Microsoft Project Training Course Level 1 UK Wide - On-site and Online

Beginners Microsoft Project Training Course

This Beginners Microsoft Project training course introduces learners to creating their first Project including planning a project, setting up tasks and resources, assigning resources to tasks and completing the project. Our tailored MS Project courses are offered as small-group instructor-led training events conducted at your workplace (within mainland UK) or as live virtual classroom events. The sample topics given below cover some common fundamental tasks for setting up Microsoft Project.

Email us or call 0844 493 3699 to find out more about booking Microsoft Project training for your team.

We provide Microsoft Project courses for all standalone versions of the software including Project 2021, 2019, 2016 and the Project Online Desktop Client from introductory beginners courses through to an advanced level. We also provide courses for Project Online. For these please see our User and Administrator Project Online courses.

Microsoft Project Beginners Training Course Prerequisites

No previous knowledge of Microsoft Project is required to attend this Level 1 fundamentals course. Learners should be able to navigate their way around Windows and/or the Microsoft 365 environment and have an understanding of opening, closing and saving files and folders.

On-site Microsoft Project Courses UK

Closed courses for Microsoft Project are available for small-group training at your premises. These in-person courses offer more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your particular learning needs.

Whether you are involved in project administration, are a project manager or responsible for managing a programme, Microsoft Project is a highly effective administrative tool for tracking, administering and analysing your budget, tasks and resources, and for sharing project information and collaborating with other team members. Our trainers are not just educators, they also champions of the software who endeavour to promote enthusiastic adoption of Project among those they teach. Before the start date they will discuss with you the goals and objectives of the training and those skill-sets that your team need the most whether they are starting as novice, intermediate or advanced users.

Live Virtual Classroom Training MS Project Courses, Uk and Beyond

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group MS Project courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These Online instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Microsoft Project courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

Our realtime virtual classroom MS Project courses are charged out at £550.00 per day for standalone versions based on a group of five and additional learners can be added for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. Project Online courses are charged at £700.00 plus VAT per day inclusive up to 6 delegates and additional learners can also be added for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. The maximum number of learners on any course is ten. Courseware will be provided electronically.

If you have a group, or groups, of staff that need Microsoft Project training, then having courses run at your own workplace (either face-to-face or as live virtual classroom) is one of the most cost-effective options. Tell us about your learning needs and email us for a quote.

Microsoft Project Beginners Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses

• Instructor-led Microsoft Project training provided in-person with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Dynamic and interactive Microsoft Project courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• The personal touch: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Microsoft Project functions, features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Private, corporate Microsoft Project training for small group sizes with a maximum of 10 learners on any course.
  
  
• Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Microsoft Project knowledge that you require.

Beginners Microsoft Project Training Course Outline

This Introduction to Microsoft Project training course provides learners with the elementary knowledge that they need to plan and set up their first project. It covers project planning, starting a project and working with tasks and resources. For those wanting to go further, the beginners course also provides learners with the foundational knowledge needed to progress onwards to an intermediate level course covering scheduling and managing a project.

This MS Project course can be combined with the Intermediate Microsoft Project course and Advanced Microsoft Project course for a two to three-day training curriculum, or with specialist subjects for a three to five day training syllabus.

We specialise in delivering flexible training programmes and the actual course content, topics and syllabus taught will often vary depending upon your learning requirements and upon the version of the software taught.

• Module 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project
  1. What is Microsoft Project?
  2. Starting Microsoft Project
  3. The Microsoft Project Screen
  4. Microsoft Project Views
     
     
• Module 2: Planning a Project: Definitions
  1. Goals
  2. Objectives
  3. Specifications
  4. Limitations
  5. Project Definition
  6. Project Planning
  7. Completing the Project Plan
     
     
• Module 3: Planning a Project: Resource Calendar
  1. Set a Project Start Date
  2. Working Time / Non-Working Time
  3. Convert Units to Hours
  4. Create a Base Calendar
  5. Recurring Events
  6. AutoComplete and AutoCorrect
     
     
• Module 4: Build a Task List in Microsoft Project
  1. Adding a Task
  2. Deleting a Task
  3. Moving a Task
  4. Copying a Task
  5. Add a Recurring Task
  6. Formatting a Task
  7. Adding a Note to a Task
  8. Entering Task Durations
  9. Creating Task Relationships and Dependencies
  10. Unlinking Tasks
  11. Lag Time and Lead Time
      
      
• Module 5: Resources and Resource Management in Microsoft Project
  1. Resource Pools
  2. Setting up Work Resources
  3. Set Work Resources Maximum Capacity
  4. Edit Work Resources Maximum Capacity
  5. Set Work Resources Pay Rate
  6. Edit Working Time
  7. Setting up Cost Resources
  8. Setting up Material Resources
  9. Asigning Fixed/ Variable Material Consumption
     
     
• Module 6: Assigning Resources to Tasks
  1. Adding a Work Resource to a Task
  2. View / Edit Assigned Resources in Task Form View
  3. Adding Additional Work Resources
  4. Removing Work Resources
  5. Effort Driven Scheduling
  6. Adding a Cost Resource To a Task
  7. Cost Per Task
  8. Cost Per Resource
  9. Re-scheduling Work Resources
     
     
• Module 7: Finalising a Project
  1. Setting a Baseline
  2. Updating a Baseline
  3. Advanced Printing
  4. Reporting
     
     

MS Project Levels: courses are available for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users of Microsoft Project

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