Course Title:
Microsoft Project

Duration: 2 days

Course Overview
At Pentland we refer to this course as "not just training in another Microsoft product". The course will enable you to understand project management fundamentals and how they apply to Microsoft Project. As the presenter is an experienced project manager, time is spent on the application of the tool in a working environment.

Target Audience


Delegates who wish to gain the necessary skills to understand and successfully use MS Project in their own environment. Suitable for first time users of Project who wish to use computerised project management techniques to improve their development, monitoring and reporting of projects.

Course Objectives


To understand project management fundamentals and how they apply to MS Project
To be able to plan the tasks and resources within a project
To compare the project progress with the original plan
To print and report relevant project information
To be able to create new filters, tables and views to "control" the Project environment

Course Content


Project Management Theory & Terminology as applied to MS Project

Understanding the Project Screen

Entering Tasks and Dependencies

Using the Gantt and PERT charts

Entering and Assigning resources

Duration v. Work

Using Task Types

Saving your Project and Saving in other File Formats

Outlining the Project

The advantages of Structured Planning

Resource Levelling

Feeding back Actuals and Tracking project Progress

Printing Views and Producing Reports

Defining Filters, Tables and Views

It is my pleasure to act as a reference for Pentland Training who have been providing training to my organisation since the 1990s. Recent training has included business and systems analysis training and project management training leading to PRINCE2 certification.

I have personal experience both as a trainee and a training organiser for my team of consultants and have always been very pleased with the level of service provided.

I find Pentland to be approachable and very accommodating of my needs; the quality of the training, materials and trainers has always been first class.

UK Implementation Manger
Thermo Fisher Scientific


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