Microsoft Project 2019 – Introduction

Course Length: 2 Days

Course Format: Instructor–Led

Course Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Course Description

Course Overview: Welcome to Microsoft® Project 2019: Introduction. This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional 2019 so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.

This course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project 2019 during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project 2016/365 and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.

Target Student: This course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts and who is responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. The course will give the student a fundamental understanding of Microsoft Project 2019 necessary to create and save project plans.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success in this course, you should have basic project management knowledge and skills. The following CompuTrain course can help you in meeting this requirement: Project Management Fundamentals (Second Edition).

You should also have basic knowledge and skills for using any current Windows® operating system—preferably Windows 10. The following CompuTrain courses can help you meet this requirement:

Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
Microsoft® Windows® 10 Transition from Windows® 7

Finally, you should have competency in using other Microsoft Office applications—preferably Office 2019/365. You can take any of the Office 2019/365 course offerings from CompuTrain to attain the requisite knowledge and skills.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to create and engage in basic management of a project using Microsoft Project Professional 2019.

You will:

Identify project management concepts and navigate the Project 2016/365 environment.
Create and define a new project plan.
Create and organize tasks.
Manage resources in a project plan.
Finalize a project plan.
Update a project plan to reflect progress as you execute the project.
Monitor project progress in the project plan.
Adjust the project plan to control constraints.
Create project reports to share a project’s status.
Customize project settings and share customizations with other projects.

Course Content

DAY 1

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Project

Identify Project Management Concepts
Navigate in the Microsoft Project Desktop Environment

Lesson 2: Defining a Project

Create a New Project Plan File
Set Project Plan Options
Assign a Project Calendar

Lesson 3: Adding Project Tasks

Add Tasks to a Project Plan
Enter Task Duration Estimates

Lesson 4: Managing Tasks

Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Define Task Relationships
Schedule Tasks

Lesson 5: Managing Project Resources

Add Resources to a Project
Create a Resource Calendar
Enter Costs for Resources
Assign Resources to Tasks
Resolve Resource Conflicts

Lesson 6: Finalizing a Project Plan

Optimize a Project Plan
Set a Baseline
Share a Project Plan

Appendix A: Navigating in the Microsoft Project Online Environment

DAY 2

Lesson 1: Updating a Project Plan

Enter Task Progress
Enter Overtime Work
Edit Tasks
Update Cost Rate Tables
Update a Baseline