Microsoft Project is a project manager software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is intended to help a project manager in developing a schedule, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analysing workloads.

1 – GETTING STARTED WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT

A -Identify Project Management Concepts and process

B- Discuss the difference between Project Editions

C – Explore the Microsoft Project Desktop Environment and Project views

2 – SET UP A PROJECT

A – Create and save Project Plan File

B- Create a project from Template or from Excel workbook

C – Set Project Plan Options (start date, etc…)

D – Define the work calendar and Assign a Project Calendar

3 – CREATING TASKS

A – Identify Task Types (Summary tasks, Milestones. etc)

B – Add Tasks to a Project Plan

C – Enter Task Duration Estimates

D – Manually Schedule vs. Auto Schedule.

E – Add recruiting task

4 – MANAGING TASKS

A – Working with work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the Gantt Chart

B – Copy Tasks from another program

C – Organize task list (Outline Tasks, Delete, …etc)

D- Identify Relationships and Link Dependent Tasks

E- Define Lag and Lead Time

F- Set Task constraints and Deadlines

5 – CREATING & MANAGING PROJECT RESOURCES

A – Define Resource Types and add Resources to a Project

B – Create a Resource Calendar

C – Enter Costs for Resources

D – Assign Resources to Tasks (Effort driven Scheduling, Task variables, The split view)

E – Resolve Resource Conflicts (Resource allocation views, resource levelling view)

6 – TRACKING PROGRESS

A – Shorten a project using critical path, critical path view, slac, etc..

B – Set Baseline

C – Working with the Actual progress and Project statistics dialog box

 7 – VIEWING PROJECT PROGRESS

­­    A – Working with Views (Display two views at the same time, multiple timelines,)

B – Use View Commands

C – Add a Custom Field

D – Create Custom Views

8 – UPDATING A PROJECT ACTUALS

A – Record Task Progress and manually update project progress

B – Edit Tasks (split tasks, active/Inactive tasks, Placeholder tasks)

C – Enter delayed tasks, Assign Overtime Work and Reschedule unfinished work

D – Track actuals (Tracking table, Tracking Gantt chart, Variance table)

E – Update Baseline and Cost Rate Tables

F- Working with earned value

9 – REPORTING ON PROJECT PROGRESS

A- Report Types and View Built-in Reports

B- View Printing Options

C- Create a Visual Report

D- Customize Reports (pivot Views, PivotTable Field list Pane)

E- Format output, Print views and reports

F- Print a Project Summary Report

 10 – REUSING PROJECT PLAN INFORMATION

A – Create a Project Plan Template

B – Save to other formats

C – Working with Global templates.

D – Working with the Project Organizer

E – Share a Project Plan and project Info with other plans