Microsoft Project Workshop

Why Attend

The overall aim of this course is to train participants on the use of Microsoft Project software and enable them to discover all its features. Participants will be able to develop project plans and calendars, customize different charts, views and tables. The course also aims at training participants on different project related techniques such as resource assignment and leveling, tracking progress and consolidating project plans.

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

The course relies heavily on hands-on training using Microsoft Project software. The methods used will also include a mix of interactive techniques such as brief presentations by the consultant and the participants, group exercises and discussions.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Define projects and identify project constraints
Develop project files and calendars
Schedule tasks and enter recurring tasks
Set up resources and assign them to tasks
Identify critical path and apply resource leveling
Prepare baselines and track project progress
Design project status reports and customize charts
Create resource pools and consolidate project plans

Target Audience

Project schedulers, project planners, project coordinators, project managers, members of project office and anyone interested in project management

Target Competencies

Planning
Scheduling
Organizing
Executing
Controlling
Report designing

Understanding projects

Project definition
Triple constraints
Project management processes
Project life cycle

Starting a new project

Creating a project file
Setting project calendar
Entering and manipulating new tasks
Entering milestones
Organizing tasks

Scheduling tasks

Establishing tasks dependencies
Setting up task constraints
Adjusting working time for individual tasks
Setting deadline reminders
Entering recurring tasks
Splitting tasks

Managing resources

Adding and entering resource capacity
Resource calendar
Assigning work resources to tasks
Finding the right resources
Effort driven scheduling
Setting up resource availability
Setting up material resources

Identifying critical path and resource allocation

Network diagram
Viewing critical path
Resource allocation
Resolving resource over-allocation
Resources leveling

Tracking progress

Saving the project baseline
Tracking the project as scheduled
Entering the task completion percentage
Entering actual values
Updating baseline

Organizing and formatting project details

Sorting and grouping project details
Filtering project details
Customizing tables, views and Gantt charts
Customizing and printing reports
Viewing and reporting project status
Spotlight report

Consolidating projects and resources

Creating resource pool
Consolidating project plans
Earned value calculations

$2100

Mombasa

Country: Kenya

Duration: One week

Date: 17–21 Nov 2025

$1995

Arusha

Microsoft Project Workshop

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

Understanding projects

Starting a new project

Scheduling tasks

Managing resources

Identifying critical path and resource allocation

Tracking progress

Organizing and formatting project details

Consolidating projects and resources

$2100

Country: Kenya

Duration: One week

Date: 17–21 Nov 2025

$1995

Country: Tanzania

Duration: One week

Date: 20–24 Apr 2026