Introduction: This course is for new users of Project, or to give existing users a thorough understanding of how it works

Objectives: To enable the user to work with a project planner confidently and efficiently

Project Basics

• Starting up Project
• The Project environment
• Help

Starting a Project/Calendas

• Creating a new Project
• Adding project information
• Modifying the base calendar
• Detailed Calendar options
• Creating a new base calendar
• Assigning a base calendar to a project
• Changing Project defaults

Defining Tasks

• Entering/editing tasks
• Viewing Task Drivers
• Task duration
• Moving tasks
• Adding task notes
• Outlining the plan

Task Relationships

• Linking tasks
• Lag and lead time
• Task constraints

Resources

• Setting up resources
• Resources types
• Assigning resources
• Modifying resource calendars
• Modifying Work Weeks

Costs

• Resource costs
• Fixed costs

Formatting

• Formatting Gantt charts
• Formatting Tables
• Changing Timescales