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Microsoft Project for Beginners

Learnit Training via YouTube

Overview

Dive into a comprehensive 2-hour tutorial on Microsoft Project, designed for project managers, resource managers, team leads, and anyone tasked with planning and executing large-scale projects. Learn how to build a phase-based work breakdown structure, apply durations, constraints, and resources, and track project progress. Master the fundamentals of this popular project management tool, from creating task lists and setting deadlines to managing resources and resolving over-allocations. Gain valuable insights into non-standard task relationships, calendar customization, and resource sheet creation. By the end of this tutorial, acquire the skills to plan, run, and modify projects of any scope using Microsoft Project, tailoring it to your specific needs and work style.

Syllabus

Start:
Introduction
An Important First Step
Touring the Software
Tasks and Phases
Task Durations
Decomposing Tasks
Notes, Hyperlinks, and Estimates
Linking Tasks
Linking Extras
Lag Time
Understanding Non-Standard Relationships
Creating Non-Standard Links
Start to Finish Relationships
Start Dates and Deadline Timing
Manually Scheduling Tasks
Start Date with Constraints
Setting Deadlines with Constraints
Applying What We've Learned
Working with Calendars
Creating Calendars
Setting a Start Date
Another Important Rule and Setup
Creating Resource Sheets
Editing Resources
Assigning Resources
Changing Work Assignments
Resource List Options
Fixing Over-Allocations by Hand
Level Resources
Cheat Sheet and Recommendations

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Learnit Training

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    It's very Helpful to do projects
    It's useful to gain more basic knowledge
    This course gives knowledge projects basic and required things

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