Microsoft Project (MSP) Complete Scheduling & Planing

Junior level covers fundamentals of project management, scheduling procedures, and contract types, and introduces Microsoft Project with a basic schedule to prepare for the next level.

Scheduling clarifies time and sets start and finish times to achieve goals in daily life and projects, tracking activities, revealing bottlenecks and risks, and reducing costs.

Explore fixed price (lump sum) contracts and time and material or unit price contracts, plus ABC (engineering procurement construction), outlining scope, change orders, costs, and responsibilities.

Discover the project lifecycle and the five phases: initiation, planning, execution, monitor and control, and closing. Guide stakeholders, budgets, risks, tasks, and deliverables toward successful outcomes.

Master scheduling and planning by answering key questions about project duration, activity sequences, and resources, using a birthday party and a construction project to guide Microsoft Project use.

Explore how Microsoft Project functions as a user-friendly project management tool for individuals or groups, with server-stored projects on SharePoint and a cloud version in Office 365.

Explore where Microsoft Project stands in modern project management, and how learning this tool enables effective planning and execution while highlighting its wide industry usage and career potential.

Navigate the Microsoft Project interface, create or open projects, apply templates, link tasks, and manage calendars and resources. View timeline and can chart data while generating progress reports.

Explore Microsoft Project scheduling through a hands-on mini project that builds your familiarity with tasks, planning, and scheduling procedures, providing an overview to prepare you for deeper learning.

Define a calendar for the project, assign it, and save; then paste WBS and activities from Excel into MS Project, and note task mode and icons.

Master task mode in Microsoft Project, using manual and automatic scheduling, with mixtures as needed. Set auto as default and manage dependencies, calendars, and constraints to control task dates.

Learn to create a WBS in Microsoft Project, organize tasks under execution and construction, and group and schedule tasks to drive progress.

Set the project start date in Microsoft Project, then assign task durations based on activity type and effort, and practice entering durations for tasks.

Ignore daily migration; sum durations by aggregating each task's time for the mini project practice.

Learn how to link tasks in Microsoft Project by setting predecessor relations, exploring the four relation types, including finish-to-start and start-to-start, and avoiding defaults to ensure correct links.

Practice inserting predecessors and relation types in a mini project within Microsoft Project, reinforcing scheduling techniques and dependency management.

Create three resource types—work, costs, and material—add resources in the resource sheet, set rates (designer 80, material 120 per cubic meter, another material 10), and assign to tasks.

Practice a mini project in MS Project by adding resources and assigning them to activities, reinforcing resource management and task assignment skills.

Select a resource and enter units for bricks (3.5 cubic meters) and concrete (2 cubic meters) in each activity; Microsoft Project calculates costs and supports baselines and updates.

Practice by completing a mini project, inserting a resource amount in Microsoft Project. Develop practical MS Project skills alongside soft skills as a bonus.

Review the MS Project schedule with a prepared checklist, mark learned principles, then take a quiz to prove readiness for the intermediate level and unlock the next level.

Recap junior section of the mini project by mastering planning and scheduling in Microsoft Project, inserting tasks, setting start dates, linking tasks, assigning resources and resource amounts, and calculating costs.

In senior level, learn Microsoft Project details and options, set up calendars, define activities, milestones, durations, relations, and resources, and master scheduling and baselines.

Master Microsoft Project options, adjusting the user interface, timeline formats, and startup behavior. Configure currency, scheduling options, start date, task durations, and the effort-driven setting to tailor planning.

Practice time on project options in Microsoft Project, as part of a course that also covers soft skills as a bonus.

Create a duplex building project calendar in Microsoft Project by copying the standard calendar, selecting a calendar type, and entering Netherlands public holidays to ensure accurate task durations.

Engage in practice time to master exceptions in the calendar within MS Project, reinforcing scheduling skills with soft skills as a bonus.

Learn how to configure calendar exceptions in MS Project, including site holidays, working times, and weekly recurrences, and how to assign the updated calendar to your project.

Explore how Microsoft Project calendars shape schedules by comparing calendars and adjusting working time and holidays to see their impact on start and finish, and duration.

Start a duplex building project by researching its nature, reading the contract and drawings, and asking questions; review 3D model and schedule with MS Project for design, procurement, and construction.

Understand the work breakdown structure (WBS) and how activities become tasks, with durations and dates derived from activities, illustrated by a cooking example in MS Project.

Extract WBS and activities from drawings, contracts, and bills of quantity; conduct meetings with managers to define WPA sets and dates, then insert into Microsoft Project.

Learn how to insert WPA activities into Microsoft Project by copying from Excel and pasting, using auto schedule and indents to build a clear WBS with related activities.

Engage in practice time to apply Microsoft Project techniques and reinforce key soft skills from this bonus course.

