Microsoft Project Training Courses

Microsoft Project allows all levels of project management to create, view and track their projects easily. At Mouse Training, we offer a wide range of MS Project courses that suits all levels of ability. Our Project training courses are designed with you in mind as we tailor all our courses to suit your needs.

If you only need to update an existing project plan, then you should attend our Project Tracking Course, or if you need to get up to speed with Project quickly, then attending our Project Crash Course will be perfect.

If you prefer, you could still attend a MS Project standard course, e.g. MS Project Introduction or MS Project Advanced with pre-defined course content. If you attend a public course, you could be stuck spending most time on Project tools you might never use.

This is because public Project course suppliers have to run the exact Project course content which they sell with no regard to specific requirements! We are different. We do NOT run public Project training courses. All our MS Project training courses are closed and dedicated to you!

We offer MS Project training courses for all versions of MS Project, and for all levels, e.g. Project 2010 or 2003 Introduction or Advanced. We also run MS Project 2010 upgrade training courses if you simply need to get to grips with the new and enhanced functionality.

If you are not sure what version, level or exact course content you need, then feel free to Contact Us to discuss your needs. We do not have sales staff. When contacting us, you will talk to MS Project trainer, who will be able to provide free, no obligation help with your required course needs. Mouse Training is run by Microsoft Training Professionals, not sales people! We want to help you understand, gain and implement knowledge.

PS: A free Project Training Needs analysis is available to help you create a tailored Project Course.

MS Project 2010 Training Courses

Below are all our MS Project 2010 training courses. All the Project 2010 courses below can be tailored to suit your needs. Learn how to use Project 2010 more efficiently to plan, create and track your Projects

MS Project 2007 Training Courses

Below are all our MS Project 2007 training courses. All the Project 2007 courses below can be tailored to suit your needs. Learn how to use Project 2007 more efficiently to plan, create and track your Projects

MS Project 2003 Training Courses

MS Project 2003 is still the most used Project version. With our MS Project 2003 courses below, learn exactly what you need to know to perform all project planning and tracking tasks. Remember that all the courses below can be tailored to your exact needs.

MS Project Course Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

Select a MS Project Training Course level below to view all the information you need about the course, including the cost of the course, the available training formats and much more.

Introduction
Advanced
Course Builder
TNA

Project Introduction Training Course Information

This course is designed for new users of MS Project, or existing self taught users. T

Course Duration

This is a 2 day Project Introduction Course. Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Project training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Project Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

Project and Project Terms

Theory of Project Management
Project User Interface, Windows, Quick Access Toolbar , Ribbons, File Tab, View Button
Using Help
Terminology
The Project Triangle
Creating a project
Default settings
Define project
Priorities

Create a Project Calendar

Create a New project Calendar
Set the Default working Hours & Week
Alter Hours of Working Day
Set additional Non-Working Days e.g. Bank Holidays
Applying a calendar to a project

Entering and Linking Tasks

Enter Tasks, Set Durations and create Milestones
Manual vs automatic scheduling
Task information dialog
The indicator column
Create summary tasks
Using the outline tools
Link and unlink tasks, Link types
Predecessors and Successors
Add notes

Task Relationships and Critical Path

Finish to Start, Start to Finish, Finish to Finish and Start to Start
How to Avoid Dangling Tasks
Theory of Critical Path
Showing the Critical Path
Slack Time
Creating lead and Lag time

Navigation and Project Views

View button
Use Goto selected task Button
Use the Zoom tools To change timescale
View the timeline
Split views
Add tasks to timeline
Format Time-scale
Switch view to Calendar View
Switch view to Network Diagram
Switch view to Gantt Chart
Keyboard Short Cuts for Views
More views option

Resources

Enter resources
Resource types
Labels , names and groups
Set costs, standard and overtime
Cost per use
Resource Information dialog
Add notes
Pro rata
Cost Rate Tables
Fixed Task Costs
Resource Calendars
Availability
Task assigning

