Project Beginner Tutorial

Project Beginner Tutorial

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Who it's For: Microsoft Project is professional level software made for project managers, resource managers, team leads, and anyone who is given the task of planning and running a project that is too big for “I’ll just knock it out.”

What it is: MS Project is a structure-based project planning, running, and tracking software tool. It is the most popular project management tool. Microsoft Project students will learn how to plan projects of any scope, small to large.

What You'll Learn: People who learn MS Project start from the ground level and learn how to build a phase-based work breakdown structure, apply durations, constraints, resources, and how to track the project while it runs. You’ll learn tricks, tips, and how to modify Microsoft Project to fit your needs and work style.

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Start: 0:00
Introduction 0:03
An Important First Step 3:06
Touring the Software 6:44
Tasks and Phases 11:44
Task Durations 18:15
Decomposing Tasks 25:29
Notes, Hyperlinks, and Estimates 27:30
Linking Tasks 32:29
Linking Extras 37:49
Lag Time 40:58
Understanding Non-Standard Relationships 44:24
Creating Non-Standard Links 47:52
Start to Finish Relationships 54:14
Start Dates and Deadline Timing 1:00:35
Manually Scheduling Tasks 1:01:28
Start Date with Constraints 1:06:05
Setting Deadlines with Constraints 1:14:59
Applying What We've Learned 1:17:37
Working with Calendars 1:20:24
Creating Calendars 1:24:50
Setting a Start Date 1:27:18
Another Important Rule and Setup 1:29:51
Creating Resource Sheets 1:32:02
Editing Resources 1:37:14
Assigning Resources 1:39:26
Changing Work Assignments 1:42:30
Resource List Options 1:45:14
Fixing Over-Allocations by Hand 1:47:26
Level Resources 1:50:12
Cheat Sheet and Recommendations 1:56:21

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[Djkalmena]

THIS !!! is how al of these online tutorials should be formatted. Easy to understand, easy to follow and not rushed through. Thank you Learn IT. Perfectly structured and narrated. Anyone who uses these tutorials will have no problems picking up MS Project. Well done.

[melaniedebruyn]

I am a Planner for 12 years and I will certainly recommend this training to anybody starting to learn MSP - Well done!

[davidade]

Wow! David saved me and provided hope even when I was considering abandoning my Project Management classes. God bless you!

[jasonreed]

I am a Student at Devry, accounting major, at age 51. I just started a new class, Project Manager class. The opening instruction, gives us access to MS Project. I found your video, and spend the last 24 hours watching your video. Thank you going slow, and clear. I learned so much, of a program i had never heard of before thank you

[simba]

Really enjoyed learning through this ... well explained, non rushed approach with a little humour along the way .. just perfect. Each topic covered with just the right amount of information & very well presented ...thank you David! Looking out for some more of your tutorials.

[srndule]

Thank you so much for taking the time to prepare this amazing tutorial. It was worth spending 2h and learning MS Projects.

[marianoprea]

Hi David, being a trainer myself, I recognize a lot of excellent skills you are using to share the information here with the audience. It helped me a lot while trying to understand more about MS Project. Excellent job, thank you! I will follow your tutorials.

[beetelvj]

Each step is patiently explained with ease, help to build up confidence during reading which is otherwise not possible in other vedio lectures,

[chandrashekardikshit]

I wanted to refresh Microsoft Project this was awesome, worthy and enjoyable learning. Recommend this to anyone who need to use MP

[patchouco]

I usually don't comment on videos, but I have to say this one was REALLY REALLY GOOD! I have learned a lot, and I actually enjoyed learning it. Thank you!

[anthonygroupdelphi]

Great tut. got me up and running fast and I love your sense of humor. Autosave is not automatically on. missed that if you talked about it.

[terezamurphy]

I don't usually comment, but haven't used Project for a while and this is without doubt the clearest, easy to understand one on Project. I now understand resourcing and levelling, something which was never fully clear before. Definitely worth watching.

[brianmapena]

I had a rough day thinking of my Microsoft project class but you saved me, I can well explain to someone now Thank you so much🎉

[ShaunaHatch]

I have much more confidence that I can successfully master Project now! Thank you!

[EllisMaginn]

The Bob Ross of IT training (and I mean that ina good way) . A really intuitive and concise overview - Thanks very much.

[razibshahrier]

You are one of those awesome teachers who make complex things much easier for students to understand firmly. Enjoyed every moment of this video and learned MS project so quickly. Thanks a lot for sharing this video.

[maryalicetucker]

I would definitely pay David "500$" an hour to teach this class. It is very informative, just right amount of info and entertaining as well. I am pretty sure David does stand up on the side. And that works well for him...and for the learners!

[pablovicencio]

Really the BEST MS PROJECT COURSE ever seen before .... congrats to you David ... Regards from Chile ... thanks a lot .... 👏👏👏👏🎉🎊🏅

[jsadowsk]

I remember doing by hand on a “12 column ledger pad” Gant charts/scheduling, your presentation is REAListic, , Good Job!

[soliantohaz]

This is the best tutorial on Ms project that I have ever watched.
I face some difficulties during practicing that the start date of the successor don't change in to the finish date of the predecessor when I insert activity dependence .