Faculty of Engineering

VI Microsoft Project Course 2021 - Online

The first part of the course will show the fundamental functionalities of Microsoft Project 2021, which will allow you to start, plan, execute and control a complete project.

In the second part, you will learn and apply advanced functionalities of MS Project 2021 to solve special situations that occur in the phases of a project: planning (for its optimization), execution, monitoring and control, and project closure.

 

I. Getting to know Microsoft Project 2021
  1. Introduction
  2. Tool configuration (calendars: Standard and Local)
  3. Project start
II. Project planning
  1. Definition of tasks
  2. Task sequence
  3. Estimation and allocation of work, material and cost resources.
  4. Estimation of duration, based on scope and resources.
  5. Adjustments to the plan: restrictions and overallocations.
  6. Planning verification: statistics, S-curve, summary table.
  7. Planning Improvement: Fast Tracking and Crashing.
  8. Baseline.
III. Project Execution: Project Progress Management
  1. Progress according to plan.
  2. Percentage of completion.
  3. Special task updates.
IV. Monitoring and control: earned value management.
  1. Project statistics.
  2. Tracking table.
  3. Earned Value Management.
V. Advanced options
  1. Complementary configuration of the tool.
  2. Task configuration.
  3. Configuration of resources and assignments.
  4. Information management: ordering, grouping, filtering.
  5. Interaction with other programs.
  6. Other functionalities: Custom fields, Macros, Overtime management.