Basic Project Training Course

Our Basic Project training course can be carried out in the following versions: 2010, 2013, 2016 and 365.

All of our courses are full day courses, typically running from 9:30am to 4pm with two coffee breaks and a lunch break throughout to break up the course. Timings can be slightly flexible though to fit in with your needs. We can also create a bespoke course to tailor the contents of the course to your needs. Just ask, we’d be happy to help.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to enable the trainee to understand how to create simple Gantt Charts with the insertion of tasks and resources. Automatic scheduling will be used and also exercises to demonstrate the different views on a project.

Key Content

The key content that is covered in the course can be found below:

• • • Introduction to terms and key features
    • Look and feel of Tabs and Ribbons
    • Guided exercise on simple project plan
    • Building a plan from scratch
      • Tasks, Notes, Durations
      • 4 Link Types
      • Lag and Lead Times
    • Project Templates
    • Resource Assignment
    • Inserting and hiding columns
    • Task Types – Duration/Unit/Work Based
    • Project Views – Task Usage and Calendar
    • Task Drivers, Formatting Bar Styles and Text
    • Project Views, Amending a project/rescheduling
    • Resource and Fixed costs
    • Updating Progress and Costs
    • Exercises throughout

For more information and for prices, please contact us at johnlegge@jplcomputer.co.uk or by giving us a call on 07903 840105 for a no obligation quote.

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