Scheduling with Microsoft Project (MS Project) like a pro

A schedule is like a joke, if you have to explain it – it’s not good enough…

Hi all – In my 20 years as Project Manager I have successfully implemented projects for HP and IBM (amongst others) and if you follow this course you will know MS Project as much as I do. That’s all there is to it but it can be very powerful if used properly.

Overview

This course will show you how to create a schedule in Microsoft Project like pros do. The course focuses on the key functionality that is used in real life. In my 20+ years as Project Manager I have only used the functions outlined in this course.

Project Managers simply do not have time to build complex projects schedules. Schedules need to be

• easy to maintain / fast to update
• easy to share / easy to understand

For this reason Project Managers only use a few (but powerful) components of the Microsoft Project / MS Project functionality.

This course focuses on what knowledge is required to build a solid and usable schedule. The type of schedule project managers needs, for him/her but also to present a clear timeline to peers and Management.

There are 3 main chapters to this course:

In the introduction, I walk you through the software. First very briefly then in more detail where I show you the main functionalities.

Part 1 will show you the main functionality and how to build a schedule in 6 steps, followed by a practice activity for each concept.

In Part 2 we will review some more advanced concepts. There is also a practice activity for this Part.

Finally in the conclusion I will explain some other functionalities that are never used.

Have fun!