Microsoft Project 2010 Introduction Training Course in London

With our Microsoft Project 2010 Introduction training course, you will learn how to plan project plans, implement and track your projects better. If you are a new user of MS Project 2010, or if you have been self taught, our Introduction to Project 2010 course will be perfect.

All training companies always boast about having the most experienced trainers! We actually do!!! All our Project 2010 trainers are experienced project team leaders who have needed to use MS Project 2010 in real life scenarios.

We are also able to tailor your Project 2010 Introduction course to include more or exclude content that will not be applicable to you or you business needs.

Project 2010 Introduction Training Course Info

Audience: This course is aimed at users that have no or little MS Project knowledge.

Project 2010 Introduction Course Objectives: After the course, you will be able to:

Understand Project Terms
Create and Manage Tasks
Apply Resources
Apply Project Costing
Project Tracking
Create Project Reports

Requirements: You do not need any previous Project experience. You must however have good basic Windows, Mouse and Keyboard skills

Project 2010 Intro Course Duration: This is a 2 day Project 2010 Introduction Course. Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Project training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Project 2010 Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Project and Project Terms

Theory of Project Management
Project User Interface, Windows, Quick Access Toolbar , Ribbons, File Tab, View Button
Using Help
Terminology
The Project Triangle
Creating a project
Default settings
Define project
Priorities

Create a Project Calendar

Create a New project Calendar
Set the Default working Hours & Week
Alter Hours of Working Day
Set additional Non-Working Days e.g. Bank Holidays
Applying a calendar to a project

Entering and Linking Tasks

Enter Tasks, Set Durations and create Milestones
Manual vs automatic scheduling
Task information dialog
The indicator column
Create summary tasks
Using the outline tools
Link and unlink tasks, Link types
Predecessors and Successors
Add notes

Task Relationships and Critical Path

Finish to Start, Start to Finish, Finish to Finish and Start to Start
How to Avoid Dangling Tasks
Theory of Critical Path
Showing the Critical Path
Slack Time
Creating lead and Lag time

Navigation and Project Views

View button
Use Goto selected task Button
Use the Zoom tools To change timescale
View the timeline
Split views
Add tasks to timeline
Format Time-scale
Switch view to Calendar View
Switch view to Network Diagram
Switch view to Gantt Chart
Keyboard Short Cuts for Views
More views option

Resources

Enter resources
Resource types
Labels , names and groups
Set costs, standard and overtime
Cost per use
Resource Information dialog
Add notes
Pro rata
Cost Rate Tables
Fixed Task Costs
Resource Calendars
Availability
Task assigning

Task Constraints & Task Management

General (default) Constraints
Hard Constraints
Soft Constraints
Deadlines
Remove deadlines / constraints
Scheduling Project from Start Date
Scheduling Project from Finish Date
Delay and reschedule
Fixed Duration vs Fixed units
Create and assign Task Calendars

Project Costing

Resource Costs
Duration Driven
Show Project Statistics for project cost and duration
Show cost table (Gantt view)
Identify over allocations
Deal with over allocations

Tracking

Setting a baseline
Clearing a baseline
Marking tasks % complete
Using the tracking Gantt to spot slippage
Inactivate tasks
Reschedule workload
Levelling options
Splitting tasks

Sorting, Grouping & Filtering

Sorting tasks by non-default sort order
Apply grouping levels
Use the AutoFilter
Use In-built filters for Filtering Tasks

Table usage

Switch tables
More tables
Add columns
Hide columns

Producing Reports

Overview
Run Task Usage reports
Run Current Activities reports
Run Costing reports
Run Work load reports
Run visual reports to Excel or Visio
Running Custom reports

Printing

Print preview
Gantt Chart
Network Diagram
Calendar View
Page Setup Options
Print options
Snapshot to other application

**Remember that you can tailor your Project 2010 Introduction course contents**