Microsoft Project 2021 for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals

Conquer your projects and deliver on time and on budget by mastering Microsoft Project 2021.

Created by: Simon Sez IT
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What Will I Learn?

• Explain the differences between Project plans and Project versions
• Explore the Project interface with confidence and quickly find commands
• Work with keyboard shortcuts
• Switch between views and tables
• Understand the difference between automatically vs. manually scheduled tasks
• Setup Project calendars and define exceptions
• Create milestone tasks
• Link tasks and add dependencies
• Set task deadlines and constraints
• Deal with resource overallocations
• Understand effort vs. non-effort driven scheduling
• Set a baseline to measure progress
• Work with the timeline view
• Track and manage task and project progress
• Create and format basic reports
• Save a Project file as a template
• Export a Project file to a PDF and Excel workbook

Requirements

• Microsoft Project 2021 downloaded and installed on your machine (ideal but not essential)
• No prior experience needed, the course is for complete beginners.

Target audience

• Users new to Microsoft Project 2021 and those upgrading from previous MS Project versions
• Anyone new to the Project Management role
• Non project managers who have been asked to manage a large project
• Beginner Project 2021 users who want to explore the software's functionalities