Either producing an ad campaign at work or renovating your kitchen at home, you would be glad to have knowledge of such a powerful tool for managing your projects.
A project is a temporary initiative to create a unique result which has a definite starting point and ending point in time. When the desired result has been achieved, the project is over.
This lesson will explain some basic knowledge and skills you need to start using Project,the essentials you need to build a simple project file. By exploring the Project interface, creating a blank Project file, adding tasks, defining resources,assigning resources to tasks, and saving your Project file, you will lay the foundation that will enable you to use Project effectively.
- Project Management
You might be an experienced project manager or novice, with previous training in project management, or operating by instinct alone. Regardless of your project management experience and training, this topic reviews some basic project management concepts so that you can better understand Microsoft Project, its administration and supervision of projects using knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques. By learning about project management, you will succeed in completing your projects on time, within budget, and according to specifications.
- Navigate and Customize the Project Interface
Now that you have reviewed some basic information about project management, you can start learning how to create a project file.In this topic, you will learn about different methods for creating new Project files. You will navigate the Microsoft Project interface to become familiar with the program’s basics.The largest area on the Project interface is the view. Each view shows you a different aspect of your project.
Microsoft Project also comes preloaded with a dozen templates with a variety of different project types. Using a template can save you time because you do not have to create the project structure from scratch.
- Add Tasks to a Project
Once you have created a blank Microsoft Project file, you will need to fill it with information about your project. The first set of critical project data are tasks – they are the building blocks of effort that need to be done to execute your project. In this topic, you will enter the tasks that must be performed to complete the project, estimate how much time is needed to perform each task, and you can use them to break a project into manageable pieces of work.
- Add Resources to a Project
You have entered project tasks into a blank Microsoft Project file, and the second critical set of data to enter are project resources. Resources are people, equipment, materials, or other costs that you will need to accomplish a project task.In other words, resources are the staff, supplies, equipment, and other expenses that you need to execute a project. In this topic, you will add resources to a project and assign those resources to your project tasks.
- Save a Project
You have created a basic project plan.Well done! Now, you will need to save a Project file so that you can revise and share it later.Here you will learn of the option of saving your Project file in the different places.