Course : MS-Project, the essentials for project planning
Practical course - 1d
- 7h00 - Ref. PLN
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 | Planning a project |
| Assessing resource requirements |
| Communicating planning and workload |
| Preparing to delegate planning to a project manager |
Intended audience
Business engineers, department heads, project engineers, project management team members, anyone who has to draw up a schedule with MS-Project.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of project planning.
Practical details
Hands-on work
Project planning following a methodological approach and application examples based on MS-Project.
Teaching methods
Project simulation.
Course schedule
1 Preparing the working environment
- Reminder of planning principles.
- MS Project operating principles.
- The Ribbon. Current views.
- Set up the project schedule.
- Link to other documents.
Hands-on work
Navigate in MS-Project. Configure your environment. Initialize project.
2 Structuring the project
- Identification of activities.
- Drawing up a task organization chart.
- Standardized cutouts.
- Breakdown into sub-projects.
Hands-on work
Organize tasks in MS-Project.
3 Setting up and optimizing schedules
- Understand manual and automatic planning modes.
- Project sequencing.
- Arrangement of task scheduling constraints in the schedule.
- Notions of earliest and latest dates.
- Critical path and margin analysis.
Hands-on work
Understand the logic of task sequencing. Identify the critical path in the schedule.
4 Resource allocation
- Assign resources to tasks, different modes.
- Use of resources, availability. Work/Duration/Capacity relationship.
- Visualize overloads, audit resources.
- Optimize resource use (smoothing, leveling).
Hands-on work
Enter resources and resource properties (calendar). Manage overloads.
5 Project budget
- The rate of resource recovery.
- Different types of resources, fixed costs.
- Consolidate expenses and costs.
- Communicate forecast data.
- Prepare to delegate planning to a project manager.
Hands-on work
Consolidate expenses and costs. Present project cost information.
6 Data processing
- Prepare a printout of the Gantt chart and project timeline.
- Establish a reference plan.
- Reporting, formatting project data.
Hands-on work
Use multiple reports to communicate planning.
Customer reviews
4,4 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
MICHEL E.
12/12/25
4 / 5
Dense content over 1 day: no knowledge of the product over 2 daysTotally novice: needs practice to implement the elements presentedThe product as presented corresponds to expectations
FLORENT S.
05/12/25
4 / 5
An exercise appropriate to our field of activity would have been a plus.
FRANCK B.
05/12/25
5 / 5
Very complete,
Publication date : 07/15/2024
PARTICIPANTS
Business engineers, department heads, project engineers, project management team members, anyone who has to draw up a schedule with MS-Project.
PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of project planning.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Business engineers, department heads, project engineers, project management team members, anyone who has to draw up a schedule with MS-Project.
PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of project planning.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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