Scheduling with Microsoft Project (MS Project) like a pro

Start from no knowledge and become a scheduling expert using Microsoft Project

What you'll learn
Become a Microsoft MS project scheduling EXPERT the easy way
Learn the 6 Steps for a successful, accurate and beautiful schedule
Master the art of simplifying your schedule to become more efficient
Practice what you learn with a practical example

Requirements
Preferably a large screen to ensure good visibility on software walkthrough (no mobile phones!)
MS project for practice test (Optional)
Adobe Acrobat (free to download) for resources

Description
Updated Feb 2023: What's new in latest MS Project 2021 updates + video on WBS Updated Nov 2023: Made Cheat sheets and Assignments slides numbering clearerDo you want to know how the professional project managers use MS project for scheduling?Are you a beginner and want to learn to schedule with MS Project the way professionals do it without going through the soporific details of functions that are never used?Hi all - In my 20 years as Project Manager I have successfully implemented projects for HP and IBM (amongst others) and if you follow this course you will know MS Project as much as I (and most Project Managers) do. That's all there is to it but it can be very powerful if used properly. OverviewThis course will show you how to create a schedule in Microsoft Project like pros do. The course focuses on the most important functionality that is used in real life, on real projects. In my 20+ years as Project Manager I have only used the functions outlined in this course.Project Managers simply do not have time to build complex projects schedules. Schedules need to be easy to maintain / fast to updateeasy to share / easy to understand For this reason Project Managers only use a few (but powerful) components of the Microsoft Project / MS Project functionality. This course focuses on what knowledge is required to build a solid and usable schedule. The type of schedule project managers needs, for him/her but also to present a clear timeline to peers and Management. There are 3 main chapters to this course:In the introduction, I walk you through the software. First very briefly thenIn more detail where I show you the main functionalities.Part 1 will show youThe main functionalityHow to build a schedule in 6 stepsPractice activity for each concept.In Part 2 we will Review some more advanced concepts.Do a practice activity for this Part.Finally in the conclusion I will explain some other functionalities that are never used.Have fun!

Who this course is for:
Beginners who want to learn how to schedule with MS Project the proper way., Advanced who want to streamline their use of MS Project to be more efficient overall