MS PROJECT TRAINING COURSE CONTENT

Section 1: Introduction to Project Management & Concepts

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will be introduced to Project
Management and its core concepts
Topics:
➢ What is Project Management?
➢ Detailed Introduction of Project Management & Concepts

Section 2: Introduction to Microsoft Project

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will be introduced to MS Project
Interface, Menu and its tool bars
Topics:
➢ Explore the Project user interface
➢ Manage files and set options in the Backstage view
➢ Exploring Ribbon Menu and tool bars
➢ Customizing Quick Access tool bar
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Tool Navigation in tabs such as Task, Resource, Report, View and
Format
➢ Adding and removing items in ribbon menu and quick access tool
bar
➢ Set properties for project in the options tab.

Section 3: Setup a New Plan and Calendar

 Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will know how to create calendar
and modify it in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Create a new plan and set its start date
➢ Set nonworking days in the project calendar
➢ Enter the plan title and other properties
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Creating Calendar and map to the project. Exception, Holiday and
Non-working option’s also practiced.

Section 4: Adding task to project

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will know how to create tasks,
types and its relationship in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Create tasks
➢ Enter task durations and dates
➢ Enter milestone tasks
➢ Create summary tasks to outline the plan
➢ Link tasks to create dependencies
➢ Effort driven task
➢ Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Creating task in detail for the project and define duration as per
estimate or plan.
➢ Create appropriate type of task such as milestone, task, recurring
task and summary task
➢ Set relationship for the task as per dependencies
Section 5: Set up resources
Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will know how to create resources
in resource sheet and creating resource calendar in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Set up work resources
➢ Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
➢ Enter work resource pay rates
➢ Adjust working time in a resource calendar
➢ Set up cost resources
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Creating resources in resource table – work and cost resource
➢ Creating and mapping appropriate calendar to that work
resource

Section 6: Assign resources to tasks

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will understand to add resources to
task in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Assign work resources to tasks
➢ Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
➢ Assign cost resources to tasks
➢ Create and assign material resources
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Mapping resources to task will be practiced – Work resource
 ➢ Adding cost, work, material resource and removal to the tasks
scenario’s also practiced.

Section 7: Formatting and sharing a plan

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will understand how to use Gantt
Chart view, Timeline view and report overview in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Customize a Gantt chart view
➢ Add tasks to a Timeline view
➢ Customize reports
➢ Copy views and reports
➢ Print views and reports
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Understanding and viewing the plan in different views Such as
Gantt and timeline view
➢ Practicing on viewing plan reports

Section 8: Remove over-allocation and Set baseline

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will understand how to remove
over allocation and set baseline in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Resolve resource over allocations manually
➢ Examine resource allocations over time in plan
➢ Use Resource Leveling Option
➢ Creating baseline and set baseline to total project
Hands-on Practicals:
 ➢ Practice solving the over allocation denoted as indicator column. It
can be done manual as well as from Leveling.
➢ Set baseline to the project and view it in the Tracking Gantt

Section 9: Tracking progress of Project

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will understand how to track the
project progress in MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Understand progress tracking
➢ Save a baseline of your plan
➢ Track a plan as scheduled
➢ Enter a task’s completion percentage
➢ Enter actual values for tasks
➢ Update a baseline
➢ Using RAG status indicator
➢ Track actual and remaining work for tasks and assignments
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Updating the project progress using task details form, update task
and mark on track options.
➢ Viewing execution and update progress through Tracking Gantt
against baseline
➢ Use the tables or create new tables to view the progress
effectively
➢ Practice to display the status using RAG status indicator or status
custom field

Section 10: Fine-tuning

 Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will learn how to do the corrective
actions when project needs tuning in Schedule and cost.
Topics:
➢ Adjust task link relationships
➢ Control task scheduling by using constraints
➢ Adjust working time for individual tasks
➢ Control task scheduling by using task types
➢ Enter deadline dates
➢ Create and assign material resources If any needed
➢ Examine resource allocations over time
➢ Resolve resource over allocations manually
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Practice on adjust resource allocation, task relationship and
deadlines etc. as corrective action based on progress not as per
expectation in schedule and cost.

Section 11: View and report project status

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will learn how to do the report of
project status in MS Project
Topics:
➢ Examine a plan’s variance
➢ Identify tasks that have slipped
➢ Examine task costs
➢ Examine resource costs
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Creating reports to show the project progress in cost and its
variance
Section 12: Macro
Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will practice to use Macro for the
repeated activities in project using MS Project.
Topics:
➢ Create simple macro using record and play back
➢ Modify the Macro file
➢ Macro Execution for the repeated activities
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Practice on creating macro and managing it for few project
scenario’s on generating daily and weekly reports.

Section 13: Import / Export & Sub Project

Learning Objective: In this Chapter, you will practice to use Import/ Export
and Sub Project Option in MS Project
Topics:
➢ Importing and Exporting projects
➢ Using Sub Project Option for opening multiple projects
➢ Link between projects
Hands-on Practicals:
➢ Hands-on to import and export the project
➢ Task link between projects will be practiced
➢ Opening multiple projects in Sub project view