Explore wbs levels in Microsoft Project from level one to six, with level four as the deliverable plan, and see how milestones and assets organize detailed work.

Learn what a milestone is in project management, and how to insert milestones into Microsoft Project with zero duration, or with a duration if needed, and review them in meetings.

Discover how to customize WBS codes in Microsoft Project by defining code sequences, selecting uppercase letters, separators, and generating unique codes for new tasks.

Practice time to insert WBS codes in Microsoft Project, reinforcing how to structure work breakdowns and assign codes for effective project planning.

Compare duration, effort, and elapsed time in project time management using a duplex building example to calculate hours, total effort, and calendar elapsed time including holidays and weekends.

Learn to insert durations for activities in Microsoft Project, from milestones to design tasks, and remove duration question marks by adjusting scheduling options.

Practice inserting activity durations in MS Project to reinforce core project scheduling concepts and hands-on skills in this MS Project course.

Learn to link activities in Microsoft Project by establishing predecessors and successors, choosing relation types (FS, SS, SF, FF), and applying lag to adjust start times.

Learn to create task relationships in Microsoft Project using two methods: the predecessors column and the details window, including predecessor types and lag.

Learn how to insert and format relationships in Microsoft Project, use comma notation for relation types, avoid self-links, and resolve loops with logical activity relations.

Practice time in MS Project to insert all relations between tasks, reinforcing how relations influence project scheduling.

Analyze resource allocation and relationships in MS Project by examining how site mobilization, civil works, and construction materials depend on design and procurement, and avoid unnecessary linking.

Highlight key tasks with milestone planning in Microsoft Project using a timeline, so you see progress at a glance. Right-click a task and add to the timeline to surface milestones.

Identify and classify resources in Microsoft Project into work, material, and costs. Learn how time and quantity shape resource usage and naming conventions before inserting them into a project.

Enter and configure work, material, and cost resources in MS Project, including architects and rebar, set rates and calendars, and pro-rate costs over task durations.

Assign resources to tasks in Microsoft Project using the can chart and resource names like architect and rebar, with custom costs. View resource usage to see task and project costs.

Learn to manage real resources in MS Project by adding, assigning, and sorting resources via the resource sheet, tracking usage, actuals, and baselines.

Learn to create a resource pool in one project and share resources across multiple projects in Microsoft Project, saving time and ensuring consistent costs and currencies.

Learn how to identify and resolve resource overallocation in Microsoft Project by spotting red overallocated resources, filtering to view affected tasks, and leveling resources to remove conflicts.

Explore how Microsoft Project defines duration, work, and units and applies the duration = work / units formula. See examples showing how manpower and calendars affect duration.

Explore Microsoft Project task types, including fixed duration, fixed units, and fixed work, and learn how duration, work as man hours, or units influence planning in a three-task example.

Learn to enter duration and percent complete in Microsoft Project. Use actual work and actual duration to calculate progress, and set baseline and status date for tracking.

Enter actuals in a Microsoft Project schedule to update actual duration, actual start and finish, and percent complete, while tracking linked tasks and the calendar baseline.

Learn how physical percent complete shows tangible progress in concrete and piping units, and how Microsoft Project uses baselines, tracking, and rolled-up totals to reflect it.

Explore two weight factors, cost and manpower, in Microsoft Project to gauge project heaviness and progress, with cost-based progress examples, and learn man-hour calculations and baselines for resource loading.

Learn to calculate man hours and costs in Microsoft Project by using engineering judgment and standards methods, classifying direct and indirect manpower, and inserting hours and costs for each activity.

Insert man hours and costs into Microsoft Project by setting fixed work, updating subtasks, and linking to an Excel file to verify totals for design activities.

Practice time focuses on using work% complete in Microsoft Project to track task progress and update schedules.

Learn how baseline in Microsoft Project captures an approved plan, creates a copy for revision two, and compares actuals against planned dates to track progress.

Set the status date and finalize the baseline to track progress, adjust start date if needed, compare actuals to the planned schedule, and update the status site for monthly reporting.

Master Microsoft project by exploring the project information section, setting start dates and schedules, and configuring calendars, priorities, and resources, with statistics on baseline, status, and actuals.

Explore agile project management and sprints, breaking big projects into small tasks for flexibility and rapid iteration. Compare waterfall and agile approaches, and apply sprints in Microsoft Project.

Learn to add sprints in Microsoft Project, assign multiple tasks per sprint, set durations and start/finish dates, manage resources, and monitor progress with task charts and the sprint lifecycle.

Review the schedule and checklist, mark mastered principles, and honestly assess your learning. Complete the quiz to confirm you’re on track for the intermediate level and earn your letter.

Master Microsoft Project fundamentals to create plans, define calendars with exceptions, link tasks, and measure progress by duration, physical, and work complete, preparing for agile sprints.

Master level equips you to act as project controller and planner, updating schedules, delivering reporting types in Excel, applying earned value management, and presenting S-curve and rebase line; soft skills.

Update your project schedule in Microsoft Project by using baselines, actual start and finish, and percent complete; apply common scenarios to adjust start dates and propagate changes.

Discover how to track contractor performance on a large-scale project by adding a contractor column in Microsoft Project and integrating Excel data for three contractors.

Engage in hands-on practice inserting all contractors into a Microsoft Project plan, sharpening resource setup and project coordination with bonus soft skills.

Update a project plan in Microsoft Project to enable tracking and reporting, using baselines, actual start and finish dates, and milestones to reflect 100% complete work.

Learn to prepare and track a Microsoft Project schedule, update plans, and measure progress using task usage with actual and baseline work, then export data to Excel for reporting.

This lecture shows how to export project data from Microsoft Project into Excel, compare planned versus actual work, and build pivot tables, reports, and dashboards using senior Excel techniques.

Calculate percent complete from planned and baseline work, and handle zeros with iferror. Use plan variance to assess ahead or behind, and export data to Excel for performance with slicers.

Master pivot tables in Excel to build dynamic project reports, compare planned, baseline, and actual work, and track contractor performance with calculated percent measures.

Create and customize pivot table charts in Excel to visualize contractor performance, filter data with slicers, and design dashboards with clear data labels for planned versus actual results.

Master reporting in Excel by extracting baseline and actual data from Microsoft Project, applying weekly two-tier time scales, and building pivot reports with Power Pivot for clear project control.

Learn to generate and compare reports directly in Microsoft Project without Excel, using compare projects, entry and variance tables, and charts to compare current and previous plans.

Explore how to use, customize, and export dashboards and reports in Microsoft Project, including burn down, start and finish dates, cost and resources views, filters, and pdf export.

Master microsoft project reporting by converting project data to excel visual reports, creating cash flow charts with pivot tables and dashboards, and customizing templates for clear, shareable insights.

Learn to filter and highlight project data in microsoft project, focusing on critical tasks and look-ahead work, and create two weeks look-ahead filters with flags and formulas.

Learn to generate an S-curve from Microsoft Project data, comparing baseline and actual progress weekly to reveal project strengths and weaknesses.

Learn to collect weekly actuals, replace planned with actual, and create an S-curve graph to compare baseline cumulative work with actuals, identifying lag and guiding corrective actions.

Explore earned value management (evm) and the cost performance index (cpi) to measure project performance. Use budgets, progress, and actual costs to calculate earned value and interpret cpi.

Practice calculating the project earned value management (EVM) and cost performance index (CPI) in Microsoft Project to sharpen project analytics and timing skills.

Identify why the cost performance index declines by examining manpower efficiency, lack of manpower, and lack of management, and learn to detect bottlenecks at the site to improve performance.

Learn when and how to rebaseline a Microsoft Project schedule, define a new baseline, compare baselines, and track changes using cumulative work and S-curve analyses.

Analyze the schedule using earned value metrics in Microsoft Project, including CPI, SPI, and EAC, to identify variances and forecast completion.

Enter daily site reports into the plan to update the work schedule using the baseline, actual start and finish, and percent work completed.

Learn to add a new activity after obtaining a baseline, assign duration, and set baseline again by selecting tasks. Use clear baseline when needed to reflect updates.

Revisit the schedule with the prepared checklist to verify your understanding of each principle. Complete the quiz after checking all items to receive the letter and reach the next level.

Summarize the senior section of the Microsoft Project course. Highlight MS Project concepts and the bonus soft skills content.

Enhance project success through proactive communication by identifying stakeholders, choosing clear channels (face-to-face, emails), listening actively, sharing metrics like planned and actual percentages, and fostering a positive, solution-oriented team culture.

Clarify what tasks should be done, by whom, and how to compare progress to the plan. Set baselines, use a progress system to track plan versus actual and identify delays.

Collaborate to share tasks, build trust, and avoid micromanagement; listen, decide collectively, stay positive and flexible, communicate with team, solve problems, learn from mistakes, and celebrate achievements to drive goals.

master the art of effective meetings by clarifying goals, sharing a pre-meeting agenda, assigning clear tasks, tracking progress, and documenting decisions for timely mitigation.

Master forecasting for project controllers and schedulers by aligning budgets with procurement status and tender prices, incorporating contractor selections, and updating contingency using Excel forecasts.

Identify stakeholders and understand their demands, then prioritize them by influence and reporting needs. Map communication lines and tailor updates—calls, emails, or monthly reports—to keep the project aligned and collaborative.