Fundamentals of Project Management with Microsoft Project

Scheduling and Tracking project progress is one of the most crucial aspects of the project management process. Schedules provide extremely important information regarding potential problems, early warning signs, and analysis capability throughout the entire project life cycle. This training program provides highly practical hands-on experience in forming, managing and reporting on project schedules using Microsoft Project. The software is designed to assist managers in developing timelines, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analysing workloads.

Program Objectives

• Understand the entire process of project scheduling and Identify the Critical Components
• Use Work Breakdown Structure to represent all the elements and deliverables of the project.
• Extract key milestones and project constraints and incorporate them into the project schedule.
• Apply Critical Path Methodology Analysis

Modules

Module 1

• Project Management Overview
• Project Management Process Groups
• Roles of Projects and Project Managers
• Project Life Cycle and Scheduling
• Project Stakeholder Analysis; Power/Interest Grid
• Project Initiation and Planning
• Schedule Management Plan
• Creating the Project
• Deliverables
• Work Breakdown Structure

Module 2

• Working with Tables, Filters, and Views
• Schedule Models
• Creating Tasks
• Task Inputs
• Linking Tasks
• Critical Path Method
• Near Critical Paths
• Resource Planning Process

Module 3

• Resource Availability, Analysis, and Schedule Impact
• Resource Leveling Concepts
• Project Execution, Baseline, and Communications
• Communications Management Plan
• Schedule Review Meetings
• Budget Analysis and Cost Control

Module 4

• Performance Measurement
• Schedule Status
• Impact Analysis and Variances
• Change Control
• What-If Scenario Analysis
• Schedule Compression
• Master Projects
• Project Reporting
• Defining Custom Tables, Filters, Groups, and Views

Certification

• Upon successful completion of the trainng, participants will be awarded Cynet East Africa Consultancy certificate.

N/B

• Training will be facilitated by Cynet East Africa Consultancy seasoned trainers.