Microsoft Project Training Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & across mainland UK

Our on-site Microsoft Project training courses deliver a versatile learning experience for small groups, and your dedicated instructor will discuss your requirements with you before the course. The sample topics below cover some introductory subjects covering Project 'Definitions, Goals and Tasks' exploring some of the initial considerations for setting up a project for those new to Microsoft Project.

Before the course start date you will be allocated with one of our local MS Project trainers who will phone to discuss your needs before delivering the course ensuring that you receive a learning experience unique to the needs of your team or department.

Email us or call 0844 493 3699 to find out more about booking Microsoft Project training for your team.

Our Microsoft trainers cover all of mainland UK including Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and the Midlands delivering Microsoft Project training in Leicester, Northampton, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and surrounding areas.

We provide Microsoft Project courses for all standalone versions of the software including Project 2021, 2019, 2016 and the Project Online Desktop Client from beginners courses through to an advanced level. We also provide courses for Project Online. For these please see our User and Administrator Project Online courses.

On-site Microsoft Project Courses

Closed courses for Microsoft Project are available for small-group training at your premises. These in-person courses offer more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your particular learning needs.

Whether you are involved in project administration, are a project manager or responsible for managing a programme, Microsoft Project is a highly effective administrative tool for tracking, administering and analysing your budget, tasks and resources, and for sharing project information and collaborating with other team members. Our trainers are not just educators, they also champions of the software who endeavour to promote enthusiastic adoption of Project among those they teach. Before the start date they will discuss with you the goals and objectives of the training and those skill-sets that your team need the most whether they are starting as novice, intermediate or advanced users.

Live Virtual Classroom MS Project Courses

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group MS Project courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These Online instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Microsoft Project courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

Our realtime virtual classroom MS Project courses are charged out at £550.00 per day for standalone versions based on a group of five and additional learners can be added for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. Project Online courses are charged at £700.00 plus VAT per day inclusive up to 6 delegates and additional learners can also be added for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. The maximum number of learners on any course is ten. Courseware will be provided electronically.

If you have a group, or groups, of staff that need Microsoft Project training, then having courses run at your own workplace (either face-to-face or as live virtual classroom) is one of the most cost-effective options. Tell us about your learning needs and email us for a quote.

Microsoft Project Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses for Businesses

• Instructor-led Microsoft Project training provided with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Dynamic and interactive Microsoft Project courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• The personal touch: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Microsoft Project functions, features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Private, corporate Microsoft Project training for small group sizes with a maximum of 10 learners on any course.
  
  
• Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Microsoft Project knowledge that you require.

MS Project Training Sample Topics: Definitions, Goals and Tasks

For larger requirements you can combine the Beginners Microsoft Project and Intermediate Microsoft Project and Advanced Microsoft Project courses for a two to three-day training programme, or add more specialist subjects for a three to five day training programme.

We specialise in delivering flexible training programmes and the actual course content, topics and syllabus taught will often vary depending upon your learning requirements and upon the version of the software taught.

1. Introduction to Microsoft Project
   
   
2. Understanding Project Goals
   
   
3. Defining a Project
   
   
4. The Microsoft Project Environment
   
   
5. Opening a Project file
   
   
6. Saving a file using the existing name
   
   
7. Saving a file with a new name
   
   
8. What is a Baseline?
   
   
9. Entering initial project information
1. - setting the start and finish dates
   
   
10. Current date and status date
    
    
11. Setting Project Priorities
    
    
12. Understanding Project options
1. - setting Project options
   
   
13. Project properties
1. - view Project Properties
   
   
14. Deleting an obsolete or redundant Project file
    
    
15. Creating a Project
1. - enter tasks
2. - understanding units of work and setting up task durations
3. - edit tasks
4. - insert new tasks
5. - delete a task
6. - move a task
7. - create a recurring task
   
   
16. Milestone tasks in Project
    
    
17. Linking tasks in Project
1. - create a task dependency
   
   

MS Project Course Levels: training courses are available for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users of Microsoft Project

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