendar days notice. Enrollments must be rescheduled within six months of the cancel date or funds on account will be forfeited.

Map & Reviews

Global Knowledge
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Global Knowledge Edmonton
10050 - 112 Street
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada   T5K 2J1

Reviews

 

   

For the cost of this course, a hard copy of the course handout should be provided as the classes follows the handout word for word.

Reviewed by Caroline P. 2012

   

Given the cost of the course, the hardcopy of the manual should have been provided. It would have been useful to make notes alongside the material as we went along.

Reviewed by Jeff P. 2011