Microsoft Project Training Course

Details Audience and Pre-Requisites Course Outline / Curriculum Schedule Dates and Booking Enquiry

Course Overview on Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project is a project management software program developed and sold by Microsoft which is designed to assist project managers in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets, and analysing workloads.

What You Will Learn

In this course, you will learn to create project plans, track timelines, baselines, tasks, and resources of a project, understand the project life cycle to setting up and refining schedules analysing costs allocating resources and tracking progress.

Delivery Methods

Delivery Method Duration
Classroom
Instructor-led classroom-based training. Classes are scheduled at various conference centres in the Sandton area or your premises. Stationary and printed manuals or online resources are included. Refreshments, including 2 tea breaks and a cooked meal for lunch are provided. Training is between 9 am to 4 pm.
Classroom
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Live Virtual Training
This course is delivered live via Microsoft Teams. You will be able to see and hear the instructor, view their whiteboard, and ask questions or communicate in the chat. Attend from the comfort of your own home or private office.
Live Virtual Training
2 Days Get a Quote

Discounts Available

Save up to 10% by booking and paying 10 business days before the course.

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Audience

This course is for project managers and users to assist them in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets, and analysing workloads.

Pre-Requisites

Computer Literacy

If you are bringing your own laptop please make sure you have the latest version of MS Project installed. 

Course Outline / Curriculum

  • Starting with MS Project: Terminology and managing the interface
  • Project Management Basics: Calendars, currencies, and saving the project
  • Create and modifying Tasks: Entering, moving and deleting tasks
  • Estimates: Set estimates for duration and work
  • Linking Tasks: Create dependencies, linking and unlinking tasks, and adding lag and lead to the schedule
  • Managing Project Resources: Allocating tasks, durations, costs, and identifying overallocated resources
  • External Dependencies and Deadlines: Adding calendars, deadlines and contingency tasks
  • Communicating the Plan: Formatting the interface, using reports and timelines
  • Updating and Replanning: Use baselines, rescheduling the project plans and updating progress
  • Closing the project: Close tasks and milestones, compare different project plan versions, and saving templates

Schedule Dates and Booking

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Note: places are only fully secured once payment has been made.

Start Date End Date Branch  
Thu 27 Aug 2026 Fri 28 Aug 2026 Not Applicable

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