Microsoft Office Project 2003 Standard Essentials

Course Description

This course is aimed at users who are new to Microsoft Office Project 2003 Standard and is designed to help them establish a sound understanding of how to use this powerful scheduling tool to create realistic and workable project schedules.

Booking Details

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Course Duration

1 Day – training can be delivered either at your place of work, our offices or a suitable 3rd party venue.

Course Objectives

Participants will learn how to create project plans from the ground up and how to use key features of Microsoft Office Project 2003 Standard to create project plans that model the complexities that can arise in any project of significance. On completion of the course participants will have a full appreciation of the benefits and relevance of this tool to their every day Project Management role.

Post Course Support

Attending a training session with Projectability entitles you to unlimited on-going support of course subject matter by e-mail as well as access to a wealth of helpful information in the Registered users area of this website.

Course Content

Overview of basic Project Management principles
Software overview and Familiarity
Creating a new Project Plan
Saving a file and Save Options
Basic Task Entry & Defaults explained
Creating a new Project with a defined start date
Defining your Project
Editing your Task List
Notes & Hyperlinks
Project Plan Structure – Milestones, Summary Tasks, Dependencies, Lag & Lead Options
Constraints, Deadlines and Task Calendars
Project Views Tables & Reports
Sorting, Grouping, Filtering & Formatting
The Network Diagram and Critical Path Analysis Explained in Detail
Avoiding the Failure to plan – ensuring your schedule is watertight!!
“Crashing” your Schedule – tactics to tighten up the overall schedule.
Baselines and their value
Printing a Project Plan
Save as a Web Page

Learning Path

Essentials>Intermediate >Advanced