This self-paced online program covers the overview of Project Management and explains how to manage projects using Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project assists Project Managers to do Scope Planning, Assign Resources, Prepare Schedule, Baseline, Update Progress, Track and Report. This training is imperative for all who need to plan, track and effectively communicate with stakeholders. This course helps participants to practically implement the learning through hands-on on MS Project.

After the completion of Microsoft Project Course at Edureka, you should be able to:

1. Understand the importance of MS Project in following a structured approach to managing projects.

2. Define the initial settings in MS Project.

3. Prepare and use MS Project for planning, tracking and reporting on projects.

4. Understand how to document lessons learned and close projects.

Anybody associated with Project Management, in any industry or domain can attend this course.

A basic understanding of the project and project environment is helpful.

MS Project is used across industries in many organizations. Many clients want the projects to be planned and tracked in MS Project.

Learning Objectives - Familiarize with MS project tool and the initial settings. 

Topics - The Interface, Tabs (Task, Resource, Report, Project, View, Format), Backstage view, Project Information, Setup a new project, Setup Project Calendar, Setup non working days, Enter basic project information.

Learning Objectives - Understand how to define scope on project. 

Topics - Auto Scheduled and Manually Scheduled Tasks, Entering Tasks and subtasks, Duration, Notes, Constraints, Hyperlinks, Deadlines, Entering and Deleting Tasks, Indent and Outdent, Establishing Dependencies and Assigning Milestones, Recurring Tasks.

Learning Objectives - Understand how to create resources and assign resources, understanding how to view costs for individual Tasks, Modules and the Total Project. 

Topics - Creating Resources, Resource type, Group, Code, Setting Resource Calendar, Cost, Notes, Assigning Resources and Resource Load Analysis, Viewing Project Costs.

Learning Objectives - Understanding how to view project information in different formats. 

Topics - Defining Date Format, Currency Format, Font, Text Styles, Format Bar, Bar Styles, Format Layout, Format Gridlines, Progress Lines, Format Columns, Column Settings, Field Settings, Custom Fields.

Learning Objectives - Understand how to update actual project information and compare to the plan. 

Topics - Critical Path Analysis, Setting Baseline, Updating Project with Actual Results, Comparing to Baseline and Tracking Gantt View, EVMS, Status Date, Tables (Earned Value, Earned Value Cost Indicators, Earned Value Schedule Indicators), Earned Value options for Project.

Learning Objectives - Organizing Project information for viewing and sharing. 

Topics - Copy Views and Reports, View Slipped Tasks, Print Views and Reports, Reports (Visual, Dashboard, Resources, In Progress).