Course overview.

Learn to create and manage project plans, schedule tasks, and track progress. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in using Microsoft Project to manage projects more effectively and efficiently.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Who it's for.

This course is perfect for individuals who are new to Microsoft Project or have limited experience with it. It's ideal for project managers, team leads, and anyone looking to enhance their proficiency in project planning and management. If you are eager to explore the world of project management and learn how to effectively use Microsoft Project to plan and execute projects, this course is your ideal starting point.

Microsoft Project Beginner Course overview.

Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Project and develop the skills needed to plan, organise and manage projects more effectively. This beginner-friendly course introduces you to the Microsoft Project interface and the essential tools used to create project plans, schedule tasks, manage resources and monitor progress.

You'll work through the complete project planning process, starting with creating a new project and building a structured task list. You'll then learn how to set durations and dependencies, create a project schedule, assign resources and establish a clear baseline. The course focuses on practical project management workflows that can be applied to real projects in a wide range of industries.

Who it's for.

This course is designed for complete beginners who are new to Microsoft Project, as well as project team members and professionals who want to develop a stronger understanding of project scheduling and planning. It's suitable for project coordinators, administrators, team leaders, managers, engineers and anyone involved in organising project activities.

No previous Microsoft Project experience is required. A basic understanding of project management concepts can be helpful, but the course starts with the fundamentals and gradually builds your confidence in creating and managing project schedules.

What you'll learn.

You'll learn how to create and set up a project in Microsoft Project, enter and organise tasks, define task durations and create dependencies between activities. You'll work with Gantt Charts to visualise the project schedule and understand how changes to tasks can affect the overall project timeline.

You'll also learn how to create and assign resources, including people, equipment and other project resources, and understand how resource allocation affects your schedule. You'll explore calendars, milestones, task constraints and project baselines, giving you the tools to build a structured and realistic project plan.

By the end of the course, you'll understand how to monitor project progress, compare actual performance against your original plan and identify potential scheduling issues. You'll be able to create professional project schedules, manage resources and use Microsoft Project's core tools to support effective project planning and control.

Microsoft Project Intermediate Course overview.

Build on your existing Microsoft Project knowledge and develop the skills needed to create, manage and monitor more detailed project plans. This intermediate course takes you beyond the fundamentals and introduces more advanced scheduling, resource management and project control techniques that can help you manage real-world projects more effectively.

You'll learn how to build more sophisticated project schedules, manage relationships between tasks, work with resources and analyse the impact of changes on your project. The course focuses on practical project management workflows, helping you use Microsoft Project to improve planning, identify potential issues and maintain greater control throughout the project lifecycle.

Who it's for.

This course is designed for project managers, project coordinators, team leaders, planners and professionals who already have basic experience with Microsoft Project and want to develop more advanced scheduling and planning skills. It's also suitable for anyone who regularly creates project plans and needs greater control over tasks, resources and timelines.

You should already understand the basics of creating tasks, setting durations, creating dependencies and working with Gantt Charts. The course builds on these skills and introduces more advanced techniques for managing complex schedules and responding to changes during a project.

What you'll learn.

You'll learn how to create more advanced task structures using summary tasks, subtasks, milestones, dependencies and constraints. You'll explore different dependency types, task relationships and scheduling options, giving you greater control over how your project timeline is calculated and maintained.

You'll develop your skills in resource management, including assigning resources to tasks, analysing resource availability and identifying over-allocation. You'll learn how to use resource calendars, resource levelling and scheduling adjustments to create more realistic project plans while balancing workloads and deadlines.

The course will also cover baselines, tracking and progress management, allowing you to compare your planned schedule against actual project performance. You'll learn how to update task progress, analyse schedule changes, identify delays and use Microsoft Project's views and reports to communicate project status clearly to stakeholders.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to create and manage more complex project schedules, respond confidently to changes and use Microsoft Project to support effective project planning, monitoring and control throughout the project lifecycle.

Microsoft Project Advanced Course overview.

Take your Microsoft Project skills to an advanced level and learn how to manage complex project schedules, resources and project performance with greater control. This course builds on your existing Project knowledge and focuses on advanced planning, scheduling, resource management, tracking and reporting techniques used to manage demanding projects.

You'll learn how to structure complex projects, analyse the impact of changes, manage competing resources and use Microsoft Project's advanced tools to maintain control throughout the project lifecycle. The course takes a practical approach, helping you develop workflows that can be applied to large projects with multiple activities, teams, dependencies and deadlines.

Who it's for.

This course is aimed at experienced Microsoft Project users, project managers, programme managers, planners, project controls professionals and senior project coordinators who regularly work with detailed project schedules. It is particularly useful for professionals responsible for managing timelines, resources, dependencies and project performance.

You should already be confident creating project plans, managing tasks and dependencies, assigning resources and tracking basic progress in Microsoft Project. The course assumes a strong working knowledge of the software and focuses on advanced project control and analysis techniques.

What you'll learn.

You'll learn how to structure and manage complex project schedules using advanced task relationships, constraints, milestones, deadlines and multiple project phases. You'll explore how to analyse critical paths, identify schedule risks and understand how changes to individual activities can affect the wider project timeline.

You'll develop advanced resource management skills, including analysing resource capacity, resolving over-allocation and balancing workloads across complex schedules. You'll explore resource levelling, alternative assignments, calendars and scheduling scenarios to create more realistic and achievable project plans.

You'll also learn advanced tracking and project control techniques, including working with baselines, comparing planned and actual performance, analysing variances and identifying emerging delays. You'll use Microsoft Project's views, filters, groups and reporting tools to investigate project performance and communicate important information clearly.

The course will also introduce advanced reporting and scenario planning, helping you evaluate potential changes before they are implemented. By the end, you'll be able to manage complex project schedules with greater confidence, analyse project performance and use Microsoft Project as a powerful tool for planning, forecasting and project control.