Microsoft Project 2021 Certification

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Project 2021

• Microsoft Project overview
• Key capabilities
• Project management applications
• Project interface
• Navigation fundamentals
• Project workflow

Module 2: Exploring the Microsoft Project Interface

• Ribbon and commands
• Quick Access Toolbar
• Project views
• Tables and fields
• Navigation
• Customising the workspace

Module 3: Creating a New Project

• Creating project files
• Project start dates
• Project information
• Scheduling options
• Project properties
• Saving projects

Module 4: Project Calendars

• Understanding calendars
• Standard calendars
• Working and non-working time
• Holidays and exceptions
• Creating custom calendars
• Applying calendars

Module 5: Creating and Managing Tasks

• Entering tasks
• Task names
• Task durations
• Start and finish dates
• Task modes
• Editing task information

Module 6: Building a Work Breakdown Structure

• WBS concepts
• Summary tasks
• Subtasks
• Indenting and outdenting
• Organising project activities
• WBS codes

Module 7: Task Relationships and Dependencies

• Task dependencies
• Finish-to-Start
• Start-to-Start
• Finish-to-Finish
• Start-to-Finish
• Creating task links

Module 8: Leads, Lags and Constraints

• Lead time
• Lag time
• Task constraints
• Flexible constraints
• Inflexible constraints
• Managing scheduling restrictions

Module 9: Milestones and Deadlines

• Creating milestones
• Project milestones
• Setting deadlines
• Monitoring deadlines
• Milestone reporting
• Schedule visibility

Module 10: Developing the Project Schedule

• Schedule calculation
• Task sequencing
• Schedule logic
• Project timeline
• Schedule optimisation
• Reviewing schedule issues

Module 11: Critical Path Management

• Critical path concepts
• Critical tasks
• Total slack
• Viewing critical paths
• Schedule impact
• Managing critical activities

Module 12: Resource Management

• Resource Sheet
• Work resources
• Material resources
• Cost resources
• Resource information
• Resource calendars

Module 13: Assigning Resources

• Resource assignments
• Assignment units
• Work calculations
• Resource availability
• Assignment changes
• Reviewing workloads

Module 14: Resource Levelling

• Resource overallocations
• Identifying resource conflicts
• Resource levelling
• Levelling options
• Manual adjustments
• Reviewing resource workloads

Module 15: Project Cost Management

• Resource costs
• Fixed costs
• Cost calculations
• Task costs
• Project costs
• Cost reporting

Module 16: Establishing Project Baselines

• Baseline concepts
• Setting a baseline
• Baseline data
• Multiple baselines
• Comparing planned information
• Updating baselines

Module 17: Tracking Project Progress

• Updating task progress
• Percentage complete
• Actual start and finish
• Actual duration
• Remaining duration
• Updating project status

Module 18: Schedule and Cost Variance Analysis

• Planned versus actual performance
• Schedule variance
• Cost variance
• Baseline comparison
• Variance tables
• Identifying performance issues

Module 19: Project Views, Tables and Filters

• Gantt Chart
• Calendar view
• Network Diagram
• Resource views
• Applying filters
• Grouping project information

Module 20: Reports and Dashboards

• Built-in reports
• Project overview reports
• Cost reports
• Resource reports
• Progress reports
• Customising reports

Module 21: Managing Multiple Projects

• Master projects
• Subprojects
• Consolidated schedules
• Shared resources
• Cross-project dependencies
• Multi-project monitoring

Module 22: Advanced Project Control and Optimisation

• Reviewing project health
• Schedule optimisation
• Resource optimisation
• Cost monitoring
• Project reporting
• Project closure activities