Course Content
What the Microsoft Project Essentials course covers
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Unit 1: Getting to Know Microsoft Project
- How Microsoft Project Works
- Starting Project in Windows 10
- Understanding the Project Start Screen
- The Project Screen
- Project Operations
- Using the Ribbon
- Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon
- Understanding the Backstage
- The Project Work Area
- Working With Views
- Working With Split Screens
- Understanding Sheet Views
- Working With Tables
- Gantt Chart View
- Working With Gantt Charts
- Understanding the QAT
- Working With the QAT
- Working With Project Files
- Exiting From Project
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Unit 2: Project Management
- Tasks and Resources
- The Importance of Planning
- Understanding the Gantt Chart
- Computers and Project Management
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Unit 3: Creating a New Project
- Steps in Creating a Project
- Understanding Your Project
- Creating a New Project File
- Calendar Options
- Changing Calendar Options
- Working With Calendars
- Modifying the Standard Calendar
- Entering Public Holidays
- Creating a New Resource Calendar
- Creating a New Task Calendar
- Setting Up Project Information
- Entering File Properties
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Unit 4: Creating Tasks
- Understanding Tasks
- Understanding Scheduling Icons
- Case Study Tasks
- Reviewing the Project
- Entering Tasks
- Creating Summary Tasks
- Assignment – Creating Summary Tasks
- Working in a Sheet View
- Working With Summary Tasks
- Working With Task Views
- Examining Task Information
- Understanding Task Durations
- Entering Task Durations
- Checking Progress
- Entering Milestones
- Assigning a Calendar to a Task
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Unit 5: Scheduling
- Understanding Task Dependencies
- Creating Dependencies Automatically
- Creating Dependencies in Task Entry
- Creating Dependencies in Task Information
- Creating Dependencies in a Sheet View
- Modifying a Schedule Using Dependencies
- Auto Scheduling Tasks
- Critical Path and Project Slack
- Viewing the Critical Path
- Examining Task Slack
- Understanding Lag Time
- Entering Lag Time
- Understanding Lead Time
- Entering Lead Time
- Inactivating a Task
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Unit 6: Resourcing a Project
- Understanding Resources
- Entering Work Resources
- Entering Material Resources
- Entering Cost Resources
- Assigning Calendars to Resources
- Understanding Resource Availability
- Adjusting Resource Availability
- Changing the Unit Display
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Unit 7: Resourcing Concepts
- Resource Assignment Calculations
- Task Types and Work Effort
- Creating a Simple Assignment
- Working With Fixed Unit Tasks
- Working With Fixed Duration Tasks
- Making Multiple Assignments
- Adding Additional Resources
- Adding More of the Same Resource
- More Resources in Multiple Assignments
- Understanding Effort Driven Scheduling
- Working With Non Effort Driven Tasks
- Working With Effort Driven Tasks
- Resource Assignment Summary
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Unit 8: Assigning Resources
- Simple Resource Assignments
- Assigning Part Time Resources
- Understanding Work Contouring
- Specifying Resource Usage
- Contouring Work Hours
- Assigning Specific Work Times
- Work Times for Multiple Assignments
- Problem Assignments
- Assigning Resources in Task Information
- Assigning Resources in a Sheet
- Assigning Resources You Do Not Have
- The Case Study Resources
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Unit 9: Resource Levelling
- Understanding Resource Levelling
- Creating Resource Problems
- Tracking Down Over Allocations
- Checking Resource Usage
- Creating an Over Allocation Report
- Changing Work Effort
- Understanding Overtime
- Assigning Overtime
- Hiring Contract Labour
- Switching Work Assignments
- Rescheduling Tasks
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Unit 10: Assigning Materials
- Assigning Fixed Material Consumption
- Contouring Materials Usage
- Adding More Material Assignments
- Assigning Variable Usage Material
- Adding to a Material Assignment
- Checking Work for Materials
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Unit 11: Costs
- Understanding Project Costs
- Reviewing Current Costs
- Entering Variable Costs
- Case Study Variable Costs
- Assigning Daily Costs
- Assigning Per Usage Costs
- Assigning Fixed Costs
- Assigning Material Costs
- Using Another Cost Table
- Applying a Different Cost Table
- Changing Rates During a Project
- Assigning Cost Resources
- Viewing Project Costs
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Unit 12: Constraints and Deadlines
- Understanding Constraints and Deadlines
- Reviewing Our Project
- Adding a Constraint
- Using Elapsed Time
- Rescheduling Tasks
- Creating a Deadline
- Moving a Project’s Start Date
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Unit 13: Project Tracking
- Creating a Baseline
- Automatically Updating Tasks
- Manually Updating Tasks
- Entering Delayed Tasks
- Tracking Actuals on a Gantt Chart
- Using the Tracking Box
- Viewing Task Slippage
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Unit 14: Printing
- Understanding Printing
- Previewing Before You Print
- Selecting a Printer
- Printing a Gantt Chart
- Printing Sheet Views
- Printing Tasks for Resources
- Printing Resources for Tasks
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Unit 15: Getting Help
- Understanding How Help Works
- Using Tell Me
- Accessing the Help Window
- Navigating the Help Window
- Using Google to Get Help
- Printing a Help Topic
- Other Sources of Assistance
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