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Microsoft Project 2013 for Beginners - Start Your MS Project Journey
Learn how to create project plans, track progress, manage budgets and more in this free online Microsoft Project course.
Description
Microsoft Project 2013 is one of the world's most widely used project management software tools and helps managers deliver work on-time and on-budget by turning project variables into vivid graphics and actionable data. With big picture and micro-level views, managers stay on top of deliverables throughout the lifespan of a project. Make sure your project ends up a success story with our Microsoft Project 2013 course.
By studying this course, you’ll become an expert at developing and managing projects using this key project management tool. Your professional instructor will give you the inside track on creating and managing tasks, allocating resources, defining deadlines, maximizing calendars, and more. Starting with the basics, you’ll discover how to design a custom project and use templates. Next, you’ll see how to integrate your data and turn it into a compelling report. You’ll then get useful tips for solving tricky Gantt Chart problems by learning to trace task paths.
If you’re interested in project management as a future career, or if you’re a professional seeking to improve your project management skills, then this clear and simple course is the one for you. Knowing how to develop project plans, assig resources to tasks, track progress, manage budgets and analyse workloads are key skills in any project, so learning these skills is an absolute must for any aspiring project manager. So start this course today, and by the end of the week you’ll have gained valuable new skills in project management.
Start Course NowModules
Getting started with Microsoft Project 2013 for Beginners
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Introduction to Project 2013 - Learning Outcomes
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Introduction to Project 2013 for Beginners course
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What's New in Project 2013
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Online, Offline and Contextual Help
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Start Screen, Project Workspace and Backstage View
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Overview of Principles and Touch Gestures
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Introduction to Project 2013 - Lesson summary
The Ribbon and Toolbars
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Ribbon and Toolbars - Learning Outcomes
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The Ribbon
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Quick Access Toolbar
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Mini Toolbar
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Contextual Menu
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Status Bar
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Keyboard Shortcuts and Key Tips
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Ribbon and Toolbars - Lesson Summary
Setting up your first project and tasks
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Setting up your first project and tasks - Learning Outcomes
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Setting Up Tasks
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Project Information
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Project Options, Entry Bar, Timeline, Properties
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Setting up your first project and tasks - Lesson Summary
Task Dependencies and Resources
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Task Dependencies and Resources - Learning Outcomes
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Link/Unlink Tasks; Setting Up Dependencies between Tasks
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Resource Sheet View
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Resource Assignment
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Opening and Closing Projects; Switching Windows; Pinning to Recent List
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Saving Projects; File Formats; AutoSave
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Task Dependencies and Resources - Lesson Summary
Calendars
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Calendars - Learning Outcomes
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Creating New Calendar and setting the Worktime
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Standard and tailored Calendars
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Calendars - Lesson Summary
Views and Tables
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Views and Tables - Learning Outcomes
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Task Views; Zoom; Timescale
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Resource View and Split View
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Tables, Columns and Fields
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Timeline View
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Views and Tables - Lesson Summary
Summary Tasks
Scheduling
Leveling
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Leveling - Learning Outcomes
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Basics of Leveling
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Leveling Order; Resolving Resource Overallocations
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Leveling - Lesson Summary
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate with confidence around Microsoft Project 2013
- Customize Project 2013 to your requirements
- Use keyboard shortcuts to speed up your Project capability
- Set up tasks, enter project information and use task basics such as entry bar, timeline and properties
- Use the resource sheet view and resource assignment tool
- Open and save projects in the right way including using Autosave and understand the different file formats
- Create project calendars and schedule work
- Use the different views in MS Project to display what you need
Certification
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