Upon completion of the Managing Projects with Microsoft Project™ Course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the capabilities and limitations of using Microsoft Project™ in real-world environments.
  • Configure calendars and other ‘Settings’ to reflect the current organizational operating environment.
  • Define key task parameters, scheduling constraints, sand milestones.
  • Model the various types of dependencies between project tasks.
  • Utilize the Network Diagram to verify and adjust dependencies and ensure accuracy.
  • Configure the project WBS to enable the user to drill-down to the appropriate level of detail.
  • Identify resource scheduling conflicts.
  • Track task progress and work effort during project execution.
  • Set and track against multiple baselines for easy version comparisons.
  • Filter, sort and group project data.
  • Employ the appropriate Reporting features for presenting the right data to the right people.
  • Present a simplified Time-Line view of the project for high-level stakeholders.