Project Planning with Microsoft Project

This course is suitable for professionals undertaking the following roles:

• Project Manager
• Project Officers
• Project Team Member
• Anyone assisting on projects
• Anyone interested in learning more about project planning
• Anyone interested in learning the basics of MS Project

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the project life cycle
• Understand the principles, high-level activities, tools, and techniques involved to complete each of the 24 Planning Processes
• Discuss why we complete each of the 24 Planning Processes
• Identify the benefits of each of the 24 Planning Processes
• Complete a project schedule in MS Project using the relevant Planning Processes (around 12 Planning Processes)

• Face to face or virtual trainer delivered two day course.
• Undertake individual and group led activities to support practical application
• Includes additional reference resources.
• Students receive certificate of completion at end of course

• The Project Life Cycle
• Basics of MS Project
• Scope Planning
• The WBS in MS Project
• Schedule Planning
• Create the Schedule in MS Project
• Cost Planning
• Create a Budget in MS Project
• Quality Planning
• Add Quality Activities to the Schedule
• Resource Planning
• Add and assign Resources to the Schedule
• Communications Planning
• Reporting using MS Project
• Risk Planning and Responses
• Contingency Planning in MS Project
• Procurement Planning
• Including LLTI in MS Project
• Stakeholder Planning
• Recurring Tasks for Meetings
• Saving Baselines for the Project Management Plan