Session 1:

• Identify the major parts of the Project window
• Use views to work with the project plan details in different ways
• Use reports to print project plan details
• Create a project plan and enter a project start date
• Set working and nonworking time for a project and enter a start date
• Enter project plan properties
• Enter task information

Session 2:

• Create a milestone to track and important event
• Organize tasks into phases
• Create task relationships by linking tasks
• Record task details in notes and insert a hyperlink to content on the Web
• Check a project plan’s overall duration
• Set up work resources
• Set up material resources
• Enter cost resource information for financial tracking
• Set up cost information for work resources

Session 3:

• Customize a view and preview the way it will look when printed
• Draw on the chart portion of a Gantt Chart view
• Change the formatting of text in a project plan
• Edit and print reports
• Save current values in a schedule as a baseline
• Record progress on tasks through a specific date
• Record a task’s percentage of completion
• Enter actual work and duration values for tasks

Session 4:

• Adjust task links to have more control over how tasks are related
• Apply a constraint to a task
• Identify the tasks on the critical path
• Split a task to record an interruption in work
• Create a task calendar and apply it to tasks.
• Change a task type to control how Project schedules tasks
• Record deadlines for tasks
• Enter a fixed cost and specify how it should accrue
• Set up a recurring task in the project schedule