Microsoft Project: A Practical Tutorial

Name: Microsoft Project: A Practical Tutorial
Rating: 4.8 (13 reviews)

Learn how to customize Microsoft Project

Created byJessica Ingram

Last updated 4/2023

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

The purpose of this course is to give the student the ability to learn Microsoft Project in a step-by-step tutorial guide.
This course will take a real world scenario that will provide the students with the skills necessary to build a project schedule from the beginning to the end.
The student will have the ability to follow each tutorial video in a hands on approach to learning.
By the end of the course, the student should be able to use Microsoft Project confidently and knowledgably.

Course content

4 sections • 13 lectures • 4h 47m total length

Course Expectations and Resources11:49
Explore relationship types and constraint types in Microsoft Project, understand the critical path and float, and practice resource loading and work breakdown structure for practical scheduling.

Auto-Scheduling and Schedule View14:18
Build in Holiday Calendar and Adding Columns14:57
Next we will create a holiday calendar and build in the resources necessary for the project
Build In Resources9:53
Explore building in resources in Microsoft Project using the resource sheet, including work, material, and cost material types, plus standard and overtime rates, cost per use, and base calendar.
Build in Custom Work Breakdown Structure33:55
Build a customized work breakdown structure in Microsoft Project by creating an outline code, configuring a code mask, and adding custom fields and views for detailed, project-specific planning.
Create Custom Filters and Tables for Views27:29
Create custom views, filters, and tables in Microsoft Project to build a wedding critical path, cost, and status view using Gantt charts, baseline finish, and earned value metrics.

Schedule Build Part 1: Build in Tasks42:39
Build a detailed project schedule in Microsoft Project by creating tasks, structuring them with milestones, and linking predecessors and successors using a wedding planning example.
Schedule Build Part 2: Mapping the Work Breakdown Structure16:46
Map the work breakdown structure (WBS) in Microsoft Project by adjusting custom fields, removing unused tasks like hotels, and linking wedding planning activities to reveal milestones, costs, and iterative planning.
Schedule Build Part 3: Schedule Linking and Durations42:55
Schedule Build Part 4: Assigning Resources to Tasks24:40

Final Review of Schedule14:49
Review the project schedule in Microsoft Project by adjusting the gantt chart views, adding milestone flags, filtering and grouping by cost, slack, or resources, and ensuring tasks link correctly.
Baseline Schedule9:45
Baseline the entire project schedule by highlighting all tasks and setting baseline in the project tab, then insert baseline cost to snapshot forecast costs against actuals for variance.
Status Schedule and Reports Review Scenario23:24
Update the project schedule in Microsoft Project, manually status progress, and review cost variance, earned value, and critical path reports to communicate updates with clients.

Requirements

No prerequisites required

Description

The purpose of this course is teaching the basics of building a robust and customized project schedule in Microsoft project. By learning how to build a customized schedule, the student is better able to meet and adjust for client and team needs instead of using pre-made templates that become difficult to adjust and customize. This tutorial is practical and allows the students to follow along with the tutorial guide while gaining real world advice from a project management professional in how to make Microsoft Project into a functioning, useful tool. Some of the skills that the student will learn includes building customized tables, views, and filters. Additionally, Students will learn about how to build in resources and cost rates, build in tasks, and to customize the tools functions to make it more user friendly and make the ability to build out schedules easier. Students will be able to come away from this course more capable of creating customized projects that can be used on various projects and meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders. These obtains skills will assist the student in furthering their career as project managers/professionals but can also translate those skills to other scheduling software in the future.

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Course content

Welcome to Microsoft Project: A Practical Tutorial Course1 lecture • 12min

Step 1: Setup MS Project File5 lectures • 1hr 41min

Step 2: Build Schedule File4 lectures • 2hr 7min

Step 3: Baseline and Status Schedule3 lectures • 48min

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