The University of Texas at El Paso

Microsoft Project 2019 Bundle

Course Name

Microsoft Project 2019 Bundle

Contact Hours: 20 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)

Course Description

Whether your project is big or small, business or personal, there are so many ways that Microsoft Project can ensure project success. With this 2 course bundle, you will learn to create custom fields, automate calculations, use macros, and so much more! From beginner level to advanced, by the time you’ve completed these video lessons, Microsoft Project will be doing all your heavy project management lifting.

Included in this bundle:

  • Microsoft Project 2019 - Beginners
  • Microsoft Project 2019 - Advanced

Please note: Course of study may be completed earlier than indicated.

Outcome

Upon successful completion, students will gain the following skills:

  • Using Microsoft Project to plan, implement, and track project performance
  • Identify various Microsoft Project elements and functions to enhance schedule development
  • Examining implemented project schedules to assess progress and take corrective action
  • Preparing and communicating project information using views and reports
  • Identifying how to manage master projects using shared resources

Assessment

This is a video-led course. This course includes practice exercises so you can practice as you learn.

Outline

Microsoft Project 2019 - Beginners course, you will learn:

  • The MS Project Workspace, The Ribbon, Help and Project Options
  • To navigate project calendars, timelines and critical paths
  • How to set-up tasks and dependencies between them, including lag and lead times
  • Managing project costs, leveling and how to resolve resource over-allocations
  • Project security, saving and protecting Project files
  • Useful techniques for tracing task paths to simplify unruly Gantt charts
  • About setting up baselines and interim plans
  • How to work with costs, deadlines and overcome scheduling issues
  • To save your project as a template for future projects

Microsoft Project 2019 - Advanced course, you will learn:
  • About resource sharing including setting up a resource pool across projects
  • How to consolidate different projects into a single project
  • How to set up recurring tasks to save you time
  • About custom fields and how to automate calculations in a custom field
  • How Outline and WBS codes work and how to use them in your project
  • How to properly manage costs including setting fixed costs, budgets, variable costs and overtime
  • How custom tables and custom views work
  • Detail on advanced sorting, filtering and grouping
  • Creating customized reports, charts and how to edit certain elements of a report
  • About Earned Value Analysis
  • How to import and export data from Excel, Word and Notepad
  • Using Macros in Microsoft Project

Books

No additional purchase required.