Task Constraints & Task Management

General (default) Constraints
Hard Constraints
Soft Constraints
Deadlines
Remove deadlines / constraints
Scheduling Project from Start Date
Scheduling Project from Finish Date
Delay and reschedule
Fixed Duration vs Fixed units
Create and assign Task Calendars

Project Costing

Resource Costs
Duration Driven
Show Project Statistics for project cost and duration
Show cost table (Gantt view)
Identify over allocations
Deal with over allocations

Tracking

Setting a baseline
Clearing a baseline
Marking tasks % complete
Using the tracking Gantt to spot slippage
Inactivate tasks
Reschedule workload
Levelling options
Splitting tasks

Sorting, Grouping & Filtering

Sorting tasks by non-default sort order
Apply grouping levels
Use the AutoFilter
Use In-built filters for Filtering Tasks

Table usage

Switch tables
More tables
Add columns
Hide columns

Producing Reports

Overview
Run Task Usage reports
Run Current Activities reports
Run Costing reports
Run Work load reports
Run visual reports to Excel or Visio
Running Custom reports

Printing

Print preview
Gantt Chart
Network Diagram
Calendar View
Page Setup Options
Print options
Snapshot to other application

Project Advanced Training Course Information

This course is designed for new Existing users of MS Project and will build on the Introduction training course

Course Duration

This is a 1 day Project Introduction Course. Course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Project training centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Project Advanced / Beginners Training Course Contents

Work with Objects and Drawing Tools

Insert Clip Art, Spreadsheets, Word Documents
Organization Charts
Using Drawing Tools
Linking Objects to Tasks or Dates
Show / Hide Embedded Objects

Adding Hyperlinks

Internal Hyperlinks
Link to Word Bookmarks
Link to Excel Range Names
Hyperlink Table

Advanced Grouping & Filtering

Create Custom Groups
Create Custom Filters
Use organiser to transfer them

Advanced Tables and Views

Creating Custom tables
Formatting tables
Formatting Gantt Chart bar styles
Change Gantt chart View options (link lines)
Copy views, Create new views and customise them
Use Organiser to transfer filters, groups, tables, calendars, views, reports
Understanding the Global.mpt

Resource / Task Allocations Advanced

Using split views with task usage and resource usage
Using the task usage to deal with overallocations
Resource chart
Enter overtime
Share workload
Team Planner
Recurring tasks
Updating project
Comparing project versions

Reporting

Custom Reports
Edit report text styles
Edit report printing options
Edit a report structure using tables filters and groups
Create a new report using new tables filters and groups
External report options (visual reports in other Apps)

Multiple Projects

Advantages and Disadvantages over summary tasks
Sharing Resources (resource pool)
Inserting Subproject's
Subproject options
External Predecessors and Successors
Using the WBS
Defining the WBS

Interaction with Outlook

Email update tasks
Team assign
Team status

Advanced Formatting

Using and Applying Templates

Project Server Overview

A brief demonstration and overview of using Project Server / SharePoint

Tailored MS Project Courses

We have developed our own Project Custom Course Builder, where you can choose the topics you want to include in your course. Each topic has an estimated teach time, so you can see how long it would take to learn what you want!

GO TO PROJECT COURSE BUILDER

MS Project Training Needs Analysis

We provide a free Project Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for all our clients to ensure the course is exactly what you need. Simply download our Project TNA. After completion, send this back to us. We can then build a Microsoft Project Training Course that will ensure you only get shown relevant topics, unlike scheduled Project training courses.

All Project Training Course Versions and Levels

Below are all our different versions of our MS Project Training Courses

MS Project 2002 Training Courses

MS Project 2000 Training Courses

Project Resources

Project Training Los Angeles - provided by Training Connection

Project Training Toronto - provided by Servitor Training Services

Project Training Vancouver - provided by Alandale Computer Training

Project Training Sydney - provided by Raising the Bar