Project – Part 1
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Nov 17 - Nov 17, 2026
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This hands-on course introduces the essential tools and features of Microsoft Project. You’ll learn to create structured project plans, link tasks, manage schedules, and allocate resources. Designed for beginners, this training provides a strong foundation for delivering well-organized, trackable plans that can be reviewed and approved by key stakeholders.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to construct a basic project plan using Microsoft Project’s essential features. You will:
- Understand core project management concepts
- Create a new project plan and define scheduling options
- Add tasks, durations, and relationships
- Allocate and manage resources effectively
- Finalize your project plan for stakeholder approval
Prerequisites for Project – Part 1 Course
Project – Part 1 Course Outline
- Navigate the Microsoft Project environment
- Create a new project plan
- Set scheduling options
- Assign a project calendar
- Add and organize tasks
- Estimate task durations
- Create a work breakdown structure
- Set task dependencies
- Schedule task execution
- Add and assign project resources
- Enter costs and resolve conflicts
- Create and use resource calendars
- Optimize the project schedule
- Set baselines
- What Is Microsoft Copilot Chat?
- The Magic Prompt Formula
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You’ll learn to construct a basic project plan using Microsoft Project, including core project management concepts, creating project plans, setting scheduling options, adding tasks and durations, managing resources, and finalizing plans for stakeholder approval.
Participants should have basic computer literacy, basic PC operating system navigation skills, basic Internet usage skills, and basic IP address knowledge.
This course is ideal for individuals new to project management or Microsoft Project who need to build foundational skills in creating and managing project plans.
Topics include navigating Microsoft Project, defining projects, adding and managing tasks, creating work breakdown structures, setting task dependencies, managing resources and costs, finalizing project plans, and using Microsoft Copilot Chat for AI-assisted project management.
Yes, the course includes a section on Microsoft Copilot Chat, covering what it is, the Magic Prompt Formula, and how to work smarter using AI within project management tasks.