Microsoft Project Basics - How to Create Your First Project

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Great Course for Those New to Microsoft Project...

Now you can finally learn Microsoft Project and get familiar withhow to perform Project Scheduling. With this course, you will learnthe essential beginning skills for Project Managers to understandwhat functions can be performed using Microsoft Project and how tonavigate the program.

In this course, you will learn the basics of creating a MicrosoftProject scheduling using Gantt charts. 

We will cover such topicsas:

• How to create a Work Breakdown Structure for use within Microsoft Project scheduling
• How to create Tasks and Summaries within Microsoft Project
• How to Use Microsoft Project for managing Project Resources
• How to add Durations and Effort to Tasks and see the complete Project Work
• How to Link Tasks together in Microsoft Project to create a full project schedule

As part of this course, we will also cover best practices for Project Scheduling and what a good Project Schedule should contain.

At the end of this course, you will be totally familiar with Microsoft Project so that you will be able to create, review, andrevise Microsoft Project schedules all on your own.

Also, for those seeking PMI Certification (such as the PMP Certificate), if you complete this course you may receive credit for 1 PDU applicable to PMI Certification.

This course includes additional materials (Microsoft Project files) that are downloadable for your own practice.  Also included for free is a White Paper on Best Practices for Project Scheduling.