Project Planning

  • Intermediate
  • 24 Hours / 3 Days

Project Planning has been developed to enable you, the computer user (rather than IT professionals) to use project management software to prepare project plans and monitor projects including planning and managing time, costs, tasks, and resources. These skills can be applied to both work and home-based projects.

Other Standard Modules

ON COMPLETION OF THIS MODULE THE CANDIDATE WILL BE ABLE TO
  • Understand the key concepts relating to managing projects.
  • Use a project management application to create a new project and maintain an existing project.
  • Create and schedule tasks; add project constraints and deadlines.
  • Assign costs; create and assign resources to tasks.
  • View the critical path, monitor progress, and reschedule work.
  • Prepare and print outputs, including charts and reports.

Module Overview

  • Key Concepts
  • Working with Projects
  • Starting a New Project
  • Creating Tasks
  • Scheduling and Relationships
  • Constraints and Deadlines
  • Notes, Hyperlinks
  • Resources
  • Costs
  • Critical Path
  • Monitoring Progress and Rescheduling
  • Setup
  • Print

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THIS MODULE?

  • Covers the key skills needed to use project planning applications.
  • Can be applied to a range of project planning software from vendor packages to ‘freeware’.
  • Certifies best practice in effective database software use.
  • Developed with input from computer users, subject matter experts, and practising computer professionals from all over the world. This process ensures the relevance and range of module content.