Microsoft Project Desktop Jumpstart: Build Your First Schedule

The schedule lives in a spreadsheet, and every date change means fixing it by hand.

You start a project plan, set its calendar, build a task list with summary tasks, link the tasks, and assign resources. Baselines, tracking and reports are in the full course.

What you will do

• Navigate the Project interface and start a new plan
• Set up the project calendar and exceptions
• Build a Work Breakdown Structure
• Link tasks with dependencies
• Create a resource pool and assign resources

You leave with: A project file with linked tasks and assigned resources.

Who it is for: Project managers, coordinators and team leads who are new to Microsoft Project or returning to it.

What you need

• Microsoft Project desktop client installed on a Windows PC. It is paid software, sold separately from standard Microsoft 365 plans, for example with Planner and Project Plan 3.
• Check before you register: Open Microsoft Project on your PC. If it is not installed, you cannot do the hands-on work.
• Microsoft Project installed. Basic project management concepts: tasks, dependencies and resources.
• A computer with a reliable internet connection. The online meeting link is sent after you register.

You receive: Lab Exercise Manual and a PMO sequence reference.

Length: 3 hours. Level: Beginner. Format: Instructor-led, hands-on.

Your instructor: Cecil Renshaw is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of Microsoft 365 training and consulting for government agencies, corporations and small businesses. He writes his own courseware. SharePoint Business Solutions, Inc. (SBSI), sharepointmentoring.com.

Refunds: Full refund up to 7 days before the class. The class runs with at least 4 registrations. If SBSI cancels the class, you get a full refund.

Private sessions: This class can be run for your team, online or on-site. Contact cecil.renshaw@sharepointbiz.com or (217) 741-7165.