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Microsoft Project Training for Project Managers

Plan Microsoft Project training focused on the Project course pathway and scheduling tasks. Discuss your goals and workshop scope with Power Concepts.

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Connect Microsoft Project skills to planning decisions

Project managers should choose training around the scheduling decision they need to make. Building a task list, resolving resource pressure and recording progress require different starting skills.

An illustrative practice exercise

An illustrative implementation project contains design, testing and launch tasks. A delayed approval affects the launch date and requires the manager to explain the scheduling consequence.

  1. Build task relationships that reflect the work.
  2. Review the effect of a changed duration.
  3. Compare the current plan with the intended reporting approach.

Check the result

Check that dependencies represent real constraints and that dates were not forced merely to make the chart look right. Software output still needs a manager’s judgement.

Confirm the right training scope

Use the Introduction, Resource Allocation, Tracking and Multiple Projects course options to identify the relevant stage. Confirm the Project edition and prerequisites before booking.

Related options: Microsoft Project Training Courses; Corporate training; Excel skills assessment.

Compare the published course pathways

These public outlines are starting points for the skills discussed above. A role-specific example or requested workshop topic is not automatically included in every public session. Check the outline and confirm any must-have requirement before booking.

MS Project 1 - Building the Gantt Chart

Set up a Microsoft Project schedule with calendars, tasks, milestones and dependencies. The first course focuses on building and checking a workable Gantt chart before adding resource allocation and reporting.

Listed duration: 4 hours

  • Customise views, defaults and navigation
  • Set up a project and working calendars
  • Add holidays and calendar exceptions
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MS Project 2 - Resource Allocation and Reporting

Add resources and useful reporting views to a Microsoft Project plan. Work with assignments, the work-units-duration relationship, custom fields and Gantt formatting to make a schedule more useful for the people managing it.

Listed duration: 4 hours

  • Add resources and assign them to tasks
  • Work, units and duration
  • Custom tables and views
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MS Project 3 - Tracking and Managing the Project

Track an active Microsoft Project schedule against its baseline. Practise resource levelling, progress changes and reporting when work moves, tasks are added or unexpected interruptions affect the plan.

Listed duration: 4 hours

  • Connect Project with Excel
  • Manual and automatic resource levelling
  • Set baselines and prepare the Tracking Gantt
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Discuss your training needs

Send the work task, learner count and software version. Power Concepts can confirm whether a public course or a scoped workshop is suitable, along with availability and a written quote.

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Sources and booking details

Practice scenarios on this page are illustrative. Fees, dates, delivery arrangements, feature availability and custom scope must be confirmed for your booking.