Course Length
One day
Prerequisites
Windows Introduction or equivalent experience
Course Description
In this full-day course, participants will create and manage different aspects of a project using Microsoft Project 2010. Participants will learn how to create projects, enter tasks, organize schedules, assign task relationships, add resources, and customize calendars.
Course Topics
- Learn the phases of a project
- Explore the Microsoft Project Window
- Display or hide the View Bar
- Display Backstage View
- Explore the Ribbon
- Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
- Execute commands using KeyTips
- Specify the start or finish date for the project
- Specify the project calendar
- Change working time for the project calendar
- Specify nonworking time for a project
- Explore manual and automatic scheduling
- Learn about task durations
- Create a task list
- Change the scheduling mode
- Insert a row in the task list
- Create a milestone task
- Create, view, and hide recurring tasks
- Edit recurring tasks
- Save and close a project
- Create a new blank project
- Link and unlink tasks
- Learn about task relationships
- Change a task link
- Autolink tasks
- Insert, delete, and move a task
- Apply lag time or lead time
- Add a note to a task
- Apply a constraint
- Change task start or finish date
- Enter a deadline date
- Create a summary task and subtasks
- Hide or show subtasks
- Roll up Gantt bars to a summary bar
- Display the project summary task
- Display outline numbers
- Create a resource list
- Make an initial assignment to a task
- Filter the resource list
- View work hours assigned to tasks
- Change the setting for effort-driven scheduling
- Change a task assignment
- Assign a material resource to a task
- Change the task type
- Apply preset and manual contours
- Change views
- Display a combination view
- Zoom the Gantt Chart timescale
- Change the timescale tiers independently
- Format text and bars
- Create a text style and a bar style
- Print a view
- Use drawing commands
- Attach a drawing object to a task
- Apply a table to a view
- Modify the calendar for a resource
- Specify the availability of a resource
- Create a new base calendar
- Assign a base calendar to a resource
- Assign a base calendar to a task
What Participants Receive
Each participant receives a guide containing step-by-step instructions and practice exercises